Britannia
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This one is for UK people only - sorry.
Ive just been reading through some of the stories in the Impact of Hairloss forum and to be honest its really scary. I had no idea how affected some people can get with their hairloss. Now heres an interesting fact: some doctors in the UK are prescibing anti-depressants to people who are depressed because of their hair loss. WTF? It seems the NHS are willing to pay for the anti-depressants to cover up the psychological effect of hair loss, but wont pay for the underlying cause (i.e. DHT) to be treated. Now look at v****. As a general rule of thumb it is not available on the NHS however in cases where depression or other psychological disorders are the result of impotence, doctors in the UK can prescribe v**** on the NHS (not many people will know this, but if you look in the British Nation Formulary its in there). There is no such provision for the use of Propecia in this way. Why? Because the psychological effect of male pattern baldness is less than that of impotence? No of course not. The reason is because the number of people with male pattern baldness far outweighs the number of people suffering with impotence. Doesnt it seem so unfair that we all pay our taxes but when we actually need something back from the government they basically wave two fingers.
Another thing that suprises me is that nobody has actually tried to challenge the fact that Propecia is not available on the NHS. You would only need a few thousand signatures on a petition presented to your local MP to have the point raised in Westminister.
Ive just been reading through some of the stories in the Impact of Hairloss forum and to be honest its really scary. I had no idea how affected some people can get with their hairloss. Now heres an interesting fact: some doctors in the UK are prescibing anti-depressants to people who are depressed because of their hair loss. WTF? It seems the NHS are willing to pay for the anti-depressants to cover up the psychological effect of hair loss, but wont pay for the underlying cause (i.e. DHT) to be treated. Now look at v****. As a general rule of thumb it is not available on the NHS however in cases where depression or other psychological disorders are the result of impotence, doctors in the UK can prescribe v**** on the NHS (not many people will know this, but if you look in the British Nation Formulary its in there). There is no such provision for the use of Propecia in this way. Why? Because the psychological effect of male pattern baldness is less than that of impotence? No of course not. The reason is because the number of people with male pattern baldness far outweighs the number of people suffering with impotence. Doesnt it seem so unfair that we all pay our taxes but when we actually need something back from the government they basically wave two fingers.
Another thing that suprises me is that nobody has actually tried to challenge the fact that Propecia is not available on the NHS. You would only need a few thousand signatures on a petition presented to your local MP to have the point raised in Westminister.