| With all the talk these days about Propecia I | | | | starch, sodium starch glycolate, |
| figured that this little pill needed a closer | | | | hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose LF, |
| look. It is the only FDA approved drug for | | | | hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, titanium |
| the treatment of male pattern baldness and it | | | | dioxide, magnesium stearate, talc, docusate |
| is being touted by many as the only thing | | | | sodium, FD&C Blue 2 aluminum lake and yellow |
| that actually does something to stop the | | | | iron oxide. These inactive ingredients are |
| nightmare of a receding hairline. Many men | | | | mostly just the bonding and filling agents |
| have been quick to accept these claims and | | | | that it takes to make a little pill of |
| they take this pill every day but do they | | | | Propecia that men can take every day. |
| really know what they are taking? | | | | |
| | | | There are some warnings when it comes to who |
| First of all, the name of the actual | | | | can and cannot take Propecia. Women should |
| ingredient in Propecia that should get all | | | | not take it, nor should anyone who has liver |
| the credit for fighting the battle at the | | | | problems. This is due to the fact that this |
| front lines of the war on receding hairlines | | | | drug works on the enzyme DHT which is |
| is called finasteride. Some chemists working | | | | primarily produced in the liver. |
| for the drug company Pfizer invented it in a | | | | |
| laboratory and it does some pretty amazing | | | | In most studies that have been performed on |
| things. It is a 4-azasteroid compound that is | | | | men between the ages of 18-54 who used |
| a specific inhibitor of the Type II 5 | | | | Propecia on a daily basis for several months |
| alpha-reductase. In plain English, it | | | | 65 percent showed an increase in hair growth |
| basically prevents androgen testosterone from | | | | over areas of the front and top of the scalp. |
| being converted into 5-dihydrotestosterone, | | | | Once the active ingredient finasteride |
| or DHT. This preventative process stops your | | | | interacts with the hair follicles in bald |
| hair follicles from dying, which allows more | | | | areas of the scalp, the follicles seem to |
| hair to grow on your head. | | | | come back to life. Hair begins to grow again, |
| | | | and so does your self esteem. |
| The enemy, known as DHT is an enzyme that is | | | | |
| found primarily in the prostate, seminal | | | | So it would seem that Propecia is the best |
| vesicles, epididymides, hair follicles and | | | | product available for men to use in the |
| liver. These particular parts of the body | | | | treatment of male pattern baldness, otherwise |
| account for approximately 67 percent of the | | | | known as alopecia. The side effects are |
| DHT that circulates in the bodies of men. The | | | | minimal and the process is as easy as taking |
| war on baldness is going on at an | | | | a pill. The results have been very positive |
| intracellular level and finasteride is your | | | | in the hair growth department. |
| army that is fighting gallantly for you | | | | |
| against an evil enzyme. | | | | In the war against a receding hairline it is |
| | | | good to know that a little white crystalline |
| Here are some particulars of the actual | | | | powder know as finasteride is fighting the |
| ingredient finasteride. It is a white | | | | battle for you at the intracellular level |
| crystalline powder with a melting point of | | | | against a very destructive force known as |
| 250 degrees Celsius. If you put finasteride | | | | 5-dihydrotestosterone, or DHT. In plain |
| in lower alcohol solvents it will freely | | | | English, if you cannot afford a hair |
| dissolve, but it is almost insoluble when | | | | transplant and you want to know what the next |
| placed in water. Most Propecia pills | | | | best choice would be to have a better head of |
| available contain 5 mg of finasteride. They | | | | hair, Propecia seems to be the answer. |
| are film-coated tablets that also contain the | | | | |
| inactive ingredients hydrous lactose, | | | | Copyright 2006. |
| microcrystalline cellulose, pregelatinized | | | | |