Why Isn’t Minoxidil an Oral Medication?

Posted by on January 29th, 2009 at 03:32pm

Why isn’t minoxidil taken orally? I’ve always been under the impression that drugs taken orally (like Propecia) get to the root of the problem as opposed to ones topically. For instance, whether caffeine theoretically helped hair loss, I would think consuming caffeine would work better than putting caffeine on one’s head.

Minoxidil was originally used as an oral anti-hypertensive medication for the treatment of high blood pressure. It was unpredictable in its use so it … [visit site to read more]

Original post by William Rassman, MD

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