Im on oral minoxidil 1.25mg, been on this from december. I tried taurine 3g two months later daily,although it helps with sides from minoxidil, but i noticed shedding around a week later. I stopped taurine and within a week i stopped shedding, ive tried taurine again and now shedding yet again.
Now I've been doing some research on taurine and minoxidil so below is what i think
Minoxidil gets converted by an enzyme called sult1a1 to minoxidil sulfate without this enzyme users don't get any results.
Taurine is a sult1a1 inhibitor, so by inhibiting sult1a1 enzyme, minoxidil cannot convert into minoxidil sulfate by sulfotransferase by the sult1a1 enzyme. This must explain why my hair is shedding around a week after i take taurine.
Any thoughts from any users who use both??
Now I've been doing some research on taurine and minoxidil so below is what i think
Minoxidil gets converted by an enzyme called sult1a1 to minoxidil sulfate without this enzyme users don't get any results.
Taurine is a sult1a1 inhibitor, so by inhibiting sult1a1 enzyme, minoxidil cannot convert into minoxidil sulfate by sulfotransferase by the sult1a1 enzyme. This must explain why my hair is shedding around a week after i take taurine.
Any thoughts from any users who use both??