Oral minoxidil side effects - What's the truth?

[Deleted member 42956]

Some people here like say stuff like this:

Oral minoxidil is the king of softmaxxing

Been on this for 2 months, here's my experience. Pros: - thicker eyebrows - denser, longer, darker and thicker eyelashes - temple points regrowing back which i wasnt expecting - overall ascended my eye area which was already pretty good Cons: - beard is filling in like crazy which is...

looksmax.org

Claims to have had practically no side effects whatsoever after 3 years of oral minoxidil

And on youtube comments people are saying this:

These are completely different claims. People here claim they've had almost no side effects, yet these youtube people needed to go to the hospital from TWO FUCKING DOSES. What is the real truth about oral minoxidil?

 

[Deleted member 45760]

if you're scared of the side effects, just use topical

 

[Retro_]

Some people here like say stuff like this:View attachment 2793201

Oral minoxidil is the king of softmaxxing

Been on this for 2 months, here's my experience. Pros: - thicker eyebrows - denser, longer, darker and thicker eyelashes - temple points regrowing back which i wasnt expecting - overall ascended my eye area which was already pretty good Cons: - beard is filling in like crazy which is...

looksmax.org

Claims to have had practically no side effects whatsoever after 3 years of oral minoxidil

And on youtube comments people are saying this:

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These are completely different claims. People here claim they've had almost no side effects, yet these youtube people needed to go to the hospital from TWO FUCKING DOSES. What is the real truth about oral minoxidil?

Dizziness, fluid retention in the legs, tachycardia, headache, fluid retention in the eyelids, insomnia and rarely hair loss

 

[Retro_]

Dizziness, fluid retention in the legs, tachycardia, headache, fluid retention in the eyelids, insomnia and rarely hair loss

 

[Retro_]

Some people here like say stuff like this:View attachment 2793201

Oral minoxidil is the king of softmaxxing

Been on this for 2 months, here's my experience. Pros: - thicker eyebrows - denser, longer, darker and thicker eyelashes - temple points regrowing back which i wasnt expecting - overall ascended my eye area which was already pretty good Cons: - beard is filling in like crazy which is...

looksmax.org

Claims to have had practically no side effects whatsoever after 3 years of oral minoxidil

And on youtube comments people are saying this:

View attachment 2793212View attachment 2793208

These are completely different claims. People here claim they've had almost no side effects, yet these youtube people needed to go to the hospital from TWO FUCKING DOSES. What is the real truth about oral minoxidil?

It all depends on your genetics and your tolerance to drugs, you won't know until you try...

 

[Rabbi]

Some people here like say stuff like this:View attachment 2793201

Oral minoxidil is the king of softmaxxing

Been on this for 2 months, here's my experience. Pros: - thicker eyebrows - denser, longer, darker and thicker eyelashes - temple points regrowing back which i wasnt expecting - overall ascended my eye area which was already pretty good Cons: - beard is filling in like crazy which is...

looksmax.org

Claims to have had practically no side effects whatsoever after 3 years of oral minoxidil

And on youtube comments people are saying this:

View attachment 2793212View attachment 2793208

These are completely different claims. People here claim they've had almost no side effects, yet these youtube people needed to go to the hospital from TWO FUCKING DOSES. What is the real truth about oral minoxidil?

I've been on it for >1 year now

 

[Deleted member 42956]

I've been on it for >1 year now

Yea most people here seem to have been on it for a long time with basically 0 side effects. I don't understand how that youtube guy nearly died from one tiny dose. Really strange

 

[Rabbi]

Yea most people here seem to have been on it for a long time with basically 0 side effects. I don't understand how that youtube guy nearly died from one tiny dose. Really strange

I reckon he had a pre-existing heart arrythmia that became symptomatic when he used it.

I had a little bit of sides going from 2.5mg to 5mg nothing major. Most studies find 5mg and under to be perfectly reasonable. 10mg and over is where the risk:reward looks sketch

 

[Deleted member 16636]

It all depends on how your body reacts to it and if you have a family history of heart problems. It's not uncommon to get things like chest pains and palpitations. Usually people get the severe side effects from their body absorbing too much minoxidil at once, hence why it's recommended to split the dosage into two.

There is also a lot of fear mongering online, so I wouldn't 100% trust what people say. In fact most of what I've read about bad experiences is people having anxiety and panick attacks from overthinking the side effects and believing they'll have a heart attack .

 

[Deleted member 42956]

I reckon he had a pre-existing heart arrythmia that became symptomatic when he used it.

I had a little bit of sides going from 2.5mg to 5mg nothing major. Most studies find 5mg and under to be perfectly reasonable. 10mg and over is where the risk:reward looks sketch

What sides did you have

 

[Rabbi]

What sides did you have

Orthostatic hypotension. A bit of lightheadedness when going from sitting to standing

 

[Deleted member 54208]

Dizziness, fluid retention in the legs, tachycardia, headache, fluid retention in the eyelids, insomnia and rarely hair loss

So if you take minox the risk is there that you can have hair loss wtf ????