For balding men who have been silent suffers for so long with no end in sight, there is at last hope from a drug called Dutasteride. It is a wonder drug which helps treat alopecia effectively and the brand name for this product is called as Avodart. This drug was invented for the treatment of prostrate enlargement. During clinical trials it was found out that this drug had a side-effect which manifested itself in unwanted hair growth. More surprisingly, the use of the drug also resulted in hair growth in patients who were also balding in their heads. Thus came into existence this wonder drug which is today giving a lot of hope to patients suffering from hair loss.
The best part about this drug is that it has been proven to work the fastest when it comes to hair growth compared to any other product in the same category. The product Dutasteride works in a very unique way by blocking the formation of DHT 5 alpha-dihydrotestoterone. As many of us would be aware DHT is a hormone which inhibits growth of normal hair on the scalp. It is here that this drug works exceedingly well. It works in stopping the growth of both 5-apha reductase 5AR.
Though Dutasteride is perfectly safe for the treatment of hair loss and balding, this drug should never be taken by women. In fact doctors advice pregnant woman not even to handle this drug because it gets easily absorbed through the skin. It can cause very serious side-effects in new born babies and hence it should never even be brought near pregnant and carrying women. There have been many cases of birth defects of new born babies because the mothers may have taken this drug or could have just come in contact with them.
Even with men Dutasteride has to be taken with care and strictly as per the instructions of the doctors. Once a patient is put on this drug, he is not supposed to donate blood at least for six months from the day on which he has last taken this drug. Coming to the dosage of this drug it should be taken once a day. It this treatment is continued, of course with the concurrence of the doctor, hair loss is not only reversed but in almost 70% of the cases, hair re-growth starts taking place. Another very encouraging fact is that even after two years of treatment, 85% of the patients still continue to enjoy growth of new hair in their scalp, which indeed is a great news for such people.
Dutasteride is also called a second-generation DHT inhibitor and this drug has the approval of FDA which was received in the year 2003. Since then it has been marketed very aggressively in the USA and other countries and has usually been sold under the brand name Avodart. The drug also comes in the form a gel which can be applied on the scalp and it also works the same way as the oral version of the drug. In fine, the drug has shown new vistas for people suffering from baldness or alopecia.
