July 19 2006, 11:36 am PT | Posted in: Drugs (Cause Hair Loss)
Hello Doctor, I was wondering if the drug Tramadol, or any other perscription pain killers (possibly even neruontin) could cause hair loss? I took Seasonale for one month about a year ago, and my hair was falling out in chunks. It slowed way down after that, and I am now on Yaz (like Yasmin) which I heard is good for women with that kind of hair loss. But I have taken Tramadol pretty much every day since last september for chronic pain, and since then I noticed my hair is a lot thinner on top, mostly in the front but its thin all over. I just stopped taking my tramadol a week or two ago and the hair loss has decreased by about half. Do you think this is just a coincedence and that I truely have female pattern baldness, or is there any correlation between pain medication and thinning hair and if so will it grow back? Thank you so much!
Many medications can cause hair loss. It is virtually impossible to tell if Tramadol is causing your hair loss especially when you are taking other medications. Moreover, stress and chronic pain can also be a factor with your thinning hair.
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I too had similar problem. I had taken tramadol for about 14 days to control my painful disk prolepses. Two weeks after I noticed my hair become thinner, which use to be very dense and thick. Now I have stopped the drug. Is this a known side effect of this drug? Is this hair loss reversible?
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Hi. I definitaley think tramadol makes your hair fall out. Whenever I use tramadol my hair becomes very thin and then when I stop using it my hair thickens up again.
If birth control causes hair loss as a side effect then does it continually keep thinning or is it a side effect that stops after 3 months when your body adjusts to the birth control ?
I have been on tramadol since September for a pinched nerve. I noticed that my hair has gotten alot thinner and started falling out. I had beautiful long hair, and now it looks horrible. Is it possible that tramadol is causing my hair to fall out? I am so upset. Thank You for your help and time with this question. Donna
Hello Doctor, I forgot to ask. If I stop using tramadol, will my hair grow back. I am 50 years old, and very worried. Thank You.
I have always had naturally thin, fine hair but it seems like I have half as much just in the last few months and I have been taking Tramadol. I too would like to know if this will reverse if I stop taking it? I can’t afford to sacrifice any of my hair. I just googles this to see if this was a possibility and I am disappointed to hear other people have the same concerns. I need my Tramadol but I want my hair more!
I too am convined that using Tramadol causes hair loss.I would also like to know if I stop taking it, would my hair grow back.
i am positive tramadol causes hair loss too. i am 28 male healthy and i just take it occasionaly gives me energy and makes me feel happy. i take 600mgs (not all at once) a day by nightime im itching all over and by morning my pillow has hairs all over it. But only when i take tramadol.
If I stop taking Tramadol will my hair grow back again?