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?
I have experienced a similar issue with hair loss. Can any of you tell me if your hair grew back after stopping the drug? Thanks! 42 yr old female.
I am a 42 yr old female and have experienced excessive hair loss. Please let me know if any of you hair had your hair grow back after quitting the drug? thanks!
Both my cat and I are experiencing thinning hair [approx 50% for me], after he was started on an ear prep of tramadol that I massage into his ear tid for chronic back pain. I use a finger cot when rubbing it in and but not when removing the residue that remains the next day (supposedly inert).
To confuse our story this intensified/became pronounced after testing a new base(drug that helps it penetrate the skin) for the ear prep- because he was having sensitivity to the tramadol (ears warm, sore and behavior sluggish suggesting nausea/discomfort for about 30 minutes following application), and _potential_ exposure to pestisides. Our condo sprayed with a non-specificed pesticide for an unknown problem. I was able to keep him in the day they sprayed and until dusk the following day. He is, however, mostly a sedentary deck cat, who occassionally patrols the edges of our tiny “yard”.
So, is it the tramadol, the base, or the pesticides? Might as well go with all of the above. The next question is what to do, as vets are very hesitant to prescribe any kind of pain medication for cats- any suggestions?
Same problem. I Stopped tramadol about a month ago, and am hoping it grows back. Im 27, and should not be balding ;(
Ive been using tramadol for a whole year and I use it off and on again i finally think i found the problem It has to be this medication
I started taking Tramadol about 5 months ago and my hair has been coming out terribly. I was at the hairdresser last week and she noticed as well. She told me the first thing to look at was my drugs. Iremembered that it started shortly after taking tramadol.
I’ve been taking Tramadol for pain for a couple years now and been noticing a lot of hair loss. Has anyone noticed hair regrowing after stopping the medication?
I have been taking tramadol for about 3 years on a daily basis for chronic fatigue, which works wonders, at 50mg/day. This year I have noticed my hair thinning at the top and front, the roots are very tiny, so I now the hair is choking out before it fully grows out. I don’t have any baldness in my family or extended family. I did notice that my hairloss was more pronounced if I added any form of ritalin or adderall. But as soon as I stopped those, the hairloss decreased. I’m going to stop taking Tramadol to see if it will make a difference. It would be Tramadol or it could be just short term Adderall/Ritalin i was taking. Hard to tell since it takes months for the new hair to start growing.