HairlossTalk said:
There isnt a single doctor in this country who would prescribe it to a woman with the knowledge of their peers, as far as I know. If they do prescribe it, they'd do so "off the record" because of it has been completely banned for use in women by the FDA and Merck, who could have stood to make money off its sale to women. I have attended several dermatological conferences and hair loss conferences where it is publicly agreed among the 500+ doctors present that propecia is *not* a safe option for women.
HairLossTalk.com
Can you give me an idea of
why these doctors have present that propecia is not a safe option for women, HTL?
Brucelee said:
Given there is no proven efficacy of finasteride on female hair loss (is there?), why would you want to take it. Do you enjoy being a guinea pig?
Bruce
Why would I want to take any of the following to treat FPB?
Flutamide - 250mg orally 3 times a day
» Cimetidine - 300mg orally 5 times a day
» Dexamethasone - 0.25 to 0.75mg per night
» Cyproterone Acetate - 50 to 150mg a day (not available in US)
» Desogestrel: Desogen, Ortho-Cept
» Norgestimate: Ortho-Cyclen, Ortho Tri-Cyclen (yes it can potentially grow hair too!)
» Norethindrone: Micronor, Nor-OD, Ovcon-35, Brevicon, Modicon, Ortho-Novum 7/7/7, Ortho-Novum 10-11, Tri-Norinyl, Norinyl and Orthol/35
» Ethynodiol diacetate: Demulen 1/35
» Levonorgestrel: TriphasilfTri-Levlen, Nordette
» Norgestrel: Lo/Ovral, Ovrefte, Ovral
» Norethindrone acetate: Loestrin 1/20, Loestrin 1.5/30
» Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists
» Leuprolide (Lupron-Depot), 3.75 mg/month intramuscularly, plus 0.625 mg conjugated estrogens and cyclic medroxyprogesterone acetate 10 mg (from days 1-12 of each month)
» Nafarelin (400 [Lg intranasally twice a day), plus Norinyl 1/35 tablets daily for 21 of 28 days, orally
There is no proven efficacy of these treatments in arresting FBM and yet they are still used to treat the condition. This site says so. So if we are going on the mere fact that finasteride hasn't been shown to produce "cosmetically acceptable hair growth" in premenopausal women - rather a misnomer since no such studies have ever been ran - then the same applies to any of the above antiandrogens.