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Like any medication, minoxidil can interact with some prescription drugs. Medications like diuretics and antidepressants can increase the blood pressure-lowering effects of minoxidil.
TV commercials for new drugs are notorious for ending with a seemingly endless list of potential interactions. Minoxidil, at least in topical solution or foam form, is a pleasant exception. In ...
In 2017, a study of pharmacy prices in four states for 41 over-the-counter minoxidil products which were "gender-specified" found that the mean price for minoxidil solutions was the same for women and men even though the women's formulations were 2% and the men's were 5%, while the mean price for minoxidil foams, which were all 5%, was 40% ...
Finasteride is one of two medications (minoxidil, or Rogaine®, is the other) proven to help men maintain their hair. ... Finasteride is generally safe and doesn’t interact with other drugs ...
This is a list of drugs and substances that are known or suspected to cause Stevens–Johnson syndrome This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Minoxidil [2] vasodilator used for hypertension, also used to treat hair loss; Nicorandil [3] vasodilator used to treat angina; Pinacidil [4] Retigabine, [5] [6] an anticonvulsant; Flupirtine, analgesic with muscle relaxant and anticonvulsant properties
A 2023 study comparing the efficacy and safety of 1-milligram daily oral minoxidil and 5% topical minoxidil found that topical minoxidil had a better therapeutic effect (meaning it worked a little ...
The SULT1A1 enzyme is expressed in outer roots sheath of hair follicles. Minoxidil, the only US FDA approved topical drug for re-growing hair in male and female pattern hair loss (androgenetic alopecia patients) is a pro-drug. Minoxidil is converted to its active form (minoxidil sulfate) by the hair sulfotransferase enzyme (SULT1A1). [6]