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Article: New Five-Year Study with Propecia(R) Showed That the `Hair Count' Gap Grew Over Time Between Men Who Treated Hair Loss with Propecia, Compared to Men Who Didn't.
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- March 15, 2001
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WEST POINT, Pa., March 15 /PRNewswire/ --
The longest controlled clinical trial of a hair loss treatment ever reported showed that men who took Propecia(R) (finasteride 1 mg) compared to men who took a placebo had a considerable difference in their hair counts after five years, according to data presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.
The new study showed a difference of 277 hairs in a one-inch diameter circle of scalp in favor of men treated with Propecia for five years (n=219) vs. those who received a placebo (n=15). Baseline hair counts of all men at the start of the study averaged 876 hairs in the one-inch ...