minoxidil causes heart palpitations!

[CCW66]

just discovered this!

[Paulbounce]

Hi CCW.

Minoxidil is used to treat hair loss. It is thought to work by increasing blood flow to the hair follicles. Some people may experience heart palpitations as a side effect of taking minoxidil. However, this is considered to be a very rare side effect and is not commonly reported.

I suggest speaking to your pharmacist to see if it's the root cause (pun intended).

Paul

[Dave678]

To be on the safer side - if you need to use Minoxidil I’d choose the 5% solution rather than the 10% one that some hair clinics offer.

[Heilung18-Gesund]

Minoxidil was originally developed as an antihypertensive agent. With systemic absorption, it acts as a direct arterial vasodilator, and as such will trigger reflex activation of the sympathetic nervous and renin‐angiotensinaldosterone systems, manifested, in part, by tachycardia and/or palpitations. With oral use in the past, concurrent beta-blockade to mitigate those side effects had been indicated. I would concur with using a significantly lower topical dose to limit systemic effects.

TB