Propecia - Charity
Challenge
PROPECIA is the first and only FDA-approved pill proven
to treat male pattern hair loss on the vertex (top of
the head) and anterior mid-scalp area in men.
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ATLANTA BASEBALL
PRO WALT WEISS WINS HAIR GROWTH CHALLENGE
Pro
baseball players tip their caps to reveal the winner of the
"Charity Challenge with Propecia"
ATLANTA,
July 11, 2000 -- In the final play at home
plate, Atlanta shortstop Walt Weiss
got the sign of victory from the umpire when seven professional baseball players
gathered on all-star day and tipped their caps to reveal the winner of the
"Charity Challenge with Propecia".
Weiss,
along with fellow baseball players Sandy Alomar, Jr., Gary Gaetti, Todd Greene,
Stan Javier, Bret Saberhagen and John Smoltz, announced on last year’s
all-star day that they would take Propecia® (finasteride) for one
year to see who would have the best response in regrowing or maintaining hair,
and to raise money for their selected charities.
Propecia is the only FDA-approved pill to treat certain types of male
pattern hair loss.
"I’m
excited that I came out on top in the Challenge," Weiss said.
"I joined the Challenge because it was a good thing to do for
charity and because my hair loss bothered me.
The Challenge was a win-win -- it helped my charity and my hair.
I think Propecia really worked for me and I’m sticking with it even now
that the Challenge is over."
For
participating, each player’s designated charity received $25,000 from Merck
& Co., Inc., maker of Propecia. The
Lois Joy Galler Foundation is getting an additional $25,000 for Weiss coming out
on top in the Challenge, bringing the total amount donated to $200,000.
Linda
Stein-Gold, M.D., associate director of clinical research at the Henry Ford
Medical Center’s Department of Dermatology in West Bloomfield, Mich., selected
the winner based on a review of "before" and "after"
photographs and examinations of the players’ scalps.
"It’s
been a very exciting year keeping an eye on the competing players and hearing
about their experiences with Propecia. It’s
important to keep in mind that this was not a clinical study and that the
winner’s results are not necessarily representative of what all men can
expect. Propecia does not work in
everybody," said Dr. Stein-Gold. "What’s
important is for each guy who wants to do something about his hair loss to find
out more by talking to his doctor."
"I
had nothing to lose and everything to gain by raising money for charity and
having the chance to maintain what I have," said Saberhagen.
"So, I would just recommend to men who think that they have a hair
loss problem to go and see their doctor and talk to their physician about
Propecia."
Tried
by more than 600,000 men
The
players are among the more than 600,000 men
in the U.S. who have taken Propecia, a prescription product used for the
treatment of male pattern hair loss in men only.
In clinical studies, safety and efficacy were demonstrated in men with
mild to moderate male pattern hair loss of the vertex, or top of the head, and
anterior mid-scalp areas. There is
not sufficient evidence that Propecia works for recession at the temporal areas.
If the drug does not show results within 12 months, further treatment is
unlikely to be of benefit. If
treatment is stopped, the hair that is gained is likely to be lost within 12
months.
Clinical
tests showed Propecia was very well tolerated.
Only a very small number of men had some sexual side effects.
These included less desire for sex, difficulty in achieving an erection
and a decrease in the amount of semen. Each
of these occurred in less than 2 percent of men.
When the men who had these side effects stopped taking Propecia, the side
effects went away.
Important
cautionary information regarding women
Propecia
is for men only. Propecia is not
for use in women or children. Women
who are or may potentially be pregnant must not use Propecia because of the risk
that the active ingredient may cause abnormalities of a male baby’s sex
organs. Likewise, these women must
avoid handling the tablets when they’re crushed or broken.
Propecia tablets are coated, which will prevent contact with the active
ingredient during normal handling.
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