Adding to the tally of lawsuits making their way into the Propecia multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the Eastern District of New York is a recent case filed by a Minnesota couple alleging serious and potentially permanent harm resulting from the husband's use of finasteride as... Read More

On September 9, 2014, a former Propecia user commenced a civil lawsuit against the maker of the drug Merck & Co., Inc. alleging that the company failed to warn consumers of the potentially-deadly side effects of the prescription hair loss medication. The action was filed... Read More

The rambling, sometimes comical list of drug side effects in TV commercials may soon be a thing of the past, as the FDA begins a new study to determine the impact of such direct-to-consumer ads. Health regulators are concerned that the list, which often names... Read More

A Propecia Peyronie’s disease lawsuit has been filed against Merck & Co, Inc. by a Madison County, AL husband and wife.  The plaintiffs claim that Merck either knew, or should have known, that hair loss drug Propecia can cause serious side effects when used as... Read More

Since 1997, Merck has promoted Propecia as an efficacious treatment for androgenic alopecia, better known as male pattern hair loss. Over one million men have used the medication since its launch, under the assumption that Propecia (generic name: finasteride) carried minimal risks of adverse side... Read More

A Propecia sexual side effects lawsuit has been added to the consolidated federal litigation proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York before Judge John Gleeson. This complaint lists a slew of life-threatening side effects that the plaintiff allegedly developed... Read More

A plaintiff has filed a lawsuit linking Propecia and cognitive impairment, as well as sexual dysfunction and depression. The plaintiff in this complaint claims he was only 22 when he began using the hair loss treatment, and continues to suffer from the side effects of... Read More

A plaintiff has filed a Propecia side effects lawsuit after suffering multiple complications from the hair loss drug. The complaint was originally filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, but has since been closed in anticipation of transfer to the federal... Read More