Article 5-
The Particulars Of
Propecia
With all the talk these days
about Propecia I figured that this little
pill needed a closer look. There are no other FDA
approved drugs for the treatment of male pattern
baldness and it is being touted by many as the only
thing that actually does something to stop the
nightmare of a receding hairline. Many men have been
quick to accept these claims and they take this pill
every day, but do they really know what they are
taking?
First of all, the name of the
actual ingredient in Propecia that should get
all the credit for fighting the battle at the front
lines of the war on receding hairlines is called
finasteride. Some chemists working for the drug
company Pfizer invented it in a laboratory and it
does some pretty amazing things. It is a
4-azasteroid compound that is a specific inhibitor
of the Type II 5 alpha-reductase. In plain English,
it basically prevents androgen testosterone from
being converted into 5-dihydrotestosterone, or DHT.
This preventative process stops your hair follicles
from dying, which allows more hair to grow on your
head.
The enemy, known as DHT is an
enzyme that is found primarily in the prostate,
seminal vesicles, epididymides, hair follicles and
liver. These particular parts of the body account
for approximately 67 percent of the DHT that
circulates in the bodies of men. The war on baldness
is going on at an intracellular level and
finasteride is your army that is fighting gallantly
for you against an evil enzyme.
Here are some particulars of the actual
ingredient finasteride. It is a white crystalline
powder with a melting point of 250 degrees Celsius.
If you put finasteride in lower alcohol solvents it
will freely dissolve, but it is almost insoluble
when placed in water. Most Propecia pills
available contain 5 mg of finasteride. They are
film-coated tablets that also contain the inactive
ingredients hydrous lactose, microcrystalline
cellulose, pregelatinized starch, sodium starch
glycolate, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose LF,
hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, titanium
dioxide, magnesium stearate, talc, docusate sodium,
FD&C Blue 2 aluminum lake and yellow iron oxide.
These inactive ingredients are mostly just the
bonding and filling agents that it takes to make a
little pill of Propecia that men can take every day.
There are some warnings when it comes to who can
and cannot take Propecia. Women should not take it,
nor should anyone who has liver problems. This is
due to the fact that this drug works on the enzyme
DHT which is primarily produced in the liver.
In most studies that have been performed on men
between the ages of 18-54 who used Propecia on a
daily basis for several months 65 percent showed an
increase in hair growth over areas of the front and
top of the scalp. Once the active ingredient
finasteride interacts with the hair follicles in
bald areas of the scalp, the follicles seem to come
back to life. Hair begins to grow again, and so does
your self esteem. So it would seem that Propecia is
the best product available for men to use in the
treatment of male pattern baldness, otherwise known
as alopecia. The side effects are minimal and the
process is as easy as taking a pill. The results
have been very positive in the hair growth
department. Propecia can be purchased at any
drugstore at a reputable online pharmacy.
Just make certain that you are buying your
prescription drugs online at a US licensed
pharmacy to make sure that you buy FDA
approved drugs and nothing less. US licensed
pharmacies operate under strict rules and
guidelines set forth by the NABP and you can be rest
assured that you will get the real thing when you
buy your Propecia from them.
In the war against a
receding hairline it is good to know that a little
white crystalline powder know as finasteride is
fighting the battle for you at the intracellular
level against a very destructive force known as
5-dihydrotestosterone, or DHT. In plain English, if
you cannot afford a hair transplant and you want to
know what the next best choice would be to have a
better head of hair, Propecia seems to be the
answer.
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Copyright 2007. Michael P. Connelly
