Are You Going to Use Finasteride for Hair Loss? Read This First
Sold in the market under the brand names Propecia and Proscar, finasteride is a medication that is intended to treat people who are suffering from hair loss. In the early days, finasteride was just like other medications that were originally used to treat benign prostatic hypertrophy and prostate cancer. It turns out that patients who took finasteride for their prostate-related issues had experienced great results with it, along with a surprising bonus, and that is, the growth of hair.
Finasteride actually works by means of inhibiting or stopping type II 5-alpha reductase, the enzyme responsible for converting the hormone testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT). DHT, in turn, is the one responsible for losing one’s hair, resulting to baldness if not remedied. Thus, simply put, the action of finasteride is to prevent the conversion of testosterone into DHT, and the end result would be the prevention of hair loss. This “favorable side effect” of preventing hair loss and promoting growth of new hair by finasteride is what made it famous in the pharmaceutical world, not by its primary use which is for treating benign prostatic hypertrophy and other prostate-related ailments. Read more…
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Without getting into the classic " I'm the king of the castle... and you're the dirty rascal" types of discussions around this......
... let's look at "what is really going on"....
someone...somewhere... has discovered the point of "exponential growth" for $ in the world of Pharma...
That point is the " automatic" ordering and reordering of medications.
Any unchecked state that repeats. .does so exponentially ( 2,4,8,16,32,63,etc.).
Pharma once did this in an "aggregated" system and MILLIONS of dollars in profit resulted...then..... technology permitted it in an "integrated" system and BILLIONS of dollars in profit resulted.
Anyone in the value chain could link to this " automatic" world and have their income also grow exponentially.... physicians demanding $ for each repeat prescription; pharmacists switching to automatic dispensing machines (happening as we speak next door to an E.R. near you);.......
........ and let's not forget the HUGE value in making the patient " drug dependent" by making every facet of life a "drug dependent disorder"...
Q- is " pharma" the only bad guy here?
Q- what can stop this geometric growth?
A- create an interruption.... like inserting a demand on the (key) automatic events linked to Pharma
Q- what would that demand look like?
A- proof of outcomes ( NOTE: outcomes are not the same as "cure")
Q- who would enforce the demand?
A- the funder
Q- do you mean if the funder (key) had small pockets.. AND... :
was given the power over the allotted funds for ? drugs ......they might:
+ drive the price down ,
+ broaden the selection,
+stimulate the production of generics,
+get better service from the supplier.....
+restore power of real governance by breaking the power of false governance?
Q- who has the smaller pockets... patient.... or government?
Q- yikes...... is this why Pharma is "all of a sudden" repentant, ?humble confessional,.........?converted....???????
A- yup... yup... yup.... :)
[ watch for "fungibility" to impact a Pharma supplier near you ]
Of course... the only cure for this dilemma is..."consumer loyalty" ( versus provider loyalty) ......hmmmmmmmm...
..... watch for perks... promises ( because we love you best)..... and pretty packaging........perhaps even joining an evaluation club......oooooooh- that's a magnet........ hmmmmmmm.
Pharma.... you dirty rascal... you! ( oops I promised not to do that..... ;p)
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