| The scientists randomly assigned 18,882 men to receive a daily finasteride pill or a placebo. |
| Its active ingredient, finasteride, is used in larger doses under the name Proscar to treat enlarged prostate glands in men. |
| Another drug, finasteride, interferes with the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone, a hormone that stimulates the prostate to grow. |
| Owing to significant co-morbidities, transurethral prostatectomy was felt inappropriate, and alfuzosin and finasteride commenced. |
| But after testing positive for finasteride late last year, he is facing a two-year ban. |
| The risk of urinary retention was reduced 81 percent by combination therapy, 68 percent by finasteride alone. |
