Low-Dose Oral Minoxidil for Androgenetic Alopecia Is Not Associated With Clinically Significant Blood-Pressure Changes: A Retrospective Study

October 2023 in “ Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology ”

Michael Ong, Huong Do, Benedict Ho, Shari R. Lipner

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TLDR Taking a small dose of the hair growth medicine minoxidil by mouth does not really change your blood pressure.

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