Regular Member HairTrippin Posted August 24, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted August 24, 2022 With the recent popularity of Oral Minoxidil from the NYT article, OM has been gaining a lot of momentum. I would like to know from OM users a few things: 1. Any sides 2. Results 3. Dosage Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member thetdog666 Posted August 24, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted August 24, 2022 Following post. Im currently taking 2.5mg daily but only started 2 weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member BurnieBurns Posted August 24, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted August 24, 2022 Tried 1mg, Had dizziness and confusion and had to stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member andrewfaliro Posted August 24, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted August 24, 2022 Been on 5mg daily for almost 6 months. Only sides are a much thicker beard, eyelashes, and eyebrows. No other body hair was affected (arms, etc) which was weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member WhereIsMyMind Posted August 24, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted August 24, 2022 (edited) I have naturally low BP so I can't tolerate more than 2.5mg (OM is BP lowering drug) For sides, Minoxidil always gave me bad skin and dark circles. I can somewhat counteract it with tretinoin and good skincare though. Looong eyelashes and eyebrows, a bit of hand hair. Rest body parts no change. No more sides. And results are good for my thinning hair. Edited August 24, 2022 by WhereIsMyMind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member thetdog666 Posted August 24, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted August 24, 2022 9 minutes ago, andrewfaliro said: Been on 5mg daily for almost 6 months. Only sides are a much thicker beard, eyelashes, and eyebrows. No other body hair was affected (arms, etc) which was weird. How is the hair on your scalp? Improving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member andrewfaliro Posted August 24, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted August 24, 2022 Just now, thetdog666 said: How is the hair on your scalp? Improving? Difficult to say at this point to be completely honest. I also forgot to mentioned that I had a shed phase which I read was normal. That lasted about 3 weeks and was a bit annoying. I see a lot of smaller hairs growing on the hair line but not sure if those are vellus or new hairs. I have my first surgery with Dr. Bisanga on Sept 27th so i'll jump off a week or two before per the instructions from the clinic and resume after of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member IMM1979 Posted August 24, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted August 24, 2022 has anyone tried OM that is also taking medication to control high blood pressure? OM was originally designed to lower BP but at high doses the side effects are apparently severe. curious if anyone who already takes BP meds has tried low dose OM and experienced issues such as dizziness, lightheadedness.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member HairTrippin Posted August 24, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 24, 2022 4 hours ago, andrewfaliro said: Difficult to say at this point to be completely honest. I also forgot to mentioned that I had a shed phase which I read was normal. That lasted about 3 weeks and was a bit annoying. I see a lot of smaller hairs growing on the hair line but not sure if those are vellus or new hairs. I have my first surgery with Dr. Bisanga on Sept 27th so i'll jump off a week or two before per the instructions from the clinic and resume after of course. Dr. Bisanga takes OM himself, did he tell you to get on it? I wonder how many of his patients are on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member andrewfaliro Posted August 24, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted August 24, 2022 42 minutes ago, HairTrippin said: Dr. Bisanga takes OM himself, did he tell you to get on it? I wonder how many of his patients are on it Yes, he recommended I begin using it during my consult with him at BHR Athens last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member therambler Posted August 25, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted August 25, 2022 5mg daily for 3 months. only sides I've noticed are some thicker body hairs, particularly on fingers, hands FUT with Dr. Konior in 2014 - 3814 grafts - Thread FUE with Dr. Pinto in May 2022 - 3252 grafts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member ljpcarrera Posted August 25, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted August 25, 2022 2.5 mg for almost a year. No sides excellent results. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member yesplease Posted August 28, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted August 28, 2022 On 8/25/2022 at 6:38 AM, ljpcarrera said: 2.5 mg for almost a year. No sides excellent results. Any chance you documented the results? Glad to hear it’s working well for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member ljpcarrera Posted August 28, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted August 28, 2022 No sorry no pics. It really works well. I have been taking Dutasteride since 2001. Around month 3 of the oral 2.5 my hair really started to fill in. Way better than the topical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member yesplease Posted August 28, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted August 28, 2022 3 hours ago, ljpcarrera said: No sorry no pics. It really works well. I have been taking Dutasteride since 2001. Around month 3 of the oral 2.5 my hair really started to fill in. Way better than the topical. Nice. So you had been using the topical, stopped that and then started the oral? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Antlor Posted August 31, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted August 31, 2022 Yes, I read that NYT article. Oral minoxidil seems to be getting some hype. I went to my family physician and she would not prescribe me oral minoxidil because she considers it off label use for hair loss. Then I ask Dr Bansal from Eugenix, she also declined stating it can cause cardiac effects. Finally, I ordered some gray market medicine. The tablet is 10mg. I will be chopping it up to 8 pieces for 1.25 mg and see how it goes. I am hoping that oral minoxidil can deliver more nutrients to my new hair transplant follicles so they can better survive. I might not be a long user though. For sure, finasteride and dutasteride are my staples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member HairTrippin Posted August 31, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 31, 2022 When speaking to my dermatologist, he said that I can maintain the gains from OM and switch to topical. I’m not sure if this is true, but it would be nice to use OM for a while and go back to topical and maintain gains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member GoliGoliGoli Posted September 1, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted September 1, 2022 2 hours ago, HairTrippin said: When speaking to my dermatologist, he said that I can maintain the gains from OM and switch to topical. I’m not sure if this is true, but it would be nice to use OM for a while and go back to topical and maintain gains I've hypothesized about this in a different thread. Doesn't seem to be any reason it wouldn't work. I probably won't do it anyways, but may stop applying topical every day at some point, or at least switch from 5% to 2%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member TorontoMan Posted September 1, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted September 1, 2022 2.5 mg for 2 years, I'm getting maintenance on fin and om, had some sides like light-headedness and maybe some skips in heartbeat on the occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member therambler Posted September 1, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted September 1, 2022 5mg for the last 3 months post surgery (Just reading all the replies here this dosage seems high, should i reduce it to 2.5mg I wonder?). Only sides I've noticed are hairier hands/fingers! Results wise I think I've just started to notice some early growth lately, could be related or not to the oral minox. it's hard to know. I'll post picture updates on my thread once I get a trim this weekend 😀 FUT with Dr. Konior in 2014 - 3814 grafts - Thread FUE with Dr. Pinto in May 2022 - 3252 grafts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member MissMyLongHair Posted September 1, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted September 1, 2022 Even after lowering my dose from 5mg to 2.5mg, I had one alcoholic drink today and my blood pressure lowered and heart rate went above 100. It is still thereabouts. I will probably lower to 1.25mg now. This is really unfortunate, I do not want to stop the drug. It's thickend my hair a bit, nothing miraculous. However I also like the eyelash and eyebrow darkening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member HairTrippin Posted September 1, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 1, 2022 9 minutes ago, MissMyLongHair said: Even after lowering my dose from 5mg to 2.5mg, I had one alcoholic drink today and my blood pressure lowered and heart rate went above 100. It is still thereabouts. I will probably lower to 1.25mg now. This is really unfortunate, I do not want to stop the drug. It's thickend my hair a bit, nothing miraculous. However I also like the eyelash and eyebrow darkening. How long after taking your medication did you have an alcoholic drink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member MissMyLongHair Posted September 1, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted September 1, 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, HairTrippin said: How long after taking your medication did you have an alcoholic drink? Took my oral minoxidil at 14:45, maximal effect on blood pressure occurs 2-3 hours after administration. Had no issues then. Had a drink (1.3 UK units) some time after 20:00, experienced those side effects after it metabolised. Edited September 1, 2022 by MissMyLongHair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Festa Posted October 6, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted October 6, 2022 On 8/24/2022 at 8:20 AM, andrewfaliro said: Difficult to say at this point to be completely honest. I also forgot to mentioned that I had a shed phase which I read was normal. That lasted about 3 weeks and was a bit annoying. I see a lot of smaller hairs growing on the hair line but not sure if those are vellus or new hairs. I have my first surgery with Dr. Bisanga on Sept 27th so i'll jump off a week or two before per the instructions from the clinic and resume after of course. He recommended to stop oral minoxidil a week before surgery? I wasn't sure if that was just for topical minoxidil only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member andrewfaliro Posted October 6, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted October 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, Festa said: He recommended to stop oral minoxidil a week before surgery? I wasn't sure if that was just for topical minoxidil only. No, he said oral minoxidil and finasteride were ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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