Just a side issue, but I'm curious as to where people derive this figure that 'millions of men take propecia'.
From reports online it is evident that Merck's sales of propecia typically rank somewhere between $350-500 million per year. At the upper end this is about 290million pounds.
I am from the UK, where propecia costs upwards of 300 pounds per year on prescription. I presume costs are not too disimilar across the world.
Therefore, by my maths skills that roughly equals 1 million men who use branded propecia globally.
I also realise that there are alternatives, that some use Proscar or Dutusteride, but surely these are not in huge numbers because it is arguably unlikely they'd even know about this alternative unless they visit forums such as these.
I'd estimate that the total number of people using some form of fin for hair loss could be as low as 2 million worldwide. I'd be very surprised if its any more than 3-4 million.
When you consider that hundreds of millions of men are balding worldwide, this is a tiny proportion.
Does anybody have any alternative figures? Just curious as to why people always say these meds are used by millions and millions.