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...discussing the latest in the philosophy of government with your Social Analysis professor, being sick or making deals, you're probably either at the beach or on the way to or from the beach. People always seem to bring a lot of stuff to the beach--suntan lotion, towel and book to read that you never get around to reading but do get sand in, but beach-goers on the Vineyard seem to bring more than most. This phenomenon is best described as power-beaching. To make the correct impression at a well-populated Vineyard beach, you must bring...
...from the foreign automobile/Jeep to the beach, you've done alright. Extra points go to anyone who can bring all of these plus the lastest Frederick Forsythe novel, anything by Art Buchwald or Andy Rooney or Agatha Christie, plus The New York Review of Books. Do not bring suntan lotion (you're here for two months, so you'll get sun eventually), anything to eat (you'll eat later at home and who wants to deal with the mess) a portable stereo (please, if you need music, bring a Walkman--people are reading...
...heads. But what truly counts, after all, is what is in the mirror. Only 40% of the subjects felt new hair growth was moderate, and a mere 8% considered it dense. Moreover, test results show that a placebo solution (lacking minoxidil) was at times just as effective as the lotion containing the drug...
...major FDA concern. Minoxidil is a potent drug, and taken orally in tablet form it can have serious adverse effects, including disturbing the heart's rhythm. (Minoxidil's ability to grow hair was a side effect, discovered during tests of the oral medication.) Some subjects using the 2% lotion have complained of skin itching, scaling and blistering. Ten subjects enrolled in the hair-growing tests have died, but their deaths, according to Upjohn, were not related to use of the lotion. However, no one knows the consequences of dabbing on the drug for 20 years or more--a realistic prospect...
...slight, the FDA needs to be convinced that the risks are minimal. But the federal agency appears to be almost alone in moving cautiously. Upjohn has already spent nearly $26 million retooling its plant in Kalamazoo. Regaine will not come cheap; a year's treatment with the prescription-only lotion may run around $1,000. But no one doubts there will be plenty of takers. Some resourceful men are creating a moonshine tonic on their own. The key ingredient: mashed hypertension pills, containing--what else?--minoxidil...