Open AccessThere Is a Positive Dose-Dependent Association between Low-Dose Oral Minoxidil and Its Efficacy for Androgenetic Alopecia: Findings from a Systematic Review with Meta-Regression Analyses
Author(s) -
Aditya K. Gupta,
Deanna C. Hall,
Mesbah Talukder,
Mary A Bamimore
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
skin appendage disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2296-9195
pISSN - 2296-9160
DOI - 10.1159/000525137
Subject(s) - medicine , hypertrichosis , adverse effect , minoxidil , meta analysis , mean difference , dermatology , confidence interval
Recently, low-dose oral minoxidil (LDOM) has entered the landscape of therapies for androgenetic alopecia (AGA). We determined whether using LDOM is associated with improving AGA in a dose-dependent manner; secondarily, we examined whether a dose-dependent association also exists for safety.