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Adding Dietary Supplement Improves Pharmacologic Treatment Efficacy In Patients With AGA, Study Finds

Dermatology Advisor (10/10, Goldberg) reported a study found that "clinical efficacy of minoxidil and finasteride among men and women with mild to severe androgenic alopecia (AGA) is enhanced with the use of an oral, novel dietary supplement, AGA-P," that contains "zinc, vitamin C, L-Cystine 425 mg, Cururbita pepo extract 320 mg, and Serenoa repens extract 320 mg." For the study, "participants were randomly assigned 1:1 to receive pharmacological treatment (primarily topical minoxidil and oral finasteride) plus 1 daily capsule of the dietary supplementation or pharmacological treatment alone." The researchers observed that "compared with drug treatment alone, the clinical efficacy of pharmacological treatments for mild to severe AGA was increased significantly with oral supplementation. Improvement on a 7-point Global Assessment Scale (GAS) was 36.5% for group A vs 25.0% for group B. Subjective participant feedback showed 46% of group A and 30% of group B reported great improvement." The study was published in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology.