Government pharmacists prep cheap baldness pills

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Government pharmacists prep cheap baldness pills
By Coconuts Bangkok


Photo: Andrew Biggs

BANGKOK: -- Taking action on the national crisis of baldness, government pharmacists will introduce a treatment to the market for as little as THB10.

According to the Government Pharmaceutical Organization, it will bring to the market "GPO-Finax 1," a treatment based on Finasteride, which is commonly used to treat another male malady: the enlarged prostate. It’s also used for transsexual hormone therapy and apparently encourages hair growth as the active ingredient in treatments such as Propecia.

"This pill is another hope of bald people," organization Director Nopporn Cheunklim said. [read more...]

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/04/28/government-pharmacists-prep-cheap-baldness-pills


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-04-28

[thesetat2013]

What national crisis? Baldness??

I would have never suspected that this was a national crisis in thailand. Is this true or is this just another excuse to get transexual hormone pills to the lady boys cheaply?

[nickcar]

Surely its not April 1st again? Hahaha

[NickJ]

Lord ....I hope the Uncle Creepy in the photo is getting a hefty royalty payment.....

[halloween]

My doctor told me once that male hair loss could be remedied by reducing testosterone, and the easiest/fastest way was castration. Choice of bald or balled.

[angiolo]

So perhaps these tablets make one sterile . Get effeminate and grow hair . Ok could be LADYBOY pills.

[Just1Voice]

I started shaving my head a couple of years ago. Love it. Save on shampoo & conditioner, and never have to comb it. And I've been told I look "good" like this, but that was by my wife, so I don't pay much attention to that.

[Strangebrew]

I heard if you let a cow lick your head it will grow hair.55555555

[saakura]

My doctor told me once that male hair loss could be remedied by reducing testosterone, and the easiest/fastest way was castration. Choice of bald or balled.

Can it be remedied by castration? Probably may only reduce further losses. Castration wont help a guy like in the photo.

[Prbkk]

Just remember your maternal grandfather: that is the bald or otherwise card.

[CUNJU]

another joke out of Thai superiority like the cure for Ebola!!

[ratcatcher]

I imagine it is because Thai men don't want to look like the wimps in these pictures.

[bangkokfrog]

Seems like a joke. In any announcement like this in the real world, we would see reference to scientific tests submitted to the FDA that prove the claims. Any chance here?

[lemonjelly]

Will grow tits and be moody every month?

[falangjim]

Lord ....I hope the Uncle Creepy in the photo is getting a hefty royalty payment.....

Andy Biggs has been in Thailand ... forever. I think he speaks fluent Thai and because of his stature, which includes that massive cone-head dome of his, he's carved out a small niche for himself here. "Uncle Creepy" did make me laugh, though.

Edited April 28, 2015 by falangjim

[petedk]

I remember a science teacher at the university telling me that if I wanted to become as rich as Bill Gates I would have to develop a cure for baldness.

Now the Thai "baldness pill" will sell for as little as 10 baht. Great! I don't have to spend money developing the pills. I can just buy for 10 baht here and sell for a fortune around the world.

[zeichen]

I wonder if TV as well as Coconuts are ready for the huge lawsuit on their hands.

Andrew Bigs is a very public figure and makes serious money from his endoresements. Since I doubt that he has endorsed the useage of his image for this article, expect a huge lawsuit of defamation of character.

As for the article. Why not just say Thai doctors have made a knock off generic version of Propecia.

I have a cure for male pattern baldness also it is called castration. These chemical treatments have huge side effects and impotency is one of them. I guess if you are mixing Human Growth Hormones, viagra and this just to have a normal life, you are pretty screwed.

[ratcatcher]

"Andrew Bigs is a very public figure and makes serious money from his endoresements. Since I doubt that he has endorsed the useage of his image for this article, expect a huge lawsuit of defamation of character."

Andrew Biggs is a big man who values a sense of humor , hence his popular Bangkok Post columns. I seriously doubt if Andrew would be offended by something as amusing as the 'baldness pill" , and stoop so low as to try and make legal mileage out of something so petty.

As a matter of fact I suspect he may even do a witty column about it.

Andrew's picture is in the public domain and there is nothing for him to be offended about.

I have posted pictures and do not expect a phone call from Jason Statham's attorney. TVM.

[ezzra]

The only thing that will stop your hair from falling is the floor....

[NongKhaiKid]

Buy One Get One Free !

Tablets to grow hair and make you white.

[Torrens54]

I heard if you let a cow lick your head it will grow hair.55555555

What grows, your head or your hair?

[dyertribe]

It's for the other transsexuals. The girls who want to be boys. Not as many of those in Thailand.

[Ricardo]

That illustrative photo is most disturbing ... I though Uncle Fester was supposed to be dead ?

Perhaps these wonderful new pills, which I totally believe-in and will buy, also revive the deceased !

[terminatorchiangmai]

is this the same cure as for Ebola ?

[klauskunkel]

grow your hair!...only 10 baht!...no side effects, guaranteed! oh, grow your breasts, too, and your hair...only 10 baht!

[buckdoff]

Just remember your maternal grandfather: that is the bald or otherwise card.

Sure didn't work for me, my maternal grandfather died in his 90's with a full head of white hair and I was bald at 40.

[Expat1]

I wonder if this is the same group that came up with the Thai HIV and cancers cure a while back? I have not seen much on those recently. One can only assume as to why that is. In any case, it will probably follow a similar course.

[bruceybonus]

Thais haven't really embraced the shaved head look. Loads still have the "Hamlet" sweepover

[rametindallas]

It grows hair great but shrinks your testicles so you can become a lady-boy. I tell the ladies, "I'm not bald; this is a solar panel for a sex machine". 555

[Swamp Thing]

I heard if you let a cow lick your head it will grow hair.55555555

Every cow I've seen has already got hair.

I'll get my coat...