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World Journal of Urology (2021) 39:4293 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-021-03824-0
CORRECTION
Correction to: An evaluation of the federal adverse events reporting system data on adverse effects of 5‑alpha reductase inhibitors
Matthew B. Harrell1 · Kaylee Ho2 · Alexis E. Te3,6 · Steven A. Kaplan4 · Bilal Chughtai3,5,6
Published online: 1 September 2021
© Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2021
Correction to:
World Journal of Urology (2021) 39:1233–1239 https:// doi. org/ 10. 1007/ s00345- 020- 03314-9
Figure 3a shows the number of adverse event reports for Fin- asteride monotherapy by year and 2010 as the year of label change by dashed lines. However, the year of label change was incorrectly labeled. The corrected Fig. 3a now reports the year of label change as 2012.
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
'02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18
Number of Reports
Year
Finasteride Adverse Events vs. Time
Sexual Physical Mental & Neurological
Merck changes finasteride label to include persistent sexual side effects
As a result, the Abstract should read as given below:
Case report submissions rose following FDA-mandated finasteride label change.
Accordingly, the Results section should read as below:
After isolating cases of monotherapy, an increase in fre- quency of case reports for finasteride was seen following the FDA mandated label change.
The Conclusion should read as below:
Reports to FAERS from non-healthcare personnel increased following the FDA-mandated finasteride label change.
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The original article can be found online at https:// doi. org/ 10. 1007/
s00345- 020- 03314-9.
* Bilal Chughtai
bic9008@med.cornell.edu
1 Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
2 Clinical and Translational Science Center at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
3 Department of Urology, New York Presbyterian, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
4 Mount Sinai Department of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
5 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 425 East 61st Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10065, USA
6 Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA
