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DAVID FOLK THOMAS: Let's say somebody's not getting any results from Rogaine or any of the other medically tested medications. Would you say, "Let's try anything at this point?"

PETER HALPERIN, MD: No. These things have never been rigorously tested and they've never been shown to help anyone.

DAVID FOLK THOMAS: Another concern is the purity of the product if you're dealing with herbal supplements. How do you know if a product actually contains the herb?

SHARI LIEBERMAN, PhD: That's a great question, and that's place where the FDA is supposed to be intervening more. Companies are supposed to be responsible for that, and the consumer won't know, and that is a very big problem in the industry. So what I would recommend that they do is that they look for larger, more reputable brands. They can always call. They can call and ask for research. I mentioned some brands. I have visited many labs, so I know as a doctor what are reputable labs. Nature's Way brings in a lot of proprietary formulas and specific herbal extracts from German pharmaceutical companies. So does Enzymatic Therapies. So does Solgar. Endina is one of the raw material suppliers. I can go on and on and on, but there are ways. You might have to jump through some hoops to really find out.

Also, as I said before, these things have not been scrutinized scientifically like Propecia or any of the other drugs, but there is some clinical data on some of these things, like the Fabio 101, where there are three human clinical trials, and the essential oil one, that suggest that it may work. Not tons of data on it.

DAVID FOLK THOMAS: All right. That's all the time we have. Peter and Shari thank you for joining us today.