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Oral Minoxidil (loniten)
So i'm gonna start taking oral minoxidil at low dose (5mg)
i heard some doctors (Dr. Pathomvanich ) use it on their patients and if they don't develop bad side effects then they let them on it, i have read that the result are incredible!
my only concern are that i heard that minox can cause heart damage, but i don't understand why ? is it because of water retention or something else?
another concern is the aging sking/bag under eyes is this for real or just another made up story by these hypochondriac from propeciahelp ?
thx alot!
here you can have more info about Dr Pathomvanich oral minox use on hair restoration network
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Minoxidil is a medication used to lower blood pressure by causing vasodialation. In other words it is an antihypertensive. I would imagine there is a greater chance of it causing cardiac effects when taken orally versus topically.
Dr. Glenn Charles
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Oral minoxidil causes left ventricular hypertrophy. Iirc it's caused by the tachycardia that comes about from oral minox use, but I'm not a physician so take that with a gigantic grain of salt.
I use it and it's effective, but the side effects certainly aren't insignificant. I wouldn't recommend using it. I personally haven't noticed any facial aging, but I haven't been using it for a particularly long time and am on quite a heavy skin care regimen anyway, so its effect on my face may not be indicative.
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Originally Posted by Bjimmy
Oral minoxidil causes left ventricular hypertrophy. Iirc it's caused by the tachycardia that comes about from oral minox use, but I'm not a physician so take that with a gigantic grain of salt.
I use it and it's effective, but the side effects certainly aren't insignificant. I wouldn't recommend using it. I personally haven't noticed any facial aging, but I haven't been using it for a particularly long time and am on quite a heavy skin care regimen anyway, so its effect on my face may not be indicative.
why did you stop it ? what were your dosage and for how long ?
thx
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Originally Posted by Dr. Glenn Charles
Minoxidil is a medication used to lower blood pressure by causing vasodialation. In other words it is an antihypertensive. I would imagine there is a greater chance of it causing cardiac effects when taken orally versus topically.
According to Dr.Path the effects on heart and blood pressure were minimal at 5mg
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