Why can't athletes take finasteride?

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) bans the use of Propecia® because its active ingredient, Finasteride, is considered a “masking agent” for some performance-enhancing steroids. Though Finasteride is not a performance-enhancing drug itself, its presence in urine makes it hard to detect banned substances.

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Good For Hair, But Not If You Are In Competitive Athletics

Posted on April 19, 2008 in Hair Loss

Propecia® is one of the leading medical treatments for hair loss in men, but it becomes a hot topic in sports and Olympics news from time to time. Professional male athletes do their best on and off the field, and that includes looking their best (as we know from Tom Brady’s widely publicized visit with a hair loss specialist a few months ago). However, using Propecia® can sometimes be an issue for competitive athletes. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) bans the use of Propecia® because its active ingredient, Finasteride, is considered a “masking agent” for some performance-enhancing steroids. Though Finasteride is not a performance-enhancing drug itself, its presence in urine makes it hard to detect banned substances. This has posed a problem for a few male athletes, who were unaware of Propecia® being banned in competitive sports by the WADA. A member of the US skeleton team at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Zach Lund, was banned from the competition after Finasteride was detected in a drug test. Goalie Joes Theodore flunked a pre-Olympic screening when he was with the Montreal Canadiens, because of the presence of Finasteride in his urine, and player-coach of the Brazilian soccer team Vasco da Gama, legend Romario de Souza Faria, received a four-month suspension after using Propecia®. All three of these athletes had no intention of providing a faulty urine sample when they took Propecia® as a hair loss treatment. It’s important to note that even though it gets some bad press in instances like these, Propecia® is not dangerous, but is in fact a safe, effective treatment for men experiencing hair loss. In fact, at the time of their trouble with the WADA, all three athletes had healthy heads of hair.

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Is DHT blocker FDA approved?

The FDA has approved oral finasteride, a medication that inhibits conversion of testosterone to DHT, for use by men.

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If your hair is falling out, your dermatologist may tell you that your hair loss is genetic or linked to dihydrotestosterone (DHT). If so, you’ll want to explore the range of medications, products, treatments and foods known informally as DHT blockers. Keep in mind that while some have proved quite effective, the jury remains out on others.

How Does DHT Cause Hair Loss?

DHT is a common factor in both male pattern baldness and hair loss in women, according to the American Hair Loss Association. Although DHT is a sex hormone associated with masculine characteristics, such as facial hair and a deep voice, it is created in the ovaries in women as well as in the testes and prostate in men. If DHT attaches to hair follicles for very long, it can trigger receptors to shrink those follicles, which eventually leads to increasingly fine hair and, finally, to hair loss.

DHT Blocking Treatments

DHT blockers are available in a variety of forms. Some of the most common treatment options include:

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