The hair loss medication minoxidil can be dangerous for babies. Reports have revealed serious cases of eye problems and abnormal hair growth in infants.

Minoxidil side effects

If you, too are using the common medicine Minoxidil to reduce the problem of your falling or thinning hair, then be careful, because this medicine can prove to be very dangerous for you and the small children around you. According to reports, the use of Minoxidil, a common medicine to prevent problems like hair fall and thinning, is having a serious impact on the health of the children you come in contact with, which includes eye diseases and problems like abnormal hair growth in children (0 to 23 months old). Through this article, you will know how the medicine that prevents your hair fall is troubling the people around you.

What is the drug minoxidil used for?

In fact, people are using minoxidil without any doctor's advice or prescription, which is having harmful effects on many people. Minoxidil was originally used to treat high blood pressure, but as a side effect of this drug, people started having hair growth. Due to this, this drug started being used to increase hair growth or treat hair loss. This drug widens the blood vessels of the scalp, which allows oxygen and nutrients, essential for hair growth, to reach the hair roots easily.

Effects of minoxidil on young children and babies

If a person uses minoxidil and a small child or infant comes in contact with it, it can have serious effects on the health of infants (0 to 23 months old). According to reports, children who have come in contact with this drug have been found to have the problem of excessive hair growth on their body. This problem has been seen in more than 45 children across the world, in which in 44 percent of the cases the children were accidentally exposed to this drug and about 22 percent of the children experienced the side effects of this drug during the mother's pregnancy, that is, when the mother was pregnant, she used minoxidil drug.

Effect of Minoxidil on the eyes

Globally, approximately 1,660 cases of serious eye effects have been reported due to the use of the drug minoxidil. These include swelling of the eyelids and vision problems. Of these 1,660 cases, approximately 25 have been reported from India.

Which product did CDSCO take action against in India?

Taking cognizance of these matters, India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has suspended the registration of an anti-hair loss product called QR 678-Neo. The product was registered under India's Cosmetic Products Regulations, but an investigation found that it was being promoted for hair regrowth after chemotherapy, which is illegal, as cosmetic products are not permitted to be marketed as drugs.