Getting products

It is amazing in this day and age that it is still difficult to buy the drugs that you want. Democracy, like Totalitarianism, is almost as arbitrary in matters to do with healthcare as they are with road traffic regulation. No choice is given to a driver but to wait at pointless traffic lights, to drive aimlessly at 20mph on an open road or to sit at a red light in front of an empty roundabout. Similarly, when attempting to buy drugs for yourself, there are severe limitations. Apparently the so-called well qualified GP, who frequently knows didly squat about alopecia, has the ultimate decision making power over you, the way an absolute ruler might over his (or her) indentured servant.

Asking a doctor for finasteride or dutasteride is as difficult as it was for a woman to ask her doctor for the pill in the 1980s. It is quite unreal that places such as Boots, which are the nexus to the drug are shielded from your purchasing decision, because the decision maker for that access is provided by a person whose general education, despite the gaping hole in knowledge of hair related issues, qualifies him or her to determine a drug's suitability for you. There is not even a tip of the hat to the myriad clinical studies and data that are available nor any whiff of prognosis based on diagnostic blood hormone tests or simple trichoscopy. We are at the mercy of the General Practitioner, and he or she can, and frequently does, prevent you the access you need. And what about the trichologists? Well, they just want to gouge you for as much money as they can and sell you their proprietary magic hair potions. Soon you'll realise you might as well be rubbing on Aladdin's teapot and waiting for the genie to appear so you can request your prescriptions.

Finasteride

When finasteride was on patent as Propecia, it was very difficult to get a doctor to prescribe you the medication. Even if you found a GP and convinced her that you need your hair and that she should prescribe you the medication, you might find that moments before the prescription is in your hand, that she is overuled by another GP at her practice, with the prescription swiftly cancelled on the pretext that the drug is meant for those with prostate cancer. Hair loss is the natural progression of life, so they say. That's what people thought about obesity and coronoary heart disease in the 50s. Such are the medieval views in the profession that the proliferation of online pharmacies and entreprenuerial minded people who believe in civil liberties have, in recent years, made strides toward freeing the man and the woman from this medical subjugation. Thankfully, there are still vestiges of John Stuart Mills in the fabric of England today.

How to get Finasteride
Getting finasteride has become very easy in the last 5 years. As pharmacies have gone online, national chains such as Boots, Superdrug, and others allow you to order online after filling in a simple online assessment form. If you are not too dim-witted, you will be able to fill out what is necessary in order to get the finasteride you want. Some online pharmacies then ask for their permission to inform your doctor of the prescription - at least they ask - at which point you can choose to decline if you wish. The choice should be yours.

Getting Dutasteride

Getting dutasteride can be a little more tricky than getting finasteride. Finasteride is not as effective as Dutasteride at tanking your DHT (hence has less side effect risk than Dutasteride) and hence if you want to get your hands on the dutasteride, which affects type 1, 2 and 3 DHT, you will need to find a doctor who is willing to prescribe it to you or find an online pharmacy that sells it. Both of which are a little more tricky but are becoming easier in recent years.

Minoxidil

Getting minoxidil is as easy as typing Regaine into your Amazon app on your phone. Prices tend to be very competitive and only Boots annual 12 bottle deal seems to be able to beat Amazon's subscribe and Save pricing.

Minoxidil on Amazon 3 months
Minoxidil at Boots 12 months

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