POST-FINASTERIDE SYNDROME AND POST-SSRI SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION: TWO CLINICAL CONDITIONS APPARENTLY DISTANT, BUT VERY CLOSE. (2023)
Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology Available online 21 November 2023, 101114 POST-FINASTERIDE SYNDROME AND POST-SSRI SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION: TWO CLINICAL CONDITIONS APPARENTLY DISTANT, BUT VERY CLOSE Author links open overlay panel Silvia Giatti , Silvia Diviccaro , Lucia Cioffi , Roberto Cosimo Melcangi Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy Received 28 September 2023, Revised 31 October 2023, Accepted 19 November 2023, Available online 21 November 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2023.101114 Highlights • Side effects associated with finasteride treatment may persist after drug suspension. • Side effects induced by SSRI treatment may persist after stopping the drug. • Steroids, neurotransmitters, and gut microbiota, have a crucial role in PFS and PSSD. Abstract Post-finasteride syndrome and post-SSRI sexual dysfunction, are two poorly explored clinical conditions in which men tr...