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Is there a danger to the baby if I have taken Propecia?

bdr00aMar 25, 2019
She has not handled the medicine or taken it. My wife has been pregnant for 16 weeks. I was on propecia and we had sex during this time. 

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Dr. Eric T. Carniol, MD
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Dr. William Rassman, MD (retired)
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