Slashdot Mirror
Merck's Drug Propecia Linked To Sexual Dysfunction
zaxios writes "Merck — the pharmaceutical giant previously featured on Slashdot for drawing up a 'hit list' of doctors that criticized its drug Vioxx, and creating a fake medical journal to endorse its products — is embroiled in a new scandal. USA Today is reporting on two new studies that show Propecia, Merck's $250 million prescription medication for baldness, can make men irreversibly impotent. Lawsuits have been filed in the United States and Canada from men claiming to have permanently lost their sexual function after taking the drug. All this is reminiscent of Merck's difficulties with Vioxx, a once $2.5-billion-a-year drug, which was withdrawn from the market in 2004 after a study showed it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke in users."
At last! I can correctly use that word.
Hey c'mon, everybody knows Picard got more than Riker, and just look at the hair HE had :D
Put him in charge of the FDA
For justice, we must go to Don Corleone
Unfortunately it only grows pubic hair. Would have been a hit in the 70s, but these days...
This space available.
My other reason for cutting it all off was that I have exceptionally oily skin and it's much easier to get all the sebaceous cysts cut out with short hair, and I get a bunch of cool scars :)
FINALLY! I thought a thread related to sexual function was bound to have some sexy anecdotes, but it took until this to find one.
This space available.