The main medication administered in the last years for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia or its prevention are local or systemic or both.

For men they are finasteride, tretinoin, corticosteroids, minoxidil, η Dutasteride and β-Sitosterol.

In women, besides the above χορηγούνται και τα estrogens, progesterone and its derivatives, cyproterone, spironolactone, cimetidine, diazoxide, viprostole, flutamide and cyclosporin.