spironolactone smell

[Guest]

OK, I read the spironolactone thread, all 13 pages, found very few references to the smell.

I just got my stuff from Dr. Lee, 2% and 5% cream. He said I need to put the 2% spironolactone on before the 5% Xandrox (minoxidil), because if I put the minoxidil on first it would come into contact with the spironolactone applicator and the spironolactone applicator would begin to smell after a few days due to the reaction between spironolactone and minoxidil.

But when using the 5% creaem I should put it on last to encapsulate the minoxidil [and presumably because there is no applicator to contaminate].

Well, this is what happened. I put on the 2% spironolactone and let it dry for about an hour. My scalp was completely dry as far as I could tell. No odor in the product or on my head. Now, I apply the 5% Xandrox, and BANG! Faint skunk smell. Before I even finish putting it on my head. Hours later, I am still dragging a faint skunk smell around with me.

What are your strategies with spironolactone and minoxidil with respect to minimizing smell?

Thanks!

 

[Stingray]

Ohhh maybe spironolactone and minoxidil react with each other to form that stank-*** smell. Maybe that's why skunks smell so bad but have lots of hair? hmmm.

minoxidil and bleach make an interesting color

 

[Guest]

Hmm...Maybe it would be cheaper to rub a skunk on my head?

 

[Trilidon]

How often do you take spironolactone(once or twice a day)? Dr. Lee says to take it at night so you dont scare co workers away. Well ok maybe not in those words...but you get the point.

How long does spironolactone even last being applied topically I wonder? Would there be a need to apply it more then once a day? More then twice a day?

After I get out of the shower in the morning (Using nizoral , or regular zinc shampoo(might add saw palmetto and B complex vitamins to it) I use Xandrox 5%, and hope the azelic acid will do as a DHT inhibitor until I get home from work( 8 hours) Then I throw on my gel before I leave the house( could add something tothis to ....humm =P Kind of fun)

Generic minoxidil(5%) and spironolactone 2% at night when I get home.
( I figure, I dont care about greasier hair(generic minoxidil!) and a bit of a stink when im going to bed, I sleep with my dog anyway, nobody will know the difference! :laugh: )

 

[le voleur]

just take oral spironolactone. you won't have to worry about the smell. You may have some other interesting things to worry about though