Depressive disorders [stemming from finasteride] have not yet been formally established, but we have doubts and prefer therefore to inform the public… ANSM has also looked closely at reports of adverse reactions to finasteride in France. There have been 40 such reports in nearly 20 years. And those numbers are not taken lightly. We know [these adverse drug reactions] are undervalued, because France does not have much pharmacovigilance reflex. And, worldwide, 508 serious psychiatric cases, including 25 suicides, have been identified… From now on, you’re informed. So you decide.
—Propecia, Prescribed to 30,000 Men to Combat Hair Loss, Is on the Hot Seat. Doctors Issue Alert: Le Parisien, November 8, 2017