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Medication

Finasteride

5-alpha-reductase inhibitor (BPH / hair loss)

Brand names: Proscar, Propecia

Oral health effects

  • Minimal direct oral effects; lip swelling (rare)

    Few oral effects; rare lip swelling/hypersensitivity reported.

    Clinical management: Standard care.

Sources

  1. Adverse drug events in the oral cavity. Yuan A, Woo SB. Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology, 2015.