ROGAINE EXTRA STRENGTH (FOR MEN) Reviews (MINOXIDIL)Average Rating: 1.6 (319 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ROGAINE EXTRA STRENGTH (FOR MEN) with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ROGAINE EXTRA S | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Dermatologist Recommended it. | my daughter notice that the top of here hair was Thinning out. We went to the Dermatologist, He put her on Men's extra Strength Rogaine. She started feeling very Anxious and pressure on her chest, like she couldn't Breathe Then she started with panic Attacks. she also felt like she was in a fog. I called the Dermatologist and he said it could not be from the Rogaine. My Daughter has been off of Rogaine for only 5 days and she is feeling much better. I think this is a Dangerous product. I am so happy that I found this site. My poor daughter was going out of her mind. | F | 22 | 5 weeks 60ml 2xday | 2/5/2013 | 1 | Erectile Dysfunction, stress. | I posted a month ago. My erectile dysfunction problems are completely gone. My sex drive is back and my stress is down. So as I posted earlier, took me 5 years to figure it out and spent a lot of $$$ , Not worth it | M | 49 | 5 years 1ml 2X day | 1/3/2013 | 1 | going bald | About 2 months ago I got severely dizzy when I arrived to work. From that day til now I haven't felt anywhere near normal. I have never been an anxious person now I am constantly worrying. I had muscle twitches, chest pain, difficult breathing, overall foggy feeling, haven't slept normal, low grade headache, lethargic, and no sex drive. I was driving myself crazy wondering what was wrong with me, I honestly thought I had caught some deathly illness. About a week ago after applying rogaine my head started burning and tingling and then my whole body was red and itching. This is when I stopped and thought, maybe all of these problems I have been experiencing are from rogaine. It was the last thing I thought of, I had stopped everything else I had been doing except for rogaine. I never even considered rogaine to be dangerous. If any of you have had any problems like this and have recovered please email me and let me know how long it took to get back to normal. This is awful living like thi | Health>hair | M | 21 | 10 months 5% foam 2X day | 12/10/2012 | 2 | Thinning Hair | Itching of Scalp, stress, erectile dysfunction | Started using Rogaine 5% foam over 5 years ago. Despite other comments, I found it easy to use, no scent and it did stop and even add hair to the back top of my head. The hairline, no, as advertised. I had noticed erectile problems shortly after starting to use. It really hit home when my wife and I went away on a Romantic trip. I mistakenly forgot my Rogaine. The best sex and sex drive I had had in years. It was only then that I really put two and two together. After years of use I discontinued over a month ago and my erectile problems and sex drive are slipping away. For a long time user the benefits were negligible, get a hair transplant if you can and in the long run it will be cheaper. Overall I would not recommend this product. Too many side effects and the cost/benefit nowhere near justifies it. Took me 5 years to figure it out.....Learn from others mistakes if you are reading this. | M | 49 | 5 years 5% Foam 2X day | 12/5/2012 | 1 | Baldness | Complete Impotence and devastating sexual side effects | PLEASE DO NOT TAKE ROGAINE IF YOU VALUE your sex life. I did not risk taking Propecia because I knew of the permanent sexual side effects that were possible. Had I know such effects were possible with Rogaine, i would have never touched the stuff. I am having so many problems with my girlfriend now. I am going to my doctor to try Viagra or something similar, I cannot go on like this. I will update in a month. | M | 20 | 30 days 5% 2X day | 8/24/2012 | 2 | Gradual loss of libido, ability to be aroused, weak erections | Update to my post on 10/31/2011. After being off the Rogaine for about 1 year, my sexuality was back to about 80%. Here is what got me back to 100 %: (1) I started trying ED drugs, first Viagra. The Viagra was of limited success but was still having issues getting aroused. Then I tried the 20mg Cialis. This had no affect on me whatsoever. I heard about the daily use Cialis, so I cut my pills in quarters and took one every other day. After about 1 week I can say that it is working. In fact, I believe that this is my miracle drug. This is the closest I've been to my old self sexually. (2) I believe it was also helpful to visit internet sex sites occasionally to get my juices flowing so to speak. One interesting result of all of this is that I used to masturbate with a lubricant but now this does not get me aroused. Now I do it without lubricant and it feels great! The main thing is to get off the Rogaine if you are having the sexual issues. And maybe Rogaine can still work with Cialis, but I am not going to take that chance. I lost my sexuality once, and I believe I was lucky to get it back. | M | 60 | 3 years 75% normal 2X day | 7/28/2012 | 5 | Hairloss | Some scalp dryness the first few months, but no more. My sex drive has, if anything increased a lot- but I'm not sure this is the rogaine. | Worked as it should for me- thick hair without any baldness. So I continue use to maintain that. | M | 42 | 5 years 1 mL 2X day | 7/16/2012 | 1 | Thinning on top. | 1 Day: slight headache, slight dizziness, rush of blood. Then 3rd Day: very horny/hyper. 1 week: Hair thickness improvement, no issues. 2 weeks: Not thinking about sex, never aroused during the day, difficulty maintaining erection, loss of pleasure during orgasum, not turned on while seeing sex. | Read this site before trying, was aware of problems, however considered safer option then Propecia. Tried for two weeks, and was elated to see results! However, end of the second week, I thought to myself, hey I haven't had an erection today? I haven't had a sexual fantasy... SO watched some pornography (beats calling the X) and could not become aroused without physical stimulation! Discontinuing use!!! will post again if problems are consistent. | M | 25 | 2 weeks recomended 2X day | 7/8/2012 | 1 | Stop thinning hair | panic attacks, insomnia, low sex drive | I feel better after reading this thread. I have the same exact symptons as a lot of people on here. I am mid thirties and it seems them most common side effects among those in their 30s is anxiety. I cannot focus, heart always beating fast.. Wow, why did the fda allow the sales of this crap? | M | 33 | 5 months 5 percent 1X day | 7/6/2012 | 1 | hair loss | Major sexual side effects. complete loss of sex drive and almost complete loss of the ability to get and maintain an erection. Complete Loss of pleasurable sensation when having orgasm. Plus lots of other non sexual side effects. | my sides seem to be subsiding and its been 2 -3 weeks since I stopped using rogaine foam. the loss of a pleasurable orgasm still remains. If anyone experienced the same Im very curious as to how long it took to go away. Please email me if you went through this side effect. This is extremely frustrating and depressing not knowing when or if this sexual side will go away. | M | 36 | 3.5 weeks 2X day | 6/12/2012 | 1 | Hair loss | Even If I heard many negative comments regarding this product. I have decided to take the risk of trying the product. During the first time I used this product I have noticed my blood pressure start rising and my back muscles tightening. I resisted this side effect at the begining since I noticed that my hair was slightly growing. During the treatment period my hair became itchy I had a lot of dundruff and I felt slight irritation in my scalp. Things was getting worse by the end of the second month. I felt all the muscles of my head were under high tension and my face looked very bad with puffy eyes. I could not believe what was happened. Things were getting worse overnight. my forehead and ears irritated me alot I would definitely not recommend this product as solution to hair loss. I was scared when I saw my eyes very puffy. I am dealing with this side effects right now as I drop this lines. STAY AWAY COST-BENEFIT NEGATIVE! | M | 35 | 2 months 5% 2X day | 5/24/2012 | 2 | For hair loss | Complete loss of sex drive and soft erections | My side effects began within three day. I lost interest in sex or even thinking about it. I would have to concentrate really hard in order to get an erection and even then it was not anything as hard as before using Rogaine foam | M | 36 | 3 months 5% 2X day | 5/20/2012 | 3 | hair | 0 | is very good | M | 28 | 4 years 1ml 1X day | 3/11/2012 | 3 | Losing hair | This product definitely works for me. I have used it on and off since I started balding in my late 20's. I stopped for about 4 years and noticed an increase in hair loss so started it again about 6 months ago. | My only side effect is extreme itching of the scalp. This in turn causes irritation and flaking (from all my scratching). Other than that I really have little complaints. I don't have a full head of hair, but before and after pics show visible improvement. | M | 36 | 6 months 2 2X day | 1/13/2012 | 1 | loosing hair | I'm a healthy and happy man. Workout every day and eat healthy food. Thanks for this website now I know that the weird symptoms I have could be due to rogaine. It wasn't easy to connect the dots between strong anxiety, heart palpitations (also in the stomach area!), light sensitivity, aggressiveness, mood changes and sleepiness with the rogaine (foam) treatment. I have never feel so bad in my life!! and the worst is that these synthoms all together are very difficult to diagnose. It would take many studies (and a lot of money!) and some luck to detect the real problem. Honestly I admit that may be I've been using much more rogaine (covering other areas of the scalp) that is recommended but if this drug can do what it did I want it out of my head!! Thanks you for all your posts !! | M | 49 | 3 months 1X day | 1/3/2012 | 1 | I was initially on the women's minoxidil, but I kept getting these "pink" cheeks. I thought it might be from the alcohol in the women's minoxidil, so I switched to the Men's Rogaine (quite expensive) because there is no generic. I used to for about a week. The pink cheeks got worse as I started with the higher percentage. I eventually had to go off all these meds (spironolactone along with minoxidil) because of the redness to my face. The redness continued, however. I went to the doctor and they think I actually have Rosacea. SO, if you have anything like Rosacea, etc. - you should probably not use this product, as it is a vasodilator (spelling) and will make your symptoms worse. It did for me, anyway... | F | 54 | 1X day | 12/12/2011 | 1 | Hair Loss | Accelerated hair loss. Foggy feeling, trouble concentrating. Constant low grade headache. | Stay away. I have experienced accelerated hair loss which may never come back. Like others on this post I experienced a constant low grade headache and trouble concentrating. I've had an overall foggy feeling since starting the treatment but never made the connection. I am stopping today forever. | M | 49 | 5 MG 2X day | 12/6/2011 | 2 | loss of libido, very itchy scalp | UPDATE to my post 3/21/2011. I stopped using Rogaine end of March 2011. After about 3 months I was beginning to get my sexuality back. I was confident enough to restart the Rogaine. BIG mistake! My body did not like the Rogaine, ie back & groin aches, and back to very low libido. After 12 days of this, I am back off the Rogaine never to return. About 3 months after I stopped the Rogaine for a second time my sexuality is returning again with the help I believe of jelqing (look it up) and masturbating every other day, although this was difficult to do at the start with the weak erections. Now I am getting hard erections again and sensitivity/pleasure is returning. If you have any sexual issues of this sort, GET OFF THE ROGAINE. The length of time to get back to normal sexually is going to be different for everybody, but I am saying there is hope! | M | 59 | 3 years 75% normal 2X day | 10/31/2011 | 1 | Doctor told me to | racing heart (feels like it wants to pop out of chest) dandruff , sudden weight gain | I woke up one night thought i was having a heart attach. I called 911 then my mother and family and friends. I went to the doctor then i remembered ahhhh the side effects of rogaine. It was a really scary situation. | M | 29 | 3 months 1ml 2X day | 10/13/2011 | 3 | Hair loss | A bit of dandruff and itchiness on the scalp. Nothing that couldn't be taken care of with a bit of Head & Shoulders | I feel like my hair loss has slowed down a bit, but I also think I'm still adjusting to it. My side effects up until now have been minimal and are listed here. Now that there are generic brands, I have no problems paying for it. Curious to see the one year mark! A short side comment: as far as I can tell, there is no potential for sexual side effects with Rogaine. I tried Propecia for a while and had immediate problems with that. With Rogaine, nothing. Not saying it's like that for everyone but that's my experience | M | 27 | 5 months 5 2X day | 9/29/2011 |