Ghoul
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Like a lot of blood pressure meds, 5mg minox caused me a small amount of transient water retention, but I found this dissipated over a month or so and now I have no sides. It is an "infant dose" so it's almost certainly not going to be dangerous.
But that's with precisely dosed 2.5mg pharma pills.
It's easy to get 7mgs instead of 5mgs in a drop and the (minor) sides that can come with a 40% higher dose, or the reduced effectiveness of the occasional lower dose, along with a constantly fluctuating plasma concentration of the drug. That's not ideal for a drug taken for a lifetime.
A stable dose lets your body adjust to the drug, sides tend to resolve quickly, and you get to a point you feel completely normal on it.
I know the Kirkland topical is popular, it's probably safe given how many are using it without bad reports turning up, but I do wonder if the alcohol is pure for consuming or denatured to make it mildly toxic to discourage consumption as most intended for topical use are? That wouldn't be noticeable a drop at a time, but I wouldn't want that building up in my system to save a few dollars. Maybe if that was the only option, but it's not.
My bigger issue is using topical minox as an imprecise oral dose when it's $12 for a month's worth of pharma pills from India.
In the US a prescription is easily had from most docs and a month's worth of this cheap medicine is less than $4 without insurance.
Even without a cooperative doctor a $39 online visit will get a prescription in 5 minutes.
A few UGLs say they're going to release oral minoxidil, Generic Asia and Axel Labs, which should be really cheap, so that'll be a decent middle ground if someone won't or can't get a prescription.
But that's with precisely dosed 2.5mg pharma pills.
It's easy to get 7mgs instead of 5mgs in a drop and the (minor) sides that can come with a 40% higher dose, or the reduced effectiveness of the occasional lower dose, along with a constantly fluctuating plasma concentration of the drug. That's not ideal for a drug taken for a lifetime.
A stable dose lets your body adjust to the drug, sides tend to resolve quickly, and you get to a point you feel completely normal on it.
I know the Kirkland topical is popular, it's probably safe given how many are using it without bad reports turning up, but I do wonder if the alcohol is pure for consuming or denatured to make it mildly toxic to discourage consumption as most intended for topical use are? That wouldn't be noticeable a drop at a time, but I wouldn't want that building up in my system to save a few dollars. Maybe if that was the only option, but it's not.
My bigger issue is using topical minox as an imprecise oral dose when it's $12 for a month's worth of pharma pills from India.
In the US a prescription is easily had from most docs and a month's worth of this cheap medicine is less than $4 without insurance.
Even without a cooperative doctor a $39 online visit will get a prescription in 5 minutes.
A few UGLs say they're going to release oral minoxidil, Generic Asia and Axel Labs, which should be really cheap, so that'll be a decent middle ground if someone won't or can't get a prescription.
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