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Dr.
Sawaya's Test Patient Reporting Impressive Results With Dutasteride
- The New Hair Loss Medication That Will Soon Eclipse
Propecia
One of HairSite's frequent visitors posted in the Dutasteride forum
on April 26th, 2002 a certain news article he found in the News4
Jacksonville website (news4jax.com). This news article was dated Feb
18, 2000. In the article, a test patient of Dr. Marty Sawaya's came
forward and reported dramatic results in hair growth while
participating in a study for a new hair loss medication. Dr. Sawaya
of Ocala is one of the nation's most highly respected specialists in
the filed of hair loss.
The name of the
medication was not disclosed in the News4Jax's article but
HairSite's posters were quick to speculate (as usual) that the
medication referred to could very likely be Dutasteride.
HairSite has managed to contact the test subject featured in the
News4Jax article. For the purpose of this report, we called the test
subject Tom. Tom confirmed that he was one of the 35 test subjects
participated in Dr. Sawaya's study for Dutasteride several years
ago.
Tom was about 33 years old when he began the study. According to
Tom, Dutasteride had worked wonders for him. Tom was on the
medication for about 8 - 10 months (he does not remember exactly how
many months, but according to Tom, definitely at least 6 months and
no more than a year) and he went from a Norwood 4 - 5 to a Norwood 2
during that period. His hair loss stopped completely 3 weeks after
he began the treatment and he witnessed gradual hair growth
throughout the rest of the study. No shedding was reported. First
visible signs of regrowth were observed at the back and crown area.
The regrowth was particularly dense and thick in the back and crown
area, but there was noticeable regrowth along the hairlines as well.
Absolutely no side effects were reported.
After Tom was taken off the medication, he was requested to visit
Dr. Sawaya's office for blood test and monitoring. It was found that
his DHT level had remained low for more than a year after he
discontinued taking Dutasteride even though the results tapered off
eventually. Dr. Sawaya's office speculated that because of the
medication's effectiveness, some patients can possibly go on
Dutasteride one pill a week or even stretch as far as one pill per
month in the maintenance phase. When Tom was on the medication, he
was asked to take one pill per day during the 8 - 10 month period.
Tom remembered that he was given the highest dose in the study but
forgot exactly how many milligrams exactly. He had not used
Propecia, Minoxidil or any other hair loss products prior to or
during the study.
Tom also added that another benefit of Dutasteride was that the hair
on his back fell off while he was on the medication.
Unfortunately, about a year after Tom stopped using Dutasteride, a
majority of the Dutasteride induced regrowth started to fall. When
asked if he would go back to Dutasteride again when it becomes
available, Tom said he was totally devastated that they took him off
the study and that he would absolutely go back to the medication as
soon as they become available.
There were about 35 other subjects in the study. Tom indicated that
he was not able to get in touch with other test patients and he
cautioned that his results may be among the most impressive of all.
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