Efficacy of Oral Minoxidil in the Treatment of Androgenic Alopecia in Male Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital

April 2026 in “ Journal of Gandhara Medical and Dental Science ”

Neelam Siraj, Naheed Asghar, Irum Shoukat, Ayesha Naeem, Ayesha Ahsan, Ayesha Sadiq, Faryal Arif

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TLDR Oral Minoxidil effectively treats male pattern baldness.

The study at Hayatabad Medical Complex evaluated the efficacy of oral Minoxidil for androgenic alopecia in 61 male patients aged 18-60. After four months of taking 5 mg daily, 90.2% of participants showed significant improvement on the Norwood–Hamilton scale. The treatment's effectiveness was consistent across different demographic and clinical subgroups, suggesting that oral Minoxidil was highly effective for treating androgenic alopecia in males.

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