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Dear Friends,

I've seen some awesome results on Rogaine foam for about 2 years. I was really happy, my hair became full after it was already thinning strongly. However, it is a double edged blade. I started having massive heart palps and markedly increased anxiety and sometimes even panic attacks. After stopping the minox the problems went away slowly but surely. I feel that If I would have continued using I would have been stuck with some serious heart condition or an anxiety disorder. My cardiologist agrees that I should lay off the minox.

Before considering using minox for long or short please visit this site and just CTRL + F and search for "Heart, Anxiety" etc. on ** outside link removed by moderator ** and you will see what it can do to you :eek:. There are also a few studies done on the effects of Minox on Left Ventricular mass and it's not good... The studies are not very representative because of the small sample size and control variables but nevertheless they indicate that there is a Risk.

Please be careful with what you do to your body for a few hairs. If you are serious about getting your hair back just save some cash and do a transplant or just live with your thinning hair...

Tried minoxidil for 2 years and quit due to heart palpitations. The problem, as I see it, is that one starts minox or finasteride only after seeing signs of hair loss. So, if the chemicals maintain what you have left, then you are stuck with some signs of hair loss.......and the fact that the chemicals could lose efficacy over time. Anyhow, it seems like using chemicals to control hair loss is sort of like a half-measure and perhaps a ticking time bomb; at least it was for me.

I've seen some awesome results on Rogaine foam for about 2 years. I was really happy my hair became full after it was already thinning. However, it is a 2 edged blade. I started having massive heart palps and markedly increased anxiety and sometimes even panic attacks. After stopping the minox the problems went away slowly but surely. I feel that If I would have continued using I would have been stuck with some serious heart condition or an anxiety disorder.

Before considering using minox for long or short please visit this site and just CTRL + F and search for "Heart, Anxiety" etc. and you will see what it can do to you. There are also a few studies done on the effects of Minox on Left Ventricular mass and it's not good... The studies are not very representative because of the small sample size and control variables but nevertheless they indicate that there is a Risk.

Please be careful with what you do to your body for a few hairs. If you are serious about getting your hair back just save some cash and do a transplant or just live with your thinning hair...

fin is much worse than Minox in terms of potential deliberating side effects but we all know that.

I also understand why you reply like that. For me Rogaine was also a savior, it worked quite well and my hair was staying on my head. After I experienced the difficulties I tried blaming it on everything else but minox. At the end I did some research in medical databases and peer reviewed journals since I have a strong academic background and I found a number of relevant articles that point towards negative health consequences associated to topical minox use.

Topical minoxidil: cardiac effects in bald man.

FH Leenen, DL Smith… - British journal of clinical …, 1988 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Minoxidil: an underused vasodilator for resistant or severe hypertension

Safety of topical minoxidil solution: a one-year, prospective, observational study

And some more recent studies:

Long-term follow-up of men with male pattern baldness treated with topical minoxidil

All these Studies show that minox has cardiac effects namely a significant increase in LVM and this fact alone should induce people to think twice about using this stuff.

On a cautionary note I leave you all to it. I am not saying you should not use it just merely stating what is out there and what effects are possible. After all, minox is no herbal component and all medications applied long-term will have some effect on our bodies.

Heart problems have persisted. Doc made an echography and saw nothing abnormal but i am pretty certain that the problem is due to Minox.

So guys, be careful what you do with your body. I quit minox for several month now and I see no difference in my hair, I will also not start again as it is dangerous. if you check the net you see many topics about the potential sideeffects of minox and the X factor of what it can cause in the future. The stuff is NOT safe

I do know that the studies done so far are not longitudinal studies that monitor the effect of topical minox but nevertheless, the findings that topical minox increases LVM and hence increases the chances of LVH in such a short period of time are unsettling to say the least..

The reason why I am worried in my case is that I had such extreme reactions on it (when falling asleep my heart would go crazy) and that I continued using it nevertheless because I did not attribute those effects to minox. The continuing of the usage is what worries me. The thought that it might already have causes heart damage is scary. Especially because I read a few stories of people who used it and attribute their subsequent diagnoses with heart disease directly to the use. They all state that before minox use and the symtomes, they had a healthy heart and that there is no family history of heart disease. Right Branch Block abnormalities don't just pop up in 20yr olds if you know what I mean..

If you are interested I will post the results of my cardiac tests on Monday.

Not ot sound harsh but instead of worrying about it and asking for advice on a message board you need to go see a medical doctor asap. Tell him your situation and let a professional tell you what to do. It may be anxiety, night terrors, or something else... go find out!

Of course but my appointment is on monday and I am already freaked out. I am sure the night terrors were caused by the use of Minox. Some other people had the same thing. My concern is that I continued using it from Feb onwards where I had my first heart experience because I simply didn't know that it came from the minox. Now my heart seems to have calmed down after discontinuation but its not back to normal. at least the level of constant anxiety and excessive heart pounding has gone down..

I am so scared that it caused permanent heart damage because I continued using it. what's your opinion on that? I know you are no medical professional but It would be good to hear what you think

Thanks for the initial reply. However I hope it is anxiety but I don't believe it because the nightly heart terror and the elevated heart rate during the day are really worries that are not to be underestimated

Dear Community,

It's lovely to see so many of you having good results with minox and other methods. I however have been worried sick about the Sideeffects of 2 year Rogaine 5% Foam particularly because I realized that I've been probably using too much

I am a 27 yr old male

I've been putting about 3 medium-thick stripes worth of Minx foam on my head for about 2 years. Sometimes I skipped a few days (which I am happy about now) and most of the time i've been using it only once a day in the morning. It would probably equal a Rogaine cup full each day, sometimes even more.

The reason why I am writing and why I am worried so much is that I've been having pretty intense heart problems occasionally (palpitations, heart racing etc.) and an overall increased anxiety level for a couple of month now and I suspect it is because of the use of minox. I also feel my heart beating out of my chest regularly.

Shortly after I fall asleep or in the phase where I am drifting off to sleep it's like a switch has been triggered and I wake up with extreme heart pounding and strange vibrations all over my body. I've been also experiencing chest pains and shortness of breath throughout the day.

To judge how much I was using I will tell you that I've been buying a 3 can supply which would last me about 3 months. So it's a can a month of inconsistent but in my opinion overuse in a single setting.

On the net I've read about a few people that claim that Minox has caused them permanent heart problems and I worry that I've damaged my heart from overusing minox for this time period of 2 years.

It would be great to hear your opinion on this and also on the association of heart problems with minox. Is it likely that I've caused myself irreversible heart damage from the use of minox? Also, If I stop the use of Rogaine will the symptoms go away ? who has experience with this?

Thank you very much

Thomas from Belgium