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Reviewer: Swede, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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Taking it for 25 yrs (after massive stroke at age 46) - have tried nearly 30 other bp meds (while some/many worked to lower bp, they each had undesirable sides, most particularly depression, sexual, ...). Only sides from minox are fatigue which I can handle and heart racing (very unusual, only 20 or so reported cases of it) which is serious but take Corguard to counteract and no reoccurences of
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Reviewer: 75 or over Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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tired, lazy and body aches in the morning
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Reviewer: uhuru, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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increases facial hair.
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Reviewer: beedy, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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the pills help to lower my blood plessure, but the other hand i'm not a man, and have notice hair growing on my face i don't like that at all and i don't know what to do about that i don't need to shave my face and definetly don't want to look a man.
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I'm not sure if it is the Minoxidil but I feel like crap and have since I started using it. Please tell me there is another alternative. I have only been on it for about a week and I can already feel the hair growth.
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