Decreased alcohol consumption among former male users of finasteride with persistent sexual side effects: A preliminary report

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1823-1826

  Irwig, Michael S ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric Acid Receptor; Alcohol; Allopregnanolone; Finasteride; Neurosteroid

Indexed keywords

FINASTERIDE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

MUS; RODENTIA;

ALCOHOL; ALLOPREGNANOLONE; FINASTERIDE; NEUROSTEROID; Γ-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

5-ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHANOL; FINASTERIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886435506     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12177     Document Type: Article

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