Archive for November, 2008

Propecia Advice And Comments

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Men who suffer from Male Pattern Baldness say that the feeling of dread when you first see the signs of hair loss are terrible and in fact it can take some time before you can come to terms with it and get round to doing something about it. Many men live in denial fo sometime and others immediately resign themselves to becoming completely bald over the years. Ukmedix feels that best thing to do if you are suffering from hair loss is firstly to check for sure that your hair loss is caused by heriditary Male Pattern Balding and not by other things such as certain medicines or stress and anxiety.

If you are living a stressless life and you are not using any medicines that have hair loss as a side effect then the likelyhood is that you are suffering from a hair loss condition that effects millions of men worldwide and so take heart from the knowledge that you are not alone and also from the fact that recent medical advances have made it quite likely that you will be able to stop your hair loss and have some peace of mind.

The most effect hair loss drug available today on the market is without a doubt Propecia. Propecia is administered in the form of a very small light brown tablet that needs to be taken just once a day. Propecia works by blocking the Dihydrotestosterone or DHT (a testosterone related hormone) that forms in the scalp and is responsible for weakening and then eventually killing the hair follicles on the scalp. All male pattern baldness is caused by Dihydrotestosterone in the scalp and Propecia works by preventing the formation of the DHT in the scalp and thus preventing it from attacking the hair follicles. It is perectly normal for a man to have DHT in his scalp and some men joke that it shows that they have higher levels of the male hormone testosterone when compared to there full haired friends, but there is no evidence to show this.

Propecia has a few minor side effects which will disappear immediately if you stop using it and it has been seen to be effective with most men who use it. It won’t immediately grow back your hair but it will over the long term it will cause your hair loss to stop and may make your hair grow back slightly. If you are already bald taking Propecia will not grow you hair back.

Ukmedix believes that Propecia provides the best hair loss remedy on the market today for Male Pattern Baldness.

Propecia And Coping With Hair Loss

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Ukmedix gets many emails from people who are very upset with their hair loss. While it would seem obvious that a woman would suffer more than a man with the trauma of hair loss in does appear that men go through severe bouts of anxiety and depression when it comes to losing their hair. When people are desperate they will often do things that they normally would not even consider and this is why there are so many bogus and fake hair loss remedies on the market that really have no use at all. Ukmedix regularily receives reports of yet another scam and while it amazes us how people put there trust in unproven remedies at the same time we understand the desperation that consumes these people.

Ukmedix sells Propecia that has been the subject of testing by the EMEA in the European Union and also the FDA in the United States. These two organisations are considered to be the most respected and impartial medical authorities in the world and they have given Propecia their full approval. The EMEA and the FDA have not just tested the Propecia for safety but also for efficacy and it clearly shows that Propecia is the the most effective drug in the world for stopping and slowing the onset of Male Pattern Balding.

The other hair loss drug that has the approval of both the EMEA and the FDA is the drug minoxidil. Minoxidil is applied to the top of the head daily, has had good results with users and is able to be used by women unlike Propecia. Some hair loss professionals like to prescribe both Propecia and Minoxidil together as they say that the best results are obtained by using both drugs.

Ukmedix can help you to establish whether the hair loss you are suffering from is actually Male Pattern Balding and whether the hair loss drug Propecia is right for you.

Propecia Could Be Challenged By New Research

Friday, November 7th, 2008

For now men who are suffering from Male Pattern Baldness will find that the best thing that they can do about the problem is to get a prescription for Propecia. Propecia that is made by the drug company Merck is statistically the most effective medicine for the condition that sees some men as young as 20 start to lose hair gradually over the course of their lives. Propecia is not 100% effective, but independent research shows that it can help as many as 90% of men and some will even experience regrowth of hair as well as the discontinuation of hair loss.

In the future things could change as much research is being done on gene therapy to limit male pattern baldness and if this research proves positive and the outcome is a viable commercial treatment that beats MPB at the molecular level then it could have a big effect on the sales of the hair loss drug Propecia.

Recent research done in Russia on a group of people who were noted to experience high levels of hair loss has identified faulty genes that could be the trigger for hair loss and thus if a treatment is made to rectify this problem at the root the sales would be huge and male pattern baldness could become a thing of the past.

Until then Propecia remains the best way forward for men to deal with their hair loss as it prevents the formation of dihydrotestosterone in the man’s scalp, which is reason why the hair falls out. Propecia is now used by millions of men worldwide and sales are still growing for its company Merck. Propecia is also popular because it the first serious hair loss treatment that does not involve rubbing lotions and tonics on the scalp and is just administered daily by swallowing a small pill.