Warning–Minoxidil based Hair Products!!

Perhaps there are millions of users of minoxidil. I assumed it to be safe and when I asked the pharmacist about it, he asked me if I had high blood pressure and I said no since my blood pressure has always been normal–so I did not even focus on its safety–only its alleged effectiveness. Later, when I took my ‘crash’ story to one doctor and he so quickly said–“sure” it is totally credible–I saw that I had the answer to my medical mystery as soon as the warnings matched up with my symptoms. Bottom line–it is foolish to put a drug directly on an one’s scalp where it can be absorbed so directly. And bottom line–the moment I dropped minoxidil and Kevis–my health immediately improved.

The medical fact sheet on this drug is very scary and it played right into my weaknesses. It clearly can cause hypertension and causing sleep disruption is sufficient to create a problem alone.

The timing on my first use of minoxidil and the timing of going to the hospital with heart pain and ringing in the ears matched up very well but I failed to make the connection. Soon after–I began Bikram yoga and it seems that the benefit to my whole system compensated for the bad effects of the drug. When I had to stop the yoga–the toxic affect of the drug built up in my bloodstream and I was a walking time bomb.

I urge people to search the internet concerning the toxic effect of this substance and the reported negative side affects. I assume that most people in very good shape and with very low sensitivity to chemicals can absorb this in their bloodstream without incident(the active ingredient seems to remain in the bloodstream but other components are absorbed in one’s fat and perhaps elsewhere)and I have also been told that generic knockoffs can have altered chemical compositions that can present differently in one’s body than the drug studied and approved by the FDA.

Sure, because we are talking about a cosmetic product that no one actually needs for their health–I believe that it should not be available over the counter but through prescription only. My doctor–looking at my full head of hair might have said–forget it–with your sensitivities–“no.” I feel badly for drug companies with a product that can save a life being hassled with detailed reports about every conceivable side affect some person might have–perhaps not even related to the product itself. This is very unfair. By contrast, here is a cosmetic product that will save no lives and will actually potentially ruin lives–given the right set of circumstances. Even at a minimum, if you want to risk harming your sleep patterns which can cause negative side affects–read the warnings that are all over the internet first.

I freely admit that my experience might be atypical–indeed–I thought I was in deep trouble and I have been out of commission for a few months now. Further, I have become a critic of Kevis–supposedly non-drug but I had a rough experience with it as well–sexual dysfunction, horrible headaches–plus, of course, hair *loss* instead of gain. I respect all businesses and I feel fine making this public and I am fine telling people to be very cautious putting harsh chemicals directly onto the scalp where it is absorbed so immediately.

There is a clear need to separate what is incidental from what is causal. I believe that I have made that distinction correctly for *my case* and quite obviously–every doctor I have spoken agrees that given the facts of my case–I should not ever use those hair products again. Concerning whether or not I have some kind of personal aversion to the heat–I doubt it. My ability to sweat has returned to what appear to be normal levels and a combination of Chinese herbs and vitamins seem to help.

If anyone reading this has noticed a decline in health–I would surely recommend temporarily dropping the minoxidil product to see if things change for the better.