Mild ankle swelling seems to be caused by oral minoxidil

Posted by tillymack @tillymack, Aug 15 11:54am

I've noticed mild ankle swelling when taking oral minoxidil 2.5 mg for hair loss (androgenic alopecia). My podiatrist says this is so slight it's nothing to worry about but I do worry! Has anyone else experienced this? Thank you.

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veggirl | @veggirl | 4 hours ago

Hi, I also had lower leg swelling and decided to cut my dose in half to 1.25 daily and the swelling went away. This is the dose is was originally prescribed but I decided to go up because I wasn't seeing results. It was too much for me. Hope that helps. Maybe talk to your Dr about lowering the dose

tillymack | @tillymack | 2 hours ago

Hi veggirl, Thanks for your message. I've reduced high sodium foods and increased high pottasium foods - swelling seems better. When you reduced your dose to 1.25 mg, did you lose more hair?