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Does Depression Medication Cause Balding?

Hi,

I have been taking depression medication for my OCD for at least 3 years now. Though in the past year I have been noticing thinning in the front of my head and it continues to get worse. I ve heard online that depression medication could cause balding or trigger the bald gene earlier. Is this true or not? I really need a straight answer if this is from the medication, or just plain male pattern baldness. I also visited a dermatologist and he said that it looks like it s just natural balding, and that they put balding as a side-effect on the label to save them from people taking the company to court, because there will be a percentage of people that will be balding already taking the medication.

Please help.

Thank you.
posted on Sat, 8 Feb 2014
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None of the medicine taken for OCD cause balding,though it would have been better if you name the medicine with doses.
DR SAATIISH JHUNTRRAA
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Does Depression Medication Cause Balding?

Hello None of the medicine taken for OCD cause balding,though it would have been better if you name the medicine with doses. DR SAATIISH JHUNTRRAA