November 1 2007, 8:35 am PT | Posted in: Drugs
I recently have had surgery and have been on pain meds prior to and after. Hydrocodone and oxycodone. Do these meds have any hair loss side effects?
Hydrocodone (marketed as Vicodin) and oxycodone (known better as OxyContin) do not have hair loss side effects — not for short term use, anyway.
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I believe oxycodone does cause hair loss. My hair was healthy, no breakage or split ends. I noticed my hair started shedding within two weeks of taking oxycodone. I stopped taking it and dealt with the pain. My hair grew back. I started taking the oxycodone again. yet again within to weeks my hair comes out in my hands with a single stroke.
I too believe oxycodone causes hair loss. I was on it for a month and my hair started falling out.
I’m a 32 year old female with very thick long flowing hair until last year. I woke up one day in great pain. I felt as though my shoulder was being ripped off. The ER doctor found a blood clot and put me on a bunch of drugs.:hydrocodone being one of them. I have been on this drug for a year and nine months and my hair is so thin if I run my hands through it, it comes outfrom the root. What do I do? How do I fix this?
I was hit by a car and need Percocet for the pain. This happened in 2007. Here we are a year later and my hair has gotten thin/split ends and I am balding. I am only 25. I have no family history of hair loss. Especially not at such a young age. I am worried sick about this. My hair has fallen out way too fast as well for me to think it is natural hair loss. Basically it is completely in line with the pills i have been taking. Or it is just a giant coincidence.
I BELIEVE LONG TERM USE OF OXYCODONE OR PERCOCET WILL CAUSE YOU TO LOSE YOUR HAIR…
There’s a difference between your hair falling out and actually balding. Sure excessive use of pain killers can cause dry and brittle hair that can fall out in certain places. But, the hair will still re-grow in most cases.
I was using hydrocodone for less than a month and my hair would fall out by the handfuls. In the shower and whenever I brushed my hands throughout my hair. After being off of it for just days the “shedding” stopped. Definitely a side affect. After looking into it I found it’s a side affect in less than 1% of people.