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What is Minoxidil?

Minoxidil Topical is used to stimulate hair growth and to slow balding. It is most effective for people under 40 years of age whose hair loss is recent. It has no effect on receding hairlines. It does not cure baldness; most new hair is lost within a few months after the drug is stopped.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Male Pattern Baldness 4 2 Efficacy_major
Alopecia Areata 3 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Hair loss 3 0
Elevated blood pressure 2 0
Hypertension 2 0
Other 1 1 Efficacy_moderate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 5

Reported Dosages

  5 g monthly 1 L daily 2.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 5 g daily 10 g daily 10 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Minoxidil (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 50%
Expense 2   Expense: 33%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 33%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 33%
Other 2   Other: 33%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Minoxidil

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Minoxidil

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Minoxidil

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Minoxidil

Always
 3 60%
Usually
 1 20%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 20%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Minoxidil

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 20%
A little
 1 20%
Not at all
 3 60%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Minoxidil

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 20%
< $25
 4 80%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.