Oral minoxidil capsules, are they as efficient as Loniten tablets?

[Kraki77]

I was wondering for quite some time about this and decided to post a question just to make things clear(er). Dr. de Freitas gave me online prescription for oral minoxidil and I was able to get it from my drug store but they are always giving me capsules. Does anyone else has any experience with capsules and should I be worried about it? Maybe I'm only overthinking a bit too much, however some kind of confirmation would be very welcomed.

[sunsurfhair]

1 hour ago, Kraki77 said:

I was wondering for quite some time about this and decided to post a question just to make things clear(er). Dr. de Freitas gave me online prescription for oral minoxidil and I was able to get it from my drug store but they are always giving me capsules. Does anyone else has any experience with capsules and should I be worried about it? Maybe I'm only overthinking a bit too much, however some kind of confirmation would be very welcomed.

I am in the US and can only get the generic minox from the pharmacy. They are white tablets though. If it's a legitamate pharmacy I would think you would be OK but maybe confirm with the pharmacist and the doctor.  

[MissMyLongHair]

If a reliable compounding pharmacy is manufacturing them, I don't see why they wouldn't be. I think there is a Loniten shortage in Spain so many people have to get it compounded anyway.

[NARMAK]

Here in the UK it used to be really hard to get. Seems like recently more UK based places are getting it. I don't know if the shortages are a Spain only thing but on the other point, some people have claimed that the generic versions of Finasteride were usually not as good as the branded Propecia, so i think there's also a chance generally this applies to other medications that are made in generic form depending on the place that compounds them.