How effective is PROPECIA at regrowing hair?
2 of 3 men who took PROPECIA regrew hair, as measured by hair count. Simply put, all men who took the placebo (sugar pill) lost hair by the end of the 5-year study. On the other hand, most men (2 of 3) who took PROPECIA gained hair at the end of the 5-year study. By the end of the study, there was an average difference of 277 hairs in a test spot (1-inch circle on top of head) between men who took PROPECIA and men who took a placebo. Throughout the 5-year study, the difference between the 2 groups increased. The maximum increase in hair count with PROPECIA occurred in the first 2 years of the study. See additional results of this study In clinical studies for PROPECIA, a small number of men experienced certain sexual side effects, such as less desire for sex, difficulty in achieving an erection, or a decrease in the amount of semen. Each of these side effects occurred in less than 2% of men and went away in men who stopped taking PROPECIA because of them.
2 of 3 men who took PROPECIA in a five year clinical study regrew hair, as measured by hair count. Simply put, all men who took the placebo (sugar pill) lost hair by the end of the 5-year study. On the other hand, most men (2 of 3) who took PROPECIA gained hair at the end of the 5-year study. By the end of the study, there was an average difference of 277 hairs in a test spot (1-inch circle on top of head) between men who took PROPECIA and men who took a placebo. Throughout the 5-year study, the difference between the 2 groups increased. The maximum increase in hair count with PROPECIA occurred in the first 2 years of the study. See additional results of this study In clinical studies for PROPECIA, a small number of men experienced certain sexual side effects, such as less desire for sex, difficulty in achieving an erection, or a decrease in the amount of semen. Each of these side effects occurred in less than 2% of men and went away in men who stopped taking PROPECIA because of them.
