Oral minoxidil Shed? Is It Bad? How Long For?

[UnknownT]

Nesrly a month on 2.5mg oral minoxidil daily and wondering when the shed will come.

Anyone experienced one? How bad was it?

 

[Derelict]

My first shed was pretty brutal, big clumps of hair when washing it, i went through a second one about 7 months in too, but things are stable right now. Started it last October. Can't really remember how long it took to subside.

 

[Derelict]

is your hair better now than prior to starting oral minoxidil?

Yes my hair is better, when wet it's still a disaster though, need a lot more density, i started dutasteride about a month after oral minoxidil as well though so im thinking that helped too. My current regimen is

Dutasteride 0.5mg in the morning
10mg oral minoxidil at night
topical minoxidil with 2.5mm roller at night

I was on spironolactone for 5 months too and stopped it maybe about a month and a half ago.

 

[UnknownT]

Yes my hair is better, when wet it's still a disaster though, need a lot more density, i started dutasteride about a month after oral minoxidil as well though so im thinking that helped too. My current regimen is

Dutasteride 0.5mg in the morning
10mg oral minoxidil at night
topical minoxidil with 2.5mm roller at night

I was on spironolactone for 5 months too and stopped it maybe about a month and a half ago.

You take 10mg oral minoxidil daily?

 

[StevenGerrard]

You take 10mg oral minoxidil daily?

that is the standard dose, Loniten by Pfizer (10mg - 30 pills per box).

 

[UnknownT]

that is the standard dose, Loniten by Pfizer (10mg - 30 pills per box).

My dermatologist prescribed me a pack of 100 10mg pills cut them into 4s and take one a day, so 2.5mg a day. 10mg a day seems like a lot to me.

 

[StevenGerrard]

My dermatologist prescribed me a pack of 100 10mg pills cut them into 4s and take one a day, so 2.5mg a day. 10mg a day seems like a lot to me.

if I were to take it, that is what I would (cut them into 4s = 2.5mg) but I have a heart condition so it's out of the question (at least in my case)

you can actually buy 2.5mg or 5mg pills but they are super hard to find

 

[UnknownT]

if I were to take it, that is what I would (cut them into 4s = 2.5mg) but I have a heart condition so it's out of the question (at least in my case)

you can actually buy 2.5mg or 5mg pills but they are super hard to find

Yeah the heart palpitations side effect nesrly put me off them. Definitely if you already have problems they a no go.

Have you tried topical?

 

[Obsessive]

Nesrly a month on 2.5mg oral minoxidil daily and wondering when the shed will come.

Anyone experienced one? How bad was it?

I never had a shed when going on or off oral min. But, I had been using topical for years.

FYI-I've made it 16 consecutive days at 2.5 mg oral. I've had to quit multiple times within the first week or two (over the last 9 months) due to vein/collagen sides, but somehow I am tolerating the drug better now.

 

[Derelict]

I never had a shed when going on or off oral min. But, I had been using topical for years.

FYI-I've made it 16 consecutive days at 2.5 mg oral. I've had to quit multiple times within the first week or two (over the last 9 months) due to vein/collagen sides, but somehow I am tolerating the drug better now.

What were the collagen sides?

 

[Derelict]

if I were to take it, that is what I would (cut them into 4s = 2.5mg) but I have a heart condition so it's out of the question (at least in my case)

you can actually buy 2.5mg or 5mg pills but they are super hard to find

Even 0.6mg has been shown to be effective, but if topical gave you sides then it's probably a no go, how bad were the topical sides on your heart? btw studies have shown that between 2.5 and 5mg topical minoxidil goes systematic when applied to the whole of the scalp, you may find 0.6mg tolerable.

 

[StevenGerrard]

Even 0.6mg has been shown to be effective, but if topical gave you sides then it's probably a no go, how bad were the topical sides on your heart? btw studies have shown that between 2.5 and 5mg topical minoxidil goes systematic when applied to the whole of the scalp, you may find 0.6mg tolerable.

it was pretty bad.. arrhythmia + dark circles underneath my eyes -- granted I was probably applying way more than necessary

 

[UnknownT]

I never had a shed when going on or off oral min. But, I had been using topical for years.

FYI-I've made it 16 consecutive days at 2.5 mg oral. I've had to quit multiple times within the first week or two (over the last 9 months) due to vein/collagen sides, but somehow I am tolerating the drug better now.

What were hair growth results like? You see temple regrowth?