All About The Saw Palmetto Plant

Saw palmetto has not been properly and clinically trialed for safety...

If you do some serious study on male pattern baldness you will probably end up with the conclusion that the most effective treatment for the problem is the administration of the hair loss drug Propecia made by the drug company Merck. However you will probably also come across information about a plant called the Saw palmetto or Serenoa repens to give it its scientific name. This plant that is found on the Atlantic side of North America has been known for many years to be effective in stopping the effects of male pattern baldness. The plant has small brown berries that must be eaten on a regular basis to help men who are losing their hair.

The problem with Saw palmetto is that it has not been properly and clinically trialed for safety and effectiveness. It does appear that the plant does have positive factors but these have not been quantified and the long term treatment side effects have not been researched. There is no doubt that Saw palmetto works in a similar way to the Propecia hair loss drug as some of the side effects that men report when using it are the same such as reduced sexual function. It definitely has some affect on the prostate gland in men and native American Indians have known that it can help men who have problems urinating do to a swollen prostate gland.

Scientists also reckon that it blocks the 5-alpha-reductase enzyme which stops the testosterone in a man from being converted into Dihydrotestosterone. Dihydrotestosterone or DHT for short is the main compound of male pattern baldness as it actually attacks the hair follicles on the top of the head and kills them.

Our advice from Ukmedix News is quite simple. If your doctor recommends that you should take Saw palmetto then by all means use it, however since no serious clinical testing has been done on it is far safer to take the Propecia hair loss drug which incidentally is the most tested hair loss drug in history and which is presently being used by over 4 million men worldwide. Also beware of internet fraudsters who try to argue that for Saw Palmetto is perfectly safe because it is natural, because it can cause serious side effects if used incorrectly.