Nonsteroidal anti-androgen, originally a prostate cancer drug
a synthetic anti-androgen and weak progestogen that inhibits DHT binding to androgen receptor
- Is cyproterone only for women, or can men use it too? Cyproterone acetate is not a women-only drug — published reports describe use in men for prostate cancer, paraphilic disorders and gender-affirming therapy — but it is not FDA-approved for any indication, and European regulators restricted higher doses over a dose-related meningioma risk.
5-alpha reductase inhibitor that blocks both enzyme types, a stronger DHT blocker than finasteride
- Is it dangerous to buy dutasteride without a prescription? Dutasteride is a prescription medicine, and its US label warns about a PSA drop, a higher rate of high-grade prostate cancer in one trial, sexual and breast side effects (the sexual ones may persist after stopping, with dutasteride's role unknown), depressed mood and a new UK class warning about depression and suicidal thoughts, risks in pregnancy and a 6-month blood-donation deferral. Buying from unregulated online sellers adds the risk of counterfeit or contaminated products.
- Dutasteride side effects: what the label and studies actually report The Avodart label reports impotence in 4.7% and decreased libido in 3.0% of men in the first six months (1.7% and 1.4% on placebo), with new reports falling after month six; those figures come from BPH trials in older men, and the hair-loss trials in younger men run only six months. The label and studies also flag a PSA drop of about half, a small rise in high-grade prostate cancer in one trial, an observational link to depression, and sexual effects that the label says may persist after stopping.
- Does Baicapil block DHT? What the evidence shows No published study shows that Baicapil blocks DHT — the only data on the ingredient itself is the manufacturer's own unpublished dossier, and the baicalin research behind the claim is prostate cancer cell-line work that did not measure DHT or hair.
Injections of drug or vitamin mixtures into the scalp
Popular 5-alpha reductase inhibitor that lowers DHT, taken as a pill or used topically
