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Proscar and Tachypnea - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data

Summary:

Tachypnea is reported as a side effect among people who take Proscar (finasteride), especially for people who are male, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month also take Lasix, and have Prostate cancer.

The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Tachypnea when taking Proscar. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 13,025 people who have side effects when taking Proscar from the FDA, and is updated regularly.

What is Proscar?

Proscar has active ingredients of finasteride. It is often used in prostate examination abnormal. eHealthMe is studying from 13,379 Proscar users. Check the latest studies of Proscar.

What is Tachypnea?

Tachypnea is found to be associated with 1,062 drugs and 1,945 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Tachypnea.

On Jul, 10, 2026

13,025 people reported to have side effects when taking Proscar.
Among them, 16 people (0.12%) have Tachypnea.

Could Proscar cause Tachypnea?

Among these 16 people:

How long have people been on Proscar when they have Tachypnea? *

  • < 1 month: 100 %
  • 1 - 6 months: 0.0 %
  • 6 - 12 months: 0.0 %
  • 1 - 2 years: 0.0 %
  • 2 - 5 years: 0.0 %
  • 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
  • 10+ years: 0.0 %

What is the gender of people who have Tachypnea when taking Proscar? *

  • female: 0.0 %
  • male: 100 %

What is the age of people who have Tachypnea when taking Proscar? *

  • 0-1: 0.0 %
  • 2-9: 0.0 %
  • 10-19: 0.0 %
  • 20-29: 0.0 %
  • 30-39: 0.0 %
  • 40-49: 0.0 %
  • 50-59: 0.0 %
  • 60+: 100 %

What are other drugs people take besides Proscar? *

  1. Lasix: 8 people, 50.00%
  2. Allopurinol: 7 people, 43.75%
  3. Zometa: 6 people, 37.50%
  4. Peridex: 6 people, 37.50%
  5. Aredia: 6 people, 37.50%
  6. Azithromycin: 6 people, 37.50%
  7. Benadryl: 6 people, 37.50%
  8. Bumetanide: 6 people, 37.50%
  9. Bumex: 6 people, 37.50%
  10. Casodex: 6 people, 37.50%

What are other side effects people have besides Tachypnea? *

  1. Weakness: 9 people, 56.25%
  2. Hyponatremia (abnormally low level of sodium in the blood; associated with dehydration): 8 people, 50.00%
  3. Acute Kidney Failure: 8 people, 50.00%
  4. Dizziness: 8 people, 50.00%
  5. Stress And Anxiety: 8 people, 50.00%
  6. Hypokalemia (low potassium): 7 people, 43.75%
  7. Cardiac Failure Congestive: 7 people, 43.75%
  8. Haematuria (presence of blood in urine): 7 people, 43.75%
  9. Memory Loss: 7 people, 43.75%
  10. General Physical Health Deterioration (weak health status): 7 people, 43.75%

What are the existing conditions these people have? *

  1. Prostate Cancer: 6 people, 37.50%
  2. Multiple Myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells): 2 people, 12.50%
  3. Pain: 1 person, 6.25%
  4. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell)): 1 person, 6.25%

* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.

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How severe was Tachypnea and when was it recovered:

Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of finasteride:

Sub-studies by gender and age:

Female: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+

Male: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+

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How the study uses the data?

The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on finasteride (the active ingredients of Proscar) and Proscar (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.

How to use the study?

DO NOT STOP MEDICATIONS without first consulting your doctor. If there are any serious or long term adverse effects discovered in the study, discuss the study with your doctor to ensure that proper medication management will be in place if applicable.

Who is eHealthMe?

With medical big data and proven AI/ML algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 800+ peer-reviewed medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).

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