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Originally Posted by Rodney
Actually, no. But I apologize for misleading you with bad information. I backed up and did a quick Google. The drug in question is called Proscar (finasteride), and it is used to fight benign prostate enlargement. Both Proscar and Propecia are finasteride, but Propecia is a 1 mg dose while Proscar comes in 5 mg tabs and is cheaper (no advertising campaign to pay for, I guess). You buy a pill-cutter and cut each Proscar into four pieces, then take one piece a day.
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Ah, ok. The blood pressure medicine bit threw me off. Spironolactone is primarily a high blood pressure medicine that works at least partly in the same manner.
What you're describing isn't a different drug, it's the same drug, but with a different brand name and dosage, and is only for men. Otherwise, you're probably right about this being a good strategy for men who want to keep their hair.
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Back on topic--Grace has jet black hair like her father and his parents (not unexpected, being Japanese and all) and not a single gray one yet. I think it's unlikely she'll ever go gray, as her parents are both solid black in their mid forties, and both grandmothers are still black in their 60's or 70's.
Gilda