Jade's story: spironolactone for hair loss
Jade, a teacher, took spironolactone, an anti-androgen prescribed to women for hair loss.
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An anti-androgen prescribed for hair loss
Jade is a teacher who took spironolactone, an anti-androgen that is often prescribed to women for hair loss.
She describes physical, neurological and sexual symptoms that have not gone away.
Why this interview sits here
Moral Medicine describes what she is living with as close to what people with Post-Finasteride Syndrome describe.
Jade is the first woman the channel has filmed.
Thank you to Jade for telling this story. This interview was recorded by Moral Medicine, who have filmed more than ninety of these conversations.
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