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What are Loniten tablets?
Loniten is a brand name for Minoxidil tablets, a prescription-only medicine.
How to take Loniten tablets
These Minoxidil tablets are supplied under the brand name Loniten, made by Pfizer, in the 2.5mg strength.
Loniten 2.5mg tablets are small, off-white tablets that are neatly scored down the middle, enabling you to easily split them in half without a special tablet cutter.
Loniten (minoxidil) 2.5mg tablets reviews
How to use Loniten (minoxidil) 2.5mg tablets
Minoxidil Oral Tablets are normally taken with or without food.
Recommended dose: HALF a tablet daily for 14 days then ONE daily after that
Side effects of Loniten (minoxidil) 2.5mg tablets
What are the side effects of Loniten?
- Chest discomfort that has recently developed or worsened
- Chest pain that has moved to your jaw or shoulder
- Rapid or pounding heartbeats
- Swollen legs, ankles, or feet
- Fast weight gain, especially around the face and belly
- Shortness of breath
- A feeling of impending faintness
Very common: may affect more than 1 in 10 people
Increased heart rate, inflammation of the lining that surrounds the heart, abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG), increased hair growth, and hair colour changes.
Common: may affect up to 1 in 10 people
Accumulation of fluid around the heart, compression of the heart due to a build-up of fluid, and fluid retention.
Rare: may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people
Decrease in white blood cells, reduction in blood platelets, which increases the risk of bleeding or bruising, serious illness with blistering of the skin, mouth, eyes and genitals (Stevens-Johnson syndrome), inflammation and blistering of the skin, rash. Not known: frequency cannot be estimated from the available data Accumulation of fluid between the layers of tissue that line the lungs and chest cavity, chest pains (angina), gastrointestinal disorders, swelling of the ankles, feet or fingers associated with or independent of weight gain, breast tenderness, reduced kidney function resulting in increased creatinine and urea levels in your blood.
