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• I’m Back On Propecia…Will I Have the Same Positive Response?

  In Archives, Hair Loss / By tbtshow / 10 January 2017

  Mike from New York calls in to discuss getting back on Propecia after a 7 year hiatus. While he felt it was the right decision to stop using the drug while he and his wife were trying to get pregnant, Mike’s concerned about whether or not he’ll respond as well to the medication as he did the first time around, and if there really is a difference between brand name Propecia and generic Finasteride. If you’re considering using Propecia this is a show you don’t want to miss.

  Spencer Kobren‘s The Bald Truth is internationally syndicated through the GFQ Network

   

• Propecia Does Not Increase Prostate Cancer Risk According to Chief Medical Officer of The American Cancer Society

  In Hair Loss / By The Bald Truth / 15 June 2011

  The news has spread far and wide through the hair loss community that the Food and Drug Administration expanded their warning last Thursday on a group of drugs which includes finasteride (Proscar/Propecia), stating that using these drugs may increase the risk of high grade prostate cancer.

  The latest  warning indicates that 5 alpha reductase inhibitors (which include the hair loss drug Propecia) are linked to a greater risk of high grade prostate cancers. However, many physicians, including prostate cancer specialists, believe that these drugs actually improve the ability to detect aggressive tumors that already exist in patients, which can prove to be life saving.

  According to Otis Brawley, M.D., chief medical officer and executive vice president of the American Cancer Society, this latest FDA warning has been misinterpreted by many and he felt it was important to set the record straight.

  Spencer Kobren speaks with Dr. Otis Brawley of The American Cancer Society
  

   

• Genes May Predict Treatment Efficacy For Women Suffering With Hair Loss

  In Uncategorized / By The Bald Truth / 2 March 2010

  A six month pilot study conducted by molecular dermatology and research innovator Hair DX, suggests that certain genetic mechanisms can help predict if the breakthrough hair loss drug Propecia (Finasteride), primary prescribed to men, could actually be effective in the treatment of female pattern hair loss in post menopausal women.

  “Results of our pilot study are very encouraging, as it appears we have found a key piece of the genetic puzzle which identifies women who can benefit from Finasteride therapy in the same way men do. Our findings suggest these women actually have a female corollary to male pattern hair loss (Androgenetic Alopecia), and that is an important finding,” says IAHRS Accepted Member Dr. Sharon Keene, Chief Medical Officer of HairDX. “Once these results are confirmed, it can usher in a new era of treatment for female Androgenetic Alopecia.”

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  http://www.news-medical.net/news/20100224/Study-indicates-Finasteride-therapy-may-benefit-women-suffering-from-hair-loss.aspx