Finasteride can be used to treat alopecia, but finasteride is used to treat androgenic alopecia, especially for male patients. However, there are many other diseases that can also cause hair loss in patients. For example, patients with scalp inflammation, such as fungal infection and tinea capitis, can cause alopecia, and seborrheic dermatitis can also cause alopecia, but neither of these diseases can be treated with finasteride.

Precautions for taking finasteride tablets

1. Describe your special allergic history, physical condition, basic diseases and recent drug use to the doctor in detail before taking the medicine, eliminate contraindications and avoid serious drug use risks.

2. Patients who are allergic to any component in finasteride tablets should be forbidden to use this product. Pregnant women and suspected pregnant women should not touch this product, because finasteride may cause abnormal external genitalia of male fetus. In addition, children are not recommended to use this product.

3. Finasteride tablets may interact with other drugs and affect the treatment. Therefore, doctors or pharmacists should be consulted before combined medication to minimize the risk of medication.