Dermatologists Embrace Low-Dose Oral Minoxidil as Hair Loss Adjunctive Therapy
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It's not a new drug — it's been available in topical form for hair loss since 1988 and was approved as an anti-hypertensive in 1979 — but a low-dose oral form of minoxidil is gaining new currency — and a growing public profile — as an adjunctive therapy for hair loss.
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@haritt Female hair loss "is devastating," said Lily Talakoub, MD, adding that topical minoxidil (Rogaine), topical serums, and supplements "really do not provide the considerable growth that women really want to see." Oral minoxidil is not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for hair loss, but "it has been shown in studies to cause the hairs to grow," and has become a "lifeline" for women, said Talakoub, a dermatologist who is in private practice in McLean, Virginia.