Generic Propecia

The first glimpse at the how well the original 2 year FDA Propecia trial participants are doing at the 4 year mark. So far everything looks very promising for long term maintenance!

The following information has been out for a couple months, however we felt it would be beneficial as many of you may not have seen it. The preliminary Propecia trials which gave it its 83% effectiveness rating were 2 years in duration. The following numbers relate to the continued trials which are now at their 4 year mark:

71% Placebo users were rated as worsened after 4 years 8% Propecia users rated as worsened after 4 years

36% of Propecia users were rated as having no change 29% of Placebo users were rated as having no change

55% of Propecia users were rated as improved at year 4 0% of Placebo users were rated as improved at year 4

Self Assessment:

62% of Propecia patients felt their bald spot was decreasing 18% of Placebo patients felt their bald spot was decreasing

78% felt Propecia continuted to improve the appearance of their hair. 39% on Placebo felt their hair continued to improve.

90% of Propecia users felt Propecia continued to slow their hairloss. 64% of Placebo users felt their hair loss continuted to slow.

Seven Professional Baseball players recently revealed the winner of the year long “Charity Challenge with Propecia”.

A year ago these seven players announced that they would take Propecia® (finasteride) for one year to see who would have the best response in regrowing or maintaining hair, and to raise money for their selected charities.

Propecia is the only FDA-approved pill to treat certain types of male pattern hair loss.

“I’m excited that I came out on top in the Challenge,” Weiss said. “I joined the Challenge because it was a good thing to do for charity and because my hair loss bothered me. The Challenge was a win-win — it helped my charity and my hair. I think Propecia really worked for me and I’m sticking with it even now that the Challenge is over.”

For participating, each player’s designated charity received $25,000 from Merck & Co., Inc., maker of Propecia. The Lois Joy Galler Foundation is getting an additional $25,000 for Weiss coming out on top in the Challenge, bringing the total amount donated to $200,000.

Linda Stein-Gold, M.D., associate director of clinical research at the Henry Ford Medical Center’s Department of Dermatology in West Bloomfield, Mich., selected the winner based on a review of “before” and “after” photographs and examinations of the players’ scalps.

“It’s been a very exciting year keeping an eye on the competing players and hearing about their experiences with Propecia. It’s important to keep in mind that this was not a clinical study and that the winner’s results are not necessarily representative of what all men can expect. Propecia does not work in everybody,” said Dr. Stein-Gold. “What’s important is for each guy who wants to do something about his hair loss to find out more by talking to his doctor.”

“I had nothing to lose and everything to gain by raising money for charity and having the chance to maintain what I have,” said Saberhagen. “So, I would just recommend to men who think that they have a hair loss problem to go and see their doctor and talk to their physician about Propecia.”

Unfortunately Merck did not reveal exactly how much hair each player grew or maintained, as many people had hoped.

Another one bites the dust! The basketball player Ahmet Coskun has failed a drug test in the Paralympics. Ahmet Coskun who comes from Germany was prevented from continuing to play by the The German National Paralympic Committee when the results of his testing were made public. The drug which he tested positive for was not actually a performance enhancing drug but the hair loss medication Propecia. Propecia is on the banned drugs list because it can disguise and mask the taking of other performance enhancing drugs like steroids.

Ukmedix News has reported on numerous cases where athletes have been banned from participating in their respective sports due to the use of this hair loss drug. Some of the athletes know that the drug is banned but take the risk anyway because they don’t want to lose their hair. Other athletes claim that they were unaware that something as simple as a hair loss medication could be on the list of banned substances.

There have been increasing calls for the Propecia drug to be taken off the list provided that anyone who uses it informs the relevant authorities that they are using it for hair loss. It is a shame that athletes are being penalised for taking a drug which does not actually boost their performance in any way, and it is also a shame that they are restricted from using what is without a doubt the most effective hair restoration remedy on the market today.

The hair restoration drug Propecia is used by over 4 million men worldwide and is credited with completely preventing hair loss in the majority of patients. The hair loss drug Propecia is a prescription medication which is suitable for the vast majority of men who suffer from male pattern baldness.