Finasteride for treatment of refractory hemospermia: prospective placebo-controlled study.

Objective: Finasteride had been used to control frequent hematuria due to BPH. In this study, we tried to test the efficacy of finasteride to control refractory idiopathic hemospermia lasting for more than 3 months for which conservative treatment has failed.

Patients And Methods: In a period from 1998 to 2008, 70 patients with hemospermia presented to urology department, Sohag university hospital.