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Millions of men undergoing hair loss treatment may be putting their mental health on the line.

Finasteride, a hair-loss drug prescribed for androgenetic alopecia, the most common form of baldness, has been linked to a higher risk of suicide in global studies.

A recent review by professor Mayer Brezis of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which was published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, argues that there is now enough evidence to mark depression, anxiety and suicidality as genuine risks of the drug.

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Finasteride has been linked to depression and suicide for more than 20 years, Brezis revealed, calling attention to the lack of action fro

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