Taking 5mg oral minoxidil

This drug is helping my head hair but it is causing my body hair has gone wild at the 5.0 mg dose.  I am thinking about reducing the dose to 2.5 mgs. Any thoughts?

The higher dose does bring on more hair elsewhere, like facial hair, body hair, and leg and arm hair.  More concerning is that the 5 gm dose increases the risk of cardiac side effects.  I hope you are being monitored by a doctor and not doing this yourself.  I would never write a prescription over 2.5 because of the risk of cardiac complications.