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Is it safe to use finasteride 1 mg and minoxidil 5 % ? is there any major threat to health ? and what about breast cancer and impotence ?
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Probably safe: if you have no other medical problems. Finasteride is male hormone blocker, so impotence is possible, but rare and usually transient and reversible. Breast cancer is even less common.
Answered 10/24/2017
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