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 |
| 5 | Bald | tits, loss of libido, and i think tallywhacker is shrinking. | Makes you gay (not that there's anything wrong with that | M | 47 | 3 months foam 2X day | 12/20/2010 | 4 | thinning hair | Dizzy after applying slight scalp flaking, heart felt like it was pounding outta my chest, low blood pressure, slight increase in blonde facial hair (nothing much to worry about) | been using for 4 months it stopped exessive shedding noticing some regrowth although my hair thinned out more in some areas giving it 12 months to work or not. | F | 21 | 4 months 1ml 1X day | 11/26/2010 | 1 | for thinning hari | I recomend you have your prolactin, LH, FSH, TESTOSTERONE, and TSH levels measured by a doctor. if you have any lab tests send those results to [email protected] the more people that share their story and labs the better we can treat the side effects and possibly sue rogaine for their life damaging product. | Email if you have had any side effects from use of rogaine. share your story and any doctor results or reports. | M | 27 | 3 months 5% 2X day | 10/26/2010 | 1 | why do you think | itchy scalp which led to scratching, which led to embarrasing dandruff; weird heart palputations; if you bought it, throw it out | M | 49 | 1 months 10MG 1X day | 10/4/2010 | 4 | It made my scalp itch, every once in a while I would get a bump kind of like a bug bite from the irritation. It definitely thickened the hair on the crown area of my head as advertised. Kind of annoying having to put it on twice a day every day, because you feel like your scalp always has the medicine on it. | M | 29 | 4 months 1 mL 2X day | 9/10/2010 | 1 | Hair Loss | Makes your head itch like crazy. | Does nothing to regrow hair. | M | 41 | 6 months 2X day | 9/9/2010 | 1 | hair thinning | within one month, I experienced loss of sex drive and now two months later, i'm suffering from deprssion. | M | 31 | 20 days 1mg 2X day | 9/7/2010 | 3 | Thinning Hair | Low blood pressure & heart palpitations | I'd like to warn off any women who, like me, turned to this drug when the women's strength didn't work. This product worked great for producing more & thicker hair, but the side effects weren't worth it. The drug was originally taken orally for high blood pressure and unfortunately it lowered my blood pressure even though I put it on my scalp. I had trouble climbing stairs without my heart pounding! I quit when I got the flu and the nurse was shocked when she saw how dangerously low my blood pressure was. If I ever get high blood pressure, I'm using it again. | F | 43 | 1 years 1X day | 8/17/2010 | 3 | Hair loss | The very first time I used I had racing heart feeling. I used it in the night. I stopped after that and left it in the garage. After like 8 months or so I decided to try again but this time I use only once and in the morning. I use 1ml all over the scalp and so far it seems to grow small hair in many areas of the scalp, though they havent gone bigger or thicker yet. I will wait for 6 months or so and see how it works. Off late I am having lots of itchy scalp and dandruff. One more thing is I use only during the week days. | Once I skipped for a whole week and I had quite a lot of hair loss. It stopped within 2 days of using it again. For sure it helps stop hair loss and grows new ones, for me so far. I will continue using it in low doses till I see some serious side effects. So far havent had any sexual side effects. I will be happy if I can maintain what I have for another 30 years :-). I use it in such low dose that I have been using the same bottle for almost 2 months now and I still have quite a bit left for 2-3 weeks. | M | 32 | 2 months 1 1X day | 8/9/2010 | 1 | hair loss | anxiety, palpitation, blood pressure swings | I'll advise, never use this.. Even after discontinuation I'm having these side effects. Don't know what to do.. side effects worsen after stopped usage.. | M | 35 | 2 years 5 2X day | 8/2/2010 | 1 | thinning hair | anxiety, insomnia, panic attacks, restlesness, depression, feeling of hopelessness. | I am not a depressed or anxious person at least for the first 20 years of my life. When i turned 20 my derm prescribed me minoxidil 5% and told me there is virtually no side effects. So i started taking it every day 2 times a day. For the first 8 months i didnt have any of these feelings. After about 8 months i will never forget it started with this really heavy pressure in my chest. As time progressed i started ruling out all of the things in my life that could potentially be causeing these feelings. I am a really healthy conscious person, eatting organic taking supplements since i am a child. I went to a full liver detox, colon cleansing, and still i experienced these side effects. This website really opened my eyes as to what the side effects of rogaine can be. it took me almost 2 freaking years to figure out that it was, what i thought to be harmless rogaine. I thought i was going crazy. I stopped doing all drugs, and started detoxing getting blood work to check my health, and yet i could still not figure it out. I thought i was going insane. I started becoming depressed and exhausted, yet not being able to sleep. I would never recommend this to anyone. I have never in my life felt so bad!!!!! It is horrrible. It made me start thinking i was hypochondriac. Let me tell u something all of these side effects were very real. I really was about to lose it. Be VERY CAUTIOUS it ruined 8 months of my life. For all those idiots out their that think that people with side effects ar | M | 22 | 2 years 2X day | 7/19/2010 | 1 | Thinning of hair | Heart palpitations, anxiety, and general feeling of uneasiness. Mild yet constant panicky feeling. | I'm really disappointed to have these side effects. Rogaine worked for my dad and I was excited to use it, but I cannot live with these side effects even just one more day. For those who think that this medication cannot enter the bloodstream since it is topical, that's exactly what they want you to think. | M | 25 | 4 days 5%solution 2X day | 7/5/2010 | 3 | Rogaine Extra Strength for Men | Slight to moderate recooperation of hair on the crown; darkening of the hair color. One or twice people commented that they did not recognise me from behind. Nice, eh? Well... At about the 5th month, I began to notice weight gain, a general feeling of uncomfortableness o bloating, not confortable in my clothes; redecution of sexual desire over time and general lethargy and languidness. | I have decided that the side effects, in my case, outweighed the benefits. A closely trimmed haircut on a partially bald SLIM man will have a healthier social life than a lazy rolly-polly fellow with a full head of hair! | M | 43 | 1 years 100 2X day | 6/27/2010 | 1 | thinning hair | heart palpitations, loss of sex-drive, loss and soft erections | This drug causes these side effects 100%. I did not even know about the fact that it could cause impotence until I started having problems out of the blue after about 6 months of use. I researched it specifically afterward and found that it is more common than you would think. I stopped using it and was back to normal a few weeks later. I'm a paramedic and work with a lot of doctors, they don't know everything about the drugs they prescribe. Pharmacists know a lot more about the individual drugs. As far as the racing heart, that is a well documented side effect from the pills. The fact is that the foam is the same medication just in a weaker form. Most of us who use it do not use the recommended dosage, we use a lot more and cover the whole top of our scalps. This brings the dose way up from what is recommended and can increase side effects. It did work to regrow hair but when I got off my hair loss accelerated to the point of being scary. | M | 31 | 1 years 0000000000 2X day | 5/2/2010 | 1 | Thinning Hair | Could not fall asleep. Literally I just took it 3 hours ago and I feel kind of like how I felt when I took adderall two times in college. It's not a full on panic attack but there is a for sure uneasiness and restlessness in me. | Much too strong of an effect for me to consider taking again. Please don't listen to people who says it can't make you sleepless or anxious bc I sleep easily ALL the time and this stuff no joking has me on edge. Please take care of yourself and avoid this product. | M | 24 | 1 days 1X day | 3/28/2010 | 1 | hair loss | Severe anxiety and mood swings, dandruff | I took this medication 6 years ago and now, 5 years since last using it, the side effects are still here. I need to take 3 types of psychiatric medication just to feel close to normal, but the anxiety, though greatly reduced on medication, is still near enough constant at a low to moderate level. | M | 32 | 1 years 2X day | 2/13/2010 | 3 | Hair Loss | I experienced lack of sex drive, weak erections and loss of size of penis over 3 month period. | Nobody seems to be commenting on shrinking of penis. Is this because of embarrassment or am I the only one experiencing this? I've lost about 2 inches off a full erection and about an inch when not errect over the 3 month period I've been using Rogaine. It has significantly regrown my hair though. I assume it is Rogaine that is causing this but I would like to see if others are having this penis size loss issue from using Rogaine before I stop using it. | M | 35 | 3 months | 1/7/2010 | 4 | Thinning Hair | Itchy scalp, initial shedding, flaky scalp | All you people who say that Rogaine causes "heart palpitations", "anxiety", and "low libido" are just paranoid hypochondriacs. DO NOT believe EVERYTHING you read. I too feared these side effects after reading these comments so I saw my doctor and he reassured me that these side effects are RARE and do not occur unless perhaps taken orally. In fact, he told me that I WANT some of it in your system so it could actually work. A couple of months ago, I had thicker hair because of this medication and was even getting compliments; yet I stopped because became paranoid when reading the negative reviews on this page. This stuff is not for everyone, but if it works for you USE IT. If you're worried about side effects, see your doctor, but do not become a hypochondriac. | M | 19 | 4 months | 11/15/2009 | 3 | hair loss | I have been using rogaine for almost six month and don't see any problems other than not seeing whole lot of results yet. I hope it will have some results, if nothing, i like to maintain my current hair. I think it works differently for different people. So, if i loose my hair at one point its not a big deal since its all hairadity.If I don't like I don't use it! Unfortunately there is no real help for hair loss yet in this world. Hope one day there will be one but probably not in my life time. Good luck to all of you out there. Nothing is wrong to be bold remember!! | It's better than nothing but it's not everything. | M | 31 | 6 months | 11/10/2009 | 4 | thinning hair at crown and hairline | swollen hands and feet on occasion, headaches, and huge erections | undecided on weather or not it is working, but my pictures appear to show some improvement i think in overall thickness. the biggest benefit has been the side effects - the size and hardness of my erections is ludicrous! rogaine=hair+massive penis! | M | 27 | 10 months | 10/16/2009 |