How Do I Measure 5mg Of minoxidil From A Liquid Dropper?

[AnxiousAndy]

Hi guys, I ordered some Kirkland liquid minoxidil as a replacement for my minoxidil tablets as I doubting the purity of the brand.. I currently take one 5mg minoxidil tablet every night and was wondering how I would get 5mg dosages out of the dropper? I have no idea how much minoxidil is in 1ml of liquid so some help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[LosingHairLosingPatience]

Hi guys, I ordered some Kirkland liquid minoxidil as a replacement for my minoxidil tablets as I doubting the purity of the brand.. I currently take one 5mg minoxidil tablet every night and was wondering how I would get 5mg dosages out of the dropper? I have no idea how much minoxidil is in 1ml of liquid so some help would be greatly appreciated!

Jeez.
5% minoxidil means 50mg/mL.
If a dropper is 1 mL, then you would need to fill (insert math here)

 

[AnxiousAndy]

Jeez.
5% minoxidil means 50mg/mL.
If a dropper is 1 mL, then you would need to fill (insert math here)

Wow. 1ml serious has 50mg of minoxidil? I will probably need to dilute it in a measuring jug or something.. Or just man up and take the whole 1ml.

 

[Retinoid]

1ml equals around .034 FL Oz's which equals an estimate .964g. .05*.964=.0482g*1000=48.2mg. So you will need to fill it by 1/10 of ml to get around 4.82-5mg.

Shows we are applying a lot of Minoxidil on our heads topically!

 

[AnxiousAndy]

1ml equals around .034 FL Oz's which equals an estimate .964g. .05*.964=.0482g*1000=48.2mg. So you will need to fill it by 1/10 of ml to get around 4.82-5mg.

Shows we are applying a lot of Minoxidil on our heads topically!

I'm not sure how I would measure that putting it in practice but I'll try go for the 1/10ml maybe I can scratch measurements using a scalpel lol. You're damn good at math Retinoid! I guess there's so much minoxidil in 1ml because a lot of it doesn't get absorbed?

 

[Retinoid]

I'm not sure how I would measure that putting it in practice but I'll try go for the 1/10ml maybe I can scratch measurements using a scalpel lol. You're damn good at math Retinoid! I guess there's so much minoxidil in 1ml because a lot of it doesn't get absorbed?

An average 1.4% gets absorbed. So of you are actually using just 1ml it would be around .7mg being absorbed.

 

[AnxiousAndy]

An average 1.4% gets absorbed. So of you are actually using just 1ml it would be around .7mg being absorbed.

Wow that's a lot less than I expected lol. I've never used minoxidil topically ( and I don't plan to ) so maybe that's why I got such good initial results on 10mg.