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 All this is reminiscent of Merck's difficulties with Vioxx, a once $2.5-billion-a-year drug, which was withdrawn from the market in 2004 after a study showed it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke in users."

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Re:Thought they knew that years ago

[Jafafa Hots]

Unfortunately it only grows pubic hair. Would have been a hit in the 70s, but these days...

Re:Not interested in anything to cure baldness

[Jafafa Hots]

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.