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What makes you say this? All the patents except for the last one were filed a long time ago and I think Follica has moved on. We found out about all those patents except for the last one 18 months after the filing dates. This is how long it takes for a patent filing to become public with the...

It's approved for safety, not efficacy.

But it off the Amazon.es . 50 bucks for 6 bottles shipped. Amazon Germany doesn't ship to USA afaik.

You want to be the savior? Go make a bunch of money, like 500 million dollars, and invest it all into hairloss.

what cassin said, but also because why would a dermatologist want to prescribe a dose meant for prostate issues? I can't blame a dermatologist for not prescribing the 5mg variety.

good idea! this can be the thread, and you can do the research, compile the information, and post back. Thanks!

Do be aware of the amounts used in the studies as well. For example, the macaque studies used 25mg per 50cm2 of area for their 0.5mL 5% solution. Their 1% 5mg solution used over 50cm2 only showed maintenance as well as negative vellous hair progression. The 25mg per 50cm2 showed positive...

Actually, the patent runs out in 2012. The companies that sell it are from China and they are selling only the power under R&D purposes. Commercializing it would require licensing it from the patent holder. AFAIK, Proskelia was sold to Galapagos in 2006. I would also add that spironolactone does little...

I don't get your point. I guess you could want to buy 1 or 2 months worth but I wouldn't expect any results and don't see what the point of it would be. Plus, if you purchased it from someone else, it would cost you more than what you can get if from one of the two suppliers. It's not going to...

i would say at least 50mg daily for the hairline and 150mg daily for the whole dome. You can read up on the studies, see what other users are taking, etc. There seems to be quite a lot more people experimenting with it at the hairlosshelp forums btw. 10 grams = 450 USD shipped or 20 grams for...

so you take 4-5 pills a day for 6mg of something like this which lasts you a month and a half (they do recommend to space out the pills throughout the day...sounds like too much cayenne pepper at once may hurt...): http://www.allstarhealth.com/f/natures_way-cayenne.htm and for the soy...

Re: nickypoos's story (Month 4 - dutasteride) I was on dutasteride for 8 months and my hairline and crown degraded severely over that period of time. I was on finasteride for ~18 months before that, quit finasteride for a few years and then took the dutasteride for those 8 months for what it's worth. Back to daily .5mg finasteride, daily...

If you really want to keep your hair, why would you take the risk of going off treatments and being given a placebo? I could see someone participating if they refuse to any other available treatments though.

Norwood 1.5? Don't mean to scare you but it looks like the temples are starting to recede, then the crown area will start to thin, followed by middle thinning to leave the little island at the front. Hopefully finasteride will halt that. It did for me for a couple years before I stopped taking it.

I'm 5 weeks in at 150-200mg/day and I think it's far too early to pass any definitive judgement. If I had to say something, it would be somewhat similar to karlg. I don't know if I just didn't notice before, but I've never noticed so many vellus hairs in my temple areas. They don't cover the...