Metoprolol & Hair Loss (Page 6)
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I have been taking 200 mg. a day for about 4 years. I thought it was a coincidence that I've lost 50% of my hair during this time because I am also going through menopause. I just found out that it is possible the hair loss is caused by metoprolol, so my doctor just wrote me a RX for a different drug. Will my hair grow back? It was very long, down to my waist, but I've been cutting it to compensate for the thinness. I just touch my head and lose a few hairs! Any ideas?

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Jennifer, thanks for the info. I'm off the Metoprolol now for 6 weeks and no change in the hair loss yet. However, I do believe I need to give it more time. It did cross my mind that maybe I don't need as high a dose as I was on. My entire family is very sensitive to meds and we never usually need much to do the trick. I'm thinking that may be my next option to think about. I didn't even realize a dose could be that low.

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I have been on Metoprolol for 25 years-and what I did was to monitor my BP daily until I found a normal stable reading-with dosage adjustment.Now I take only 12.5mgm. daily for a normal BP.-and minimal to no hairloss.Everyone is different and may react differently-so don't take my word for it;^)).I had been prescribed 100 mgms.daily.......v152

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I too started with lisinopril and had the continuous cough. Switched to metaprolol 50mg, then 100mg. I was on it for approximately four years before I started noting the bald spot and watched it grow and grow. Fortunately for me, I have a ton of hair and the baldness was on the lower half of my hair. Still, I think its safe to say I have lost a 1/3 to 1/2 of my hair. Tried two other meds and had bad reactions to them...of course what they don't tell you is that you should be stepped down off your old med before you start a new one, so, I'm not sure if my bad reactions were do to that or not. Up shot is, I felt like sh-- and continued to lose hair. I took myself off all of them. Its been a couple months now, maybe a little more and I'm finally seeing a little regrowth. I had a smal spot on top of my head which is showing regrowth, but where the majority of my loss is, it is thin yet but growing back. And like someone posted, mine too is coming back snow white!! My BP is staying in a manageable range, a little high, but not much. I do take 1/2 a 100mg of a metatprolol maybe, once a week, when I feel the irregular heart beat. I am considering trying one of the previous BP meds and see how I do now that the metaprolol is out of my system. As long as it doesn't make my heart race or cause edema, we'll see if does what it is supposed to do without causing hair loss!! Here's hoping!!!

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lisinopril will eventually cause you to have a lingering cough. I used to take it and my cough went away as soon as I quit. Now I take metropopol and its causing me to be hoarse.

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I am 46 years old living in Central Europe, I am a teacher years ago, I took the metoprolol / 50mg per day / no other drugs were picked. 2011th Back in December, the hairdressers had noticed the stain on my head. I thought it was caused by a bad tooth out, pulled the doctor and I calmed down and then rose further in March, and the spots began to fall all over my hair. Now, 70% dropped out, we see the skin. / I do not like windy /. My hair thinner and lighter almost white. Many tests have passed, but found nothing. Biorezonanciára then I went there the doctor said that my digestive system and my immune system is wrong and must be detoxified. Two months now grow in spikes, my hair still falls out / bar that has almost no /. I fear that all falls out! A month to read here and here for the first time I realized that the drug may have caused me to shed my hair. So I stopped taking metoprolol and rátértem hawthorn and garlic capsules, because I stress causes high blood pressure. Now Vitamin amplification occurs, while a Chinese drink tea, hair growth and is trying to convince myself that all my hair grow out again in September taught in school and I would not like bald.
I do not speak English in this text, google translator, I'm sorry!

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please mail me ur email address

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It great that there is something out there that doesnt cause hair loss, there are bad side effects for all of these meds. Lisinopril caused non stop coughing, atenolol and metropolol also caused hair loss, Norvasc generic caused edema, and hair loss continued. I tried pomegranate extract but the results were uneven, Would appreciate knowing how much worked for you ??

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Thanks very much for the alternative treatment information. I really appreciate it and am looking
into it right away.

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Roxanne, Yes I can answer your question. I found with all other meds I noticed leg pain and swelling within 16 to17 days (symptyms similar to what the ads describe as PAD, restless leg syndrome) and within 30 to 60 days the hair loss (bald spots) showed up in the back of my head from the Lisinipril and Metropolol. Unfortunately the Doctor's do not know or want to be told about the baldness and I do not know why as he keeps telling me it is only less than 1% that have that and thinks I am weird (the idiot), lol. The Doxozosin is (Cardura) and your cardiologist may not want to mix Metropolol with doxozosin. I would ask him about that as my husband takes metropolol for a heart condition and his cardiologist doesn't want him to take them together. I would rather take Doxazosin for my high BP but don't have a heart condition but it lowers my BP significantly and is the only BP med so far that doesn't cause bad side affects for me. I hope this helps you a little. I don't understand the Dr's not admitting to the many, many complaints bout Hair loss from Metroplol and Lilsinipril.

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So little up date i slowly took my self off the drugs last pill being xmas day 2011 then jan 25 th had opp then 4 weeks later had a mild heart attack,but after all of that uts now june and my hair is starting to come back least it stop falling out after a few months of stopping the drug. But now i can feel my heart probs slowly comeing back ,defo not taken the pills again tho as hair will never be right plus they made me feel poo ,dint brush your hair when wet,and try not ti wash it as much it helps xxxxxxxx

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Sandy.... thanks for the information. I am weaning myself off Metoprolo but my Cardiologist did not have any suggestions as to a medication that would not have the hair loss side affect. I will keep your Doxazosin in mind. Just in case I absolutely need to be on a medication. I had one question for you. You said it has been 6 months and you have not noticed any side affects from the Doxazosin. Do you recall how long it was with the other meds before you noticed the side affects (particularly the hair loss)? Shame on that doctor for calling you weird. He was unprofessional and uneducated in his own specialty. How worse could that be for a doctor. Thanks again for the post.

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After reading all the latest post here I would like to comment ....Again...Regarding Lisinopril and Metoprolol. I have tried lisinpril and 4 other bp meds then went to Metoprolol. I had large bald spots the size of a half dollar when I took Lisinopril and Metoprolol and suffered leg pain and with the other 4. My doctor says I am (wierd) and very unusual to be in that 1% category when it comes hair loss. I also went to co10 and biotin and am doing much better and my hair has grown back too.(took about 6 mos.)
After much trial and error I found that I could take Doxazosin Mes 2 mg which has my bp down where it should be and no side affects after 6 mos. Also my husband was on Doxazosin for his heart years ago and it is helpful with heart problems I believe. I agree with Angel, in that the doctors are giving us meds and don't know (or care)what the side affects do to us as long as they are treating main problem. I think a little more research must be done ourselves to achieve the correct balance in our own health.

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Lisinoprol HCTZ also causes hair to thin and hair lost.

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Yep. It is growing back. I am so happy!

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I have read all of the posts and I am sitting at my PC crying because this is so upsetting. I had two open heart surgeries (ages 9 and 39); I am now 51. Was not on any medications for heart reasons at all. Was put on Metoprolol because of heart palpitations about two years ago. I have been losing my hair for the past 18-20 months playing detective and trying to find out why. I have other issues - perimenopause, migraines, and thyroid. My "other" issues have pretty much been stabilized and I kept telling my doc about my hair loss connection to the beta blocker. I called my Cardiologists office today and I am telling them to get me off of this crap. I don't know what I am more depressed about. Losing my hair or the fact that the "professionals" can't seem to figure it out. From reading posts, it sounds like you either get a wig to mask the hair loss or die because of refusing to take the meds....... phone is ringing. I just finished up my call with the Cardiologists office. The nurse took all of my information and the nurse practitioner will call me back tomorrow. Just for the heck of it I asked the nurse if she gets complaints about hair loss. She said she has not and she looked it up before she called me. Low and behold that side effect is at the bottom of the long list. She told me that she learned something today. I hope she remembers this lesson. I'm just so angry that I want to go and punch somebody out. As I calm down, I wonder if a big part of this problem is that people who take the meds just don't make the connection. They think the hair loss is due to perimenopause, thyroid problems, aging, etc. And, the feedback never gets back to the doctor's ears. My personal plan is to get off of this medication start CoQ10 and Biotin.

Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to post. I have learned that being your own health care advocate is a necessity these days. I will be sure to follow up with another post to give you an update on my status.

As someone stated.... "this too shall pass"....

I'm so happy to hear that for those who could stop the medication that your hair did come back, it just took a while. The hardest thing is when people pretend that they don't notice your freaking hair is missing. If I absolutely have to be on this medication, I will buy a wig. I know I could have it a lot worse.

My motto is DO NOT take a medication unless you have explored on your own all other options. Don't just take a doctor's word for it Also, just because it is an alternative Rx make sure you do your homework also. Everything has it's limitations. My sister once turned orange from too much Vitamin A. Was really kind of funny.

Peace and good health.

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Thanks, Angel ! Did your hair grow back?

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Ok there is help! I stopped taking mine and started taking a mixture of Hawthorn berry with COQ10 and garlic. And a baby asprin a day religiously. NO MORE HBP for me. Surf the web and lookk for Cardio support supplements.

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April...some one posted that BIOTIN, a supplement, helped, I I think it does too...I experienced some regrowth when I was taking it but I ran out and never got anymore...of course at the time I didn't realize it might have been because of the biotin that I got the regrowth. I am now starting to take it and have changed my bp med, so hopefully I will start seeing no more loss and with any luck, will see new growth. I will try to keep posting as there is progress!!

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I am taking Protandim and became a vendor because of the short term results I saw not related to my bp.. however oxidative stress can be a cause of many issues so I am also monitoring it for this.. I will definately keep everyone posted on what it does for me:) I agree no-one should have to deal with this crap! It is a shame that doctors know so little about this stuff and brush it off.. I went to a dermotologist before changing meds to ask his opinion and he pretty much treated me like I was crazy and it was just me aging..... pointed out some other stuff and basically kicked me out the door! I am only 36 and it is not aging!! gheesh:(

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I just re-read my old posts on this subject, along with all the new ones. I feel so bad for all of you who have hair loss due to these blood pressure/heart medicines. Both Metoprolol and Lisinopril cause hair loss to some degree or another. You all are so young to be going through this--and still none of us know what to do to regrow our hair!

We can't stop taking medications without risking stroke and/or death. Having beautiful hair again is not worth risking our lives. I hope you all agree with that.

I keep hoping someone will post a solution! or find a doctor who figures out an alternative medication that won't make hair thin and fall out. IF anyone does, please announce his name and what the solution is!

Even on a low 10mg. dose of Lisinopril, my hair is still thinning, only at a slower rate. New hairs grow about 2-3" and then fall out. I take lots of vitamins, use gentle shampoo and rarely take a brush to my hair.

I must mention that I also have thyroid disease, but supposedly it is under control with meds.

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