Medications that cause hair loss

Posted by Admin on June 28th, 2007 at 07:25pm

There are medications and drugs that can cause hair loss.  Below is a list of some of those medications and drugs that could cause you hairloss:

allopurinol, arsenic, apirin, l-asparaginase, bismuth, bleomycin, boric acid, bromocriptine, carbamazepine, carbon monoxide, chlorambucil, chloramphenicol, cimetidine, colchicine, clofibrate, clomiphene citrate, coumarin anticoagulant, cyclophosphamide, cyproterone acetate, dactinomycin, danazol, diethyl carbamazepine, dipyridamole, doxorubicin, ethionamide, etoposide, etretinate, fenifibrate, gentamycin sulphate, guanethidine, heparin (telogen effluvium after 6-16 weeks ), hydroxychloroquine, ibuprofen, idoxuridine, indandione, indomethacin, interferon, iodine, isophosphamide, levamisole, levodopa, lithium, mepacrine, mercury, mesalazine, methisazone, methotrexate, methyl CCNU, methysurgide, metoprolol, mitomycin, mitrexantrone, morphine, nadolol, nafoxidine, nicotinic acid, nicotinyl alcohol, nitrofurantoin sodium, norethisterone, estrogens, oral contraceptives, para aminosalicylate, phenindione, phenprocoumon, potassium thiocyanate, procainamide, propanolol, selenium sulphide, sodium aurothiomalate, sodium valproate, spironolactone, sulphasalazine, tamoxifen, thalium acetate, thiamphenicol, terfenadine, trimethadione, troxidone, vasopressin, vincristine, vindesine, vitamin A, warfarin

Now it’s important that if you do notice that you are losing your hair around the same time starting on a new medication, it would be best to talk to your doctor and find out if hair loss is one of the known side effects of the medication or drug that you are taking.

Medications that cause hairloss as a side effect are not all known and the above list is not fully complete as new drugs and medications are launched every day.  If you feel that your new medicine is causing you hairloss, again, contact your doctor or visit your local pharmacy and talk to someone there.  In nearly each and every single case, your hair will grow back so this is not something that you need to be alarmed about.  But again, talk to someone about the specific medication you are on that is causing hair loss.

Under Medications that cause hair loss+ Hair Loss