The List of Drugs Which Provoke Hair Loss




Although prescription drugs are usually stronger and help better than over-the-counter medications, many of them have negative side-effects. A person that wants to get rid of pain or cure the disease does not usually pay much attention to the side-effects mentioned on the label till they show up. One of the possible side-effects for many prescription drugs is hair loss.

The medications can trigger different types of hair loss even male and female pattern baldness which might occur temporary or permanently. Everybody knows about chemotherapy and radiation used for cancer treatment, but there are other medications which have negative effect on hair.

Here is a list of drugs from the official American Hair Loss Association website which might cause hair loss. The medications are listed in alphabetical order by the conditions they treat.
Acne
All drugs derived from vitamin A as treatments for acne or other conditions, including:
•    Accutane (isotretinoin)
Blood
Anticoagulants (blood thinners), including:
•    Panwarfin (warfarin sodium)
•    Sofarin (warfarin sodium)
•    Coumadin (warfarin sodium)
•    Heparin injections
Cholesterol
Cholesterol-lowering drugs, including:
•    Atronid-S (clofibrate)
•    Lopid (gemfibrozil)
Convulsions/ Epilepsy
•    Anticonvulsants, including:
•    Tridone (trimethadione)
Depression
•    Antidepression drugs, including:
•    Prozac (fluoxetine hydrochloride)
•    Zoloft (sertraline hydrochloride)
•    Paxil (paroxetine)
•    Anafranil (clomipramine)
•    Janimine (imipramine)
•    Tofranil (imipramine)
•    Tofranil PM (imipramine)
•    Adapin (doxepin)
•    Sinequan (doxepin)
•    Surmontil (trimipramine)
•    Pamelor (nortriptyline)
•    Ventyl (nortriptyline)
•    Elavin (amitriptyline)
•    Endep (amitriptyline)
•    Norpramin (desipramine)
•    Pertofrane (desipramine)
•    Vivactil (protriptyline hydrochloride)
•    Asendin (amoxapine)
•    Haldol ( haloperidol)
Diet
•    Amphetamines
Fungus
•    Antifungals
Glaucoma
The beta-blocker drugs, including:
•    Timoptic Eye Drops (timolol)
•    Timoptic Ocudose (timolol)
•    Timoptic XC (timolol)
Gout
•    Lopurin (allopurinol)
•    Zyloprim (allopurinol)
Heart
Many drugs prescribed for the heart, including those known as the beta blockers, which are also used to treat high blood pressure, and include:
•    Tenormin (atenolol)
•    Lopressor (metoprolol)
•    Corgard (nadolol)
•    Inderal and Inderal LA (propanolol)
•    Blocadren (timolol)
Hormonal Conditions
All hormone-containing drugs and drugs prescribed for hormone-related, reproductive, male-specific, and female-specific conditions and situations have the potential to cause hair loss, including:
•    Birth Control Pills
•    Hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) for women (estrogen or progesterone)
•    Male androgenic hormones and all forms of testosterone
•    Anabolic steriods
•    Prednisone and other steroids
Inflammation
Many anti-inflammatory drugs, including those prescribed for localized pain, swelling and injury.
•    Arthritis drugs
•    Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs including:
•    Naprosyn (naproxen)
•    Anaprox (naproxen)
•    Anaprox DS (naproxen)
•    Indocin (indomethacin)
•    Indocin SR (indomethacin)
•    Clinoril (sulindac)
An anti-inflammatory that is also used as a chemotherapy drug:
•    Methotrexate (MTX)
•    Rheumatex (methotrexate)
•    Folex (methotrexate)
Parkinson’s Disease
•    Levadopa / L-dopa (dopar, larodopa)
Thyroid Disorders
•    Many of the drugs used to treat the thyroid
Ulcer
Many of the drugs used to treat indigestion, stomach difficulties, and ulcers, including over-the-counter dosages and prescription dosages.
•    Tagamet (cimetidine)
•    Zantac (ranitidine)
•    Pepcid (famotidine)
If the prescribed medication is not on the list, the consumer should make personal research for its side-effects. The good sources might be reliable Internet sites, medication guidebooks sold in pharmacies or book stores, and the brochures which go along with the drugs as the person buys them.

Philip Andrews

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Posted on September 7, 2009 
Filed Under Hair Loss, Hair Loss Conditions, Hair Loss Reasons

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