Who should NOT take PROPECIA?
• PROPECIA is for the treatment of male pattern hair loss in MEN ONLY and should not be taken by
women (see A warning about PROPECIA and pregnancy).
• PROPECIA should not be taken by children.
• Anyone allergic …

What is male pattern hair loss?
Male pattern hair loss is a common condition in which men experience thinning of the hair on the scalp. Often,
this results in a receding hairline and/or balding on the top of the head. These changes …

The initial observation that the prostate could convert
testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) (1), e.g. contained
5
-reductase activity, was the first of a long succession of
pieces of evidence thatDHTmight be important in the pathogenesis
of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). In 1980 it was
hypothesized that: …