Supplement × Prescription·Evidence index
PubMed indexes 8 records that name Finasteride and Saw Palmetto together, either in the title or in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context. The key findings come first, in the authors’ own words, followed by every study with its design and PubMed link.
A summary of published research, not medical advice. A pharmacist can check any combination against your full list of medicines and supplements.
Reviews and human studies first. Each quote is the authors’ own conclusion about their study, not a NutriStack assessment, and a single study is not a consensus.
“We also clinically observed, that finasteride acts in both the front area and the vertex, while Serenoa repens prevalently in the vertex. Obviously other studies will be necessary to clarify the mechanisms that cause the different responses of these two treatments.”
“CP/CPPS treated with saw palmetto had no appreciable long-term improvement. In contrast, patients treated with finasteride had significant and durable improvement in all various parameters except voiding. Further studies are warranted to ascertain the mechanism and reproducibility of these effects in a placebo controlled trial.”
“For control versus finasteride-treated men, the tissue androgen values obtained with needle biopsy specimens were similar-both for absolute values and the percentage of change-to those previously reported using surgically excised volumes of prostatic tissue. The quantification of prostatic androgens by assay of needle biopsies is thus feasible and offers the possibility of serial studies in individual patients.”
Strongest relevance first: papers naming both substances in the title, then human trials and systematic reviews.
“We also clinically observed, that finasteride acts in both the front area and the vertex, while Serenoa repens prevalently in the vertex. Obviously other studies will be necessary to clarify the mechanisms that cause the different responses of these two treatments.”
Names both Finasteride and Saw Palmetto in its title.
“CP/CPPS treated with saw palmetto had no appreciable long-term improvement. In contrast, patients treated with finasteride had significant and durable improvement in all various parameters except voiding. Further studies are warranted to ascertain the mechanism and reproducibility of these effects in a placebo controlled trial.”
Names both Finasteride and Saw Palmetto in its title.
“For control versus finasteride-treated men, the tissue androgen values obtained with needle biopsy specimens were similar-both for absolute values and the percentage of change-to those previously reported using surgically excised volumes of prostatic tissue. The quantification of prostatic androgens by assay of needle biopsies is thus feasible and offers the possibility of serial studies in individual patients.”
Names both Finasteride and Saw Palmetto in its title.
“Finasteride was only capable of inhibiting the effect of androgens on rat prostate enlargement. LSESR inhibited not only the androgenic but also the trophic effect of PRL in rat LP hyperplasia.”
Names both Finasteride and Saw Palmetto in its title.
“However, the corresponding serum testosterone levels remained within the normal ranges. These data confirm the efficacy of finasteride as inhibitor of 5 alpha-reductase.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)”
Names both Finasteride and Saw Palmetto in its title.
Names both Finasteride and Saw Palmetto in its title.
“Palmex® for 6 months demonstrated to have a comparable efficacy to saw palmetto, finasteride, and tamsulosin in patients with mild and moderate BPH, being safe and well tolerated.”
Names both Finasteride and Saw Palmetto in its title.
Names both Finasteride and Saw Palmetto in its title.
Search-based evidence indexes have real limits, and it is worth being explicit about them:
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