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Derek Blumke on finasteride and veterans

Derek Blumke of the Grunt Style Foundation talks about taking finasteride himself, and about what he sees as overprescribing to US veterans.

By Morten SkovPublished

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The Grunt Style Foundation

In this interview, Derek Blumke talks about his own experience of taking finasteride, and about what he sees as overprescribing in the United States. He is the Veteran Impact Fellow at the Grunt Style Foundation, and he explains the foundation’s mission and his part in it.

He says overprescribing is a particular problem for people who serve, or have served, in the US armed forces. The interview also covers SSRIs, and what Moral Medicine’s title calls the veteran mental health crisis.

His own prescriptions

He says the VA, the US Department of Veterans Affairs, prescribed him finasteride for hair loss, along with several other prescription drugs. He describes how, in his view, this harmed his life.

Thank you to Derek Blumke for this interview. It was recorded by Moral Medicine, who have filmed more than ninety of these conversations.

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