Propecia Applied to Cure Male Baldness

For males who are exposed to baldness there is a sure opportunity to be finally cured of it using one of the most effective hair loss remedies, namely, Finasteride. The mentioned anti-androgen can be purchased under different names: Propecia, Proscar, Fincar, Finax, Finpecia, Finara, Finast, and Prosteride. For more convenience the definition Propecia will be mentioned everywhere later in this article to reveal properties of different Finasteride forms, due to the fact that Propecia is most commonly searched for and most commonly applied variation of the generic drug.

Propecia belongs to the class of anti-androgens which acts by decreasing the quantity of 5-alpha reductase. The latter one is an enzyme that transfers testosterone into the substance named dihydrotesterone. It received its approval for the first time in 1992, but was named Proscar, and its intended purpose consisted in curing prostate increase. Despite the fact, a research processed on 1mg of the generic form showed hair renewal in course of male pattern baldness, which later caused FDA to document Finasteride in 1997 as a medicine used to treat male baldness.

Propecia is a brand name for a medicine manufactured by Merck & Co. Only 1 milligram of basic component (Finasteride) is included into Propecia. Merck had it patent's date of expiry on June 19, 2006, thus, FDA had an opportunity to give an approval to a generic variation of Finasteride which can be purchased in 5 milligram pills.

Finasteride is commonly not recommended for use in females, and Propecia cannot help any female in her hair loss case. Inaddition, Propecia's core component has proven to result in congenital abnormalities in unborn children, and thus it is characterized according to FDA's Category X. When the pills are not taken orally, they won't do any harm to women in their pregnancy and their fetuses, but women should not have any contact with tablets, particularly if the pill is broken or crushed. The majority of professional sport games use to forbid the use of Finasteride as it is able to hide the intake of steroids.

Propecia's rate of effectiveness is from 29 to 68 percent, but the remedy can only show results if you won't stop taking it regularly. When you stop using the medicine, the hair which is being regrown or maintained will fall out during the following six to twelve months. Despite the fact Propecia has proven to be more effective in the scalp and vertex areas, it can also show results in the hairline.

Consider the facts about hair and baldness mentioned below:
- The daily decrease in 50-100 hairs is normal for a person
- Every hair growing on your head strengthens in course of 3-5 years before falling out
- 20 million females and 40 million males are exposed to hair loss
- Hair in scalp area grows at a pace of approximately 1 cm monthly
- Every of can have approximately 100,000 hairs in the scalp area
- The United States have not had a bald President since the time when era of TV started
- A common human possesses from 100,000 to 150,000 hairs
- A male has 50 to 100 hairs lost every day