Table 4.

Comparison of oral minoxidil with other standard medical treatments

Study	Drugs	Duration of treatment	Number of subjects in study	Panel	Total hair count	Non-vellus hair count
This study	Minoxidil oral 5 mg/day	24 weeks	30	100.0%	19.2%	23.5%
Olsen et al.a	5% Minoxidil solution, vs 2% minoxidil vs placebo	48 weeks	393	57.9% vs 40.8% vs 23.2%		12.3% vs 8.8 vs 2.6%
Olsen et al.b	5% Minoxidil foam, vs placebo	16 weeks	352	38.3% vs 5.2%	13.4% vs 3.4%
Roberts et al.c	Finasteride 1 mg/day, vs placebo	12 months	693	54% vs 3%	9.0% vs − 2.1
Neste et al.d	Finasteride 1 mg/day, vs placebo	48 weeks	212		7.2 vs − 10.1 (8.3% better)
Harcha et al.e	Dutasteride 0.5 mg/day vs finasteride 1 mg/day vs placebo	24 weeks	153	47% vs 36% vs 7%	11.67% vs 7.4% vs − 0.64%

^aOlsen EA et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2002;47(3):377–85

^bOlsen EA et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2007;57(5):767–74

^cRoberts JL et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1999;41(4):555–63

^dNeste D et al. Br J Dermatol. 2000;143(4):804–810

^eHarcha WG et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2014;70(3):489–98