Oral minoxidil as an off label treatment for pattern hair loss or androgenetic alopecia

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Low dose oral minoxidil - 5mg daily study.

The study involved 30 men between the age of 24-59.

"There was a significant increase in total hair counts from baseline at weeks 12 (mean change + 26, range 182.5-208.5 hairs/cm2) and 24 (mean change + 35.1, range 182.5-217.6 hairs/cm2) (both p = 0.007). Photographic assessment of the vertex area by an expert panel revealed 100% improvement (score > + 1), with 43% of patients showing excellent improvement (score + 3, 71-100% increase). "

copied from below. Before and after photos in link below as well.

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@CueBallBob i couldn’t get to the site, do i read to pay to read that article? what does it say?

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It simply says that oral Minox seems to do a good job of growing hair - better than topical. There are actually articles about this going back to at least 2019 but somehow I missed them.

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@Myhair1 no need to pay, just register an account and you can read the article. It’s just confirming that oral minox could make a difference far better than what you would expect from topical use.

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The article is missing the most important information, what dose should people use!!

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@Myhair1 look at the first post in this thread, the study used 5mg oral minoxidil in the study. I don’t know why they did not talk about what dose to use in NY times article.

I have posted this before, I will say this again, to be really effective, i think people probably need 10 mg oral minox + spironolactone + finasteride, of course, that is assuming that your doctor is willing to write you a prescription for that, it is the biggest hurdle. Most doctors are reluctant to write the script and please never do that without talking to your doctor first.

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My doctor refused to write the prescription for oral minox, even after I sent an article in a dermatology publication that reviewed a lot of studies that indicated very few side effects affecting a tiny percentage of people.

He told me that since I was already on finasteride, there would be no benefit from minox. This seems wrong, since they address different issues and work in different ways. But I have no fancy pants MD license hanging on my wall.

I’m looking for a doc who will do it for me. I don’t like taking anything from the black market mail drug business.

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@helpmeout

You may like this study:

pilot study investigating combination therapy with low-dose oral minoxidil and spironolactone#

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Here’s an excellent post by Dr. Donovan for those who are concerned about oral minoxidil and its effect on blood pressure.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjbDHMxJ93u/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjbDHMxJ93u/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link