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Can Hair Loss Be Caused Due To Medications?

About a year and a half ago I started taking medicine for anxiety. About a month later I started losing my hair. I was diagnosed with alopecia areata. I quit taking the medicine and ended up losing 70% of my hair. After about six months my hair finally quit falling out. Just recently I started taking tramadol for back pain. My hair has started falling out again and I have two really small bald spots. Could this be caused by the medications?
posted on Sun, 10 Aug 2014
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

As per your case history of hair fall, my advice is -
1. Pain-killers can cause hair fall.
2. Take good nutritious diet full of green leafy vegetables and milk.
3. Take an iron supplement and vitamin B12 supplement.
4. Other treatment options are topical Minoxidil and mesotherapy done by a dermato-surgeon.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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Can Hair Loss Be Caused Due To Medications?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. As per your case history of hair fall, my advice is - 1. Pain-killers can cause hair fall. 2. Take good nutritious diet full of green leafy vegetables and milk. 3. Take an iron supplement and vitamin B12 supplement. 4. Other treatment options are topical Minoxidil and mesotherapy done by a dermato-surgeon. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.