There are many reasons your hair might be falling out, including the side effects of certain medications. Find out if a medication you are taking is causing temporary hair loss or male or female pattern baldness. It is normal to lose a bit of hair each day as you comb and style it. But if your hair loss is excessive or you are experiencing balding, certain medications you may be taking could be to blame. In most cases, medications lead to temporary hair loss, and your hair will grow back once you adjust the dose or stop taking the medication. In other cases, however, medications can cause you to develop male or female pattern baldness, leading to permanent hair loss.
Jump to content. Top of the page Decision Point. You may want to have a say in this decision, or you may simply want to follow your doctor’s recommendation. Either way, this information will help you understand what your choices are so that you can talk to your doctor about them. This decision aid is about whether to use medicine to treat hair loss. It doesn’t discuss hair transplant surgery. Medicine for treating inherited hair loss slows thinning of the hair and increases coverage of the scalp by growing new hair.
Author: BC Writer. It is surprising to many people that the overuse of common painkillers can cause hair loss. Medications like aspirin, ibuprofen or naproxen can all affect normal hair growth, to the point of causing hair to fall out. These non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications can upset your hair growth cycle, causing it stop prematurely. The average human loses up to hairs every day, mostly from follicles which are in the telogen phase of the growth cycle. This hair loss is completely normal and once the follicle resumes growing, will be replaced naturally.