How to stop hair loss using Dutasteride

Many would regard Dutasteride as currently the most advanced solution to inhibit dehydrotestosterone (DHT) because it has shown to inhibit the two types of enzymes responsible for converting testosterone into DHT, which is responsible for hair minituarization.

If you experience hair loss and nothing seems to work, you don't need to panic. There is still a long way till baldness. Talk to your doctor and try Dutasteride!

Diminishes DHT by up to 90%

Generic Dutasteride (Dutas) has the same effect like Finasteride - the active ingredient in Propecia – reduces the size of the enlarged prostate and diminishes the levels of DHT (dihydrotestosterone) by 90 % at two weeks and 93 % at two years.

Dutasteride, under the Avodart brand name, is produced by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and it is considered to be the best discovery in hair loss treatment since Propecia, although it is not a hair loss drug, but a cure for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), a non-cancerous increase of the prostate glands .

What is to know if you want to use Dutasteride for your hair loss problem:

• It is the first and so far the only drug that inhibits both types of enzyme (1 and 2) which cause the conversion of testosterone to DHT (the main androgen responsible for male baldness and prostate growth)

• A gelatin capsule of Avodart can contains from 0.01 mg, 0.05 mg, 0.5 mg, 2.5 mg, to 0.5 mg of the active ingredient (dutasteride)

• Do talk to your doctor about the needed dosage (for hair loss it seems enough a dose of 2.5 mg);

More effective than Finasteride

• A daily capsule of 2.5 mg or 5.0 mg inhibits close to 100% of the DHT while 5.0 mg daily dosage of Finasteride can only inhibit about 70% of the DHT

• You can take the capsule with a glass of water and with or without food

• You may donate blood only 6 month after your last dose of drug

• Usually a 3 to 6 month period is required to see if dutasteride is efficient as treatment or not, so don't stop the treatment before you talk to your doctor

• The drug is not allowed for women and children

• A pregnant woman should not even handle a capsule because if it is crashed the dutasteride can be absorbed through the skin and that can cause malformation to the unborn baby

Side effects

• There are also side effects: impotence, a decrease in libido. They appear to a small amount of patients and may disappear in time

Although it was not meant for solving hair loss problems, dutasteride seems to be the answer to your prayer. If you tried everything else and your doctor says ok, go for it! Remember, Dutasteride is currently often a last resort for many who have had little luck with other cheaper alternatives such as Propecia.