Changes in Minoxidil Prescribing After Media Attention About Oral Use for Hair Loss

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 May 1;6(5):e2312477. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.12477.

Authors

Brianna M Goodwin Cartwright¹, Michael Wang¹, Patricia Rodriguez¹, Sarah Stewart¹, Christopher M Worsham^{2

3

4}, Nick Stucky¹, Anupam B Jena^{2

3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Truveta, Inc, Bellevue, Washington.
² Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
⁴ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
⁵ National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study investigates rates of prescription of low-dose minoxidil after of publication of a newspaper article on this treatment.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Administration, Oral
Alopecia* / drug therapy
Humans
Minoxidil* / therapeutic use

Substances

Minoxidil