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The U. S. FDA on 22nd December 1997 released the formal approval for Propecia for the treatment of male pattern hair loss. This is the latest medication that has been cleared by the FDA for hair loss for sale in the U.S. The drug is 5-Alpha 2 reductase blocker which minimizes the DHT levels and leading to the hair maintenance as well as stimulating fresh hair growth also. Based on the clinical studies that reported the significant 90 percent of the participants either achieved or maintained their hair for more than 5 years as compared to that of the placebo.

Based on the clinical trials for this FDA approval has raised new hopes for millions of American males who are suffering from their hair loss and are anxious about just nothing that could help the prevent their hair loss. However, manufacturer Merck & Co Inc. is glad to officially declare that they have been awarded formal approval of their product Propecia and started marketing Propecia 1mg pills for treating the male pattern hair loss called androgenetic alopecia exclusively of use in male hair conditions.

The medication is being sold under prescription category only and is very much made available across the world since mid January 1998 onwards. The marketing approval of Propecia is anyway based on the data from 3 different multi-center clinical trials such as one year, double-blind and placebo controlled that entailed almost 1,879 males between the age groups of 18 and 41 years having mild to moderate hair loss of the vertex and interior mid-scalp areas. Besides this, nearly 1,215 males having hair loss at their vertex – top of their heads were clinically studied for another one year’s time.
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