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Answer for the clue "One side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness ", 9 letters:
minoxidil

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension; one side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness [syn: Loniten , Rogaine ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Minoxidil is an antihypertensive vasodilator medication . It also slows hair loss and promotes hair regrowth in some people. Now off-patent, it is available over the counter for the treatment of androgenic alopecia .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pharmaceutical drug English) A compound used orally as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and topically to reverse baldness.

Usage examples of minoxidil.

The poison had also shown some relation to minoxidil, with the ef­fects of bradycardia, heart failure, hypotension, and depressed respiration-which would help to render the victim unable to recover from the orellanine look alike.