# The Rick Tries Rogaine Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rick-tries-rogaine-thread/580288 "2011-04-30T15:07:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rick-tries-rogaine-thread/580288/1 "2011-04-30T15:07:20Z")
The hair on top of my head is thinning so I’ve decided to give Rogaine a shot, just for the hell of it. Man, this stuff tastes like shit. Anyone else try this? Have any luck with it? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rick-tries-rogaine-thread/580288/2 "2011-04-30T16:04:29Z")
Hey \*\*Rick \*\*I don’t think you’re supposed to drink it, buddy. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rick-tries-rogaine-thread/580288/3 "2011-04-30T16:21:06Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Hey \*\*Rick \*\*I don’t think you’re supposed to drink it, buddy. Minoxidil (the active ingredient in rogaine) is indeed used orally, but generally to reduce blood pressure. I’ve a couple patients on it now. The problem with this approach for hair restoration is that it encourages more dense hair growth _all over_! We’re talking serious and major back, ear, and nose hair. So topical is probably best, but to each their own. Some folks do have fetishes for furry guys, after all. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rick-tries-rogaine-thread/580288/4 "2011-04-30T16:26:32Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Some folks do have fetishes for furry guys, after all. I believe the term is hirsute. Furry is a whole other kink. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![a\_gassy\_dragon\_irl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@a\_gassy\_dragon\_irl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_gassy_dragon_irl)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rick-tries-rogaine-thread/580288/5 "2011-04-30T17:38:43Z")
I thought this was taken in suppository form. explains a lot actually. Why do I think EVERYTHING is suppository form… ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rick-tries-rogaine-thread/580288/6 "2011-04-30T19:55:32Z")
I was just thinking of Rogaine the other day. Why was it? Oh, yeah. I was watching the royal wedding and thinking that Prince William must be rich enough to afford some. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rick-tries-rogaine-thread/580288/7 "2011-04-30T20:05:06Z")
Sadly, Rogaine can also cause hair _loss_, which is why the topical application of a fairly low percentage is used - they’ve tried to find the sweet spot between hair loss and hair growth effects. And, for all we know, Prince William _is_ using it. It doesn’t create a full luxurious head of hair in all users, but it does cause some hair growth in many users. Maybe he’d be a cueball without it. 😃 The thing I find most frustrating about it is that I can’t find any drug information on the cardiac use anymore! Even my nurse’s drug book only talks about its hair restoration use. Got me into trouble once in Clinicals, where my teacher wants to know the drug class and mechanism of action of every drug I administer, and I knew the hypertensive patient taking it orally wasn’t taking it to grow hair! So **Qadgop** , do you know what \*kind \*of antihypertensive it is, by any chance? Beta-blocker? (probably not, those usually end on -olol) Calcium channel blocker? Something else? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rick-tries-rogaine-thread/580288/8 "2011-04-30T20:12:10Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > So **Qadgop** , do you know what \*kind \*of antihypertensive it is, by any chance? Beta-blocker? (probably not, those usually end on -olol) Calcium channel blocker? Something else? Does [this](http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Rogaine) help? It appears to be a vasodilator. My mother took it for a short while. She got…fuzzy…in a few places she did not want to be fuzzy. When she was taken off of it, the fuzz went away. ---
**Author:** ![\_mostly\_Harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/9d8465/32.png) [@\_mostly\_Harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_mostly_Harmless)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rick-tries-rogaine-thread/580288/9 "2011-04-30T20:59:40Z")
> [@a\_gassy\_dragon\_irl](#): > > I thought this was taken in suppository form. explains a lot actually. Why do I think EVERYTHING is suppository form… Probably because of what happened in Mexico between you and my friend Bob Sacamano back in '77. Man, that Federale will never be the same and the bicycle is just useless. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rick-tries-rogaine-thread/580288/10 "2011-04-30T21:02:22Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I was just thinking of Rogaine the other day. Why was it? Oh, yeah. I was watching the royal wedding and thinking that Prince William must be rich enough to afford some. I noticed that; his bald spot’s bigger than mine and he’s ten years younger. Strangely, I don’t have women who look like Kate Middleton chasing me. I think it’s safe to say being a multizillionaire would improve my attractiveness more than covering my bald spot, but Rogaine is easier to get.