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I'm taking 2.5 mg of oral minoxidil. I want to gradually increase it till any side effects occurs and then, stick with the dose that gives best results/low side effects. Will I see much difference between 2.5 and 3mg?
Would it make a difference if I up my minoxidil dosage 0.5mg?
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Bruh I use 25mg day. But lowering it now to 6.5mg twice daily. So 13mg total Day.
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Just double it to 5mg at that point. 5mg has shown little to no side effects and great results within studies
How long have you been taking 2.5mg? Have you experienced a shed yet? Certain side effects like tachycardia, and headaches can occur within hours/days of starting it and other effects like edema and hypertrichosis can occur within 30 to 90 days after starting. I increased from 2.5mg to 5mg after 3.5 months. Note, at 3.5months I was already stabilized from the initial big shed.
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I appreciate all your replies, but none of you have answered my question..
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I've already been through the initial shed. I just want to increasing the dose gradually because I don't want to risk.
I honestly don’t know if you would notice a significant difference between 2.5 and 3mg. It’s more commonly prescribed at increments of 1.25-2.5mg due to the size of the pills available. Keep in mind that as with any hair treatment, any change in dosage can potentially trigger a shed so there needs to be a balance between amount and frequency of titration. There is also going to be risk at any dose.
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I've been with 2.5 for 1 year already. I hope it doesn't trigger any shed because the shed I had with 2.5 was devastating. I thought that if you increase the dose slowly it wouldn't trigger any shed. I also thought you could only trigger a shed when you first start with it or lower the dose.
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Back on 20mg now.
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That's sound insane. I'm doing good with 2.5mg but I'd like to regrowth more hair on my temples. I do think when I reach the 5 mg dosage I'll be good. It will take me some time because I dont want to upper the dose suddently because I dont know if it can give me side effect or trigger a big shed.
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Don't you have nasty shedding by fluctuating with the doses?
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No sir, I went on lower dose for just a day or two lol.
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I mean, when you went from like let's say, 5 mg to 10mg.
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No. no Change in shedding. i had only massive shedding when i first started oral minoxidill 100 hairs a day in shower. Then it stopped. This was months ago. But i can play around with dosages now without a big shed.