It seems that whenever Propecia is in the news it is not in connection with the fact that it is the most clinically tested and proven drug for hair loss in the world but because it has resulted in a number of sportsmen failing anti-doping tests.

Propecia that is made from a compound called finasteride does not have any performance enhancing capabilities but it can apparently disguise the use of other performance enhancing drugs. This had led to a host of sportsmen being banned from the sports that they play in when in fact it is very unlikely that they used any other banned drugs at all.This policy of banning Propecia has been criticised as some people used the drug before they were aware of the fact that it was banned and also as it poses a dilemma for sportsmen who want to retain their hair.
The World Anti-Doping Agency has recently announced that it will from now on consider that the use of Propecia is not automatically a reason for suspension from all sports band that it will consider accidental and trivial drug use when handing out sentences.

At the same time be warned that this does not mean that sportsmen can get away with using the hair loss drug Propecia but only that the WADA might consider some leniency if it is used. It is probably still advisable for professional sportsmen to stop using the Propecia drug or at least to inform WADA that they are using it and take some proper advice.

This new ruling will be of interest to the American skier Zach Lund who was banned from competing in his sport for a year and also who lost all his commercial sponsorships. It is estimated that about 4 million men use Propecia to stop hair loss caused by hereditary Male Pattern Balding.