Propecia

Propecia (Finasteride) - a drug designed to treat hair loss and baldness in men and only men. Propecia comes in tablet form that should be taken from one piece every day.

Propecia is intended for the treatment of androgen-only forms of alopecia (synonym: male-pattern baldness, hereditary alopecia). Approximately 95% of cases of alopecia refer precisely to this type. The product is not intended to treat other forms of alopecia: alopecia focal (alopecia areata), alopecia, caused by lack of vitamins and nutrients, and so forms of baldness. The nature of these forms of hair loss is quite different than in the case of androgenic alopecia, and the benefits of Propecia to be little or none at all.

Take one tablet Propecia every day. You can take Propecia with or without food. It is needed to take Propecia daily for three months or more to become noticeable effect - slowing down and stop the hair loss. After 6 months of treatment you will notice the newly growing hair fell out and in return it will not just fluff, but real hair.

If Propecia gives you no effect during the twelve months, further application is likely not feasible. If the use of Propecia is effective, the premature abandonment of taking the pills may lead to loss of hair restoration. Although the results are different, as a rule is impossible to build back all the hair had fallen earlier.
Propecia comes in tablet form. Each tablet contains 1 mg of finasteride. The shape and appearance of tablets may vary. Typically, tablets are brownish, precious stones and covered with a shell. Each tablet embossed on one side "PROPECIA 1", on the other hand - "MRK 71".
Propecia, finasteride tablets usually are placed in plastic bottles of various shapes and designs, depending on the manufacturer. Bottle, in turn, can be packaged in kits, designed for treatment 1, 2, 3 or more months. The photo on the right you can see an example of cartons PRO PAK ™ with 3 bottles of 30 tablets each.
The active component of Propecia is finasteride, which has been licensed for use under the name Proscar in 1992, for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Propecia tablets contain 1 mg of finasteride

Propecia usually gives very good results, allowing you to restore hair growth, not only on the crown, but also in the area of the frontal bald patches. These areas are usually difficult to treat. The effectiveness of Propecia to combat hair loss by the fact that some men who took Propecia, the amount of hair remained the same or increased, while 66% increased significantly the number of new hairs replace the fallen. And it was not big hair (a feeling that something there seems to be growing), but real normal hair. The results achieved by unlike patients, of course differ. It is important, that there are trials, proved by clinics, the huge majority of patients that are using Propecia, as a minimum, fully keep the amount of hair that is they have today. Imagine that, going to the mirror in two or three years, you'll see that you have remained the same hairstyle as this morning. And it is more likely that the mirror on you will look completely different person with a normal head of hair.
We must remember that healthy hairs grow on average an inch a month, so it takes time to find a visible improvement. According with clinical studies need to take Propecia daily for 3 months or more to become visible effect - slowing down and stop the hair loss. After 6 months of application can be seen once again grow to replace lost hair and it will not just fluff, but real hair. In the event that Propecia not be affected by a period of twelve months, continued its use will likely not be appropriate.
You need to take Propecia for as long as you want to keep their hair, to continue their recovery and increase in number. If you discontinue the use of Propecia, you are likely to lose hair earlier recovered within approximately 12 months. We must remember the role played by Propecia in blocking the formation of dihydrotestosterone (DHT). If you cancel this hormone Propecia again begins its destructive effects on hair.

Reported in clinical trials, side effects were rare, and did not address the majority of men. Approximately 0.5% of men experience any of the following side effects relating to the sexual sphere:

* Decreased libido (decreased libido)
Difficulty in reaching * erection
* Reducing the number of sperm

Side effects completely disappeared in men who have stopped taking Propecia.

There is no single opinion about the involvement of Propecia to these side effects is not for two reasons:

* Side effects disappeared in most men (58%), continued to take Propecia.
* In the control group, which took place Propecia placebo ("dummy", not containing really finasteride, but was given to a medicine) observed the same side effects and in the same size!


Propecia can affect the result of blood, exposing prostate cancer. This does not mean that the use Propecia causes prostate cancer. It means only that as a result of this analysis, you can put a false diagnosis. If you want be sure, please report that you are taking Propecia, your doctor.


As for women suffering from alopecia, a new medicine for them is not intended at all. First, because it expressed a positive effect on the use of Propecia to have the fair sex is not observed. Secondly - there is a high risk of congenital malformations in the fetus, if finasteride is used during pregnancy.


Frequently asked questions: "If I am taking Propecia and it may be harmful to my posterity, as being about the possible appearance of finasteride in semen?". On this subject conducted special clinical studies. Control the availability of finasteride in semen in 35 men a day for 6 months of taking Propecia. In 60% of Propecia in the seed at all was not detected. In other cases, the average level of Propecia in semen was 0.26 ng / ml. The highest value of the level was 1.52 ng / ml. Assuming that the level of finasteride in semen always be the highest detected level and that the woman's vagina on a daily basis is 100% absorbed dose of 5 ml of ejaculate, it turns out that the human body affects the dose is 750 times smaller than it was in experiments on rhesus macaque - classical laboratory animals. In other words, a dose 750 times greater than in the present case did not cause any side effects macaques in terms of developmental abnormalities, etc. Nor did it reveal any abnormalities of male fetus, when Propecia was introduced directly into the blood intravenously to pregnant rhesus macaque in amounts 750 times greater than the amount, to which the pregnant woman is exposed to males receiving daily 1 mg of finasteride (Propecia 1 tablet).


Propecia is intended for treatment of hair loss in men only, and should not be taken by women or children. Propecia and should not take people who have experienced an allergic reaction to any components that make up the Propecia.

CAUTION! Pregnant women or women who potentially are going to become a mother, should not touch broken Propecia pills. If a woman, pregnant with a boy, will be in contact with the active ingredient in Propecia, even through the skin, it can lead to abnormal changes in the reproductive system children. Propecia tablets are covered with a special membrane, preventing its contact with the active ingredient in ordinary conditions.

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