Version: 8.01.The easiest way to lookup drug information, identify pills, check interactions and set up your own personal medication records. Wellbutrin is another brand name with bupropion as the active ingredient, only that Wellbutrin is used as an antidepressant instead of a smoking cessation aid.Which medications cause hair loss? Again, consult your doctor as to how to go best about it.I have just been put on clofibrate and I was looking for information on this drug. Although, my hair started getting curlier at puberty (my mom also has curl) but really has gotten much curlier since I've been on lot's of prednisone.

I was diagnosed with epilepsy around 11 yrs ago & have been on 7 pills combined (4 for seizures & 3 for cardiac for several years) & my hair which used to be nice and shapely curls throughout my life (was straighter when I was younger but then when I got older around puberty got all the curls...2b/2c combined??) Nothing else changed and it's been a puzzle to me. Years of observation and experience. I would give it a full 4 weeks however, and after those 4 weeks reassess your hair loss situation. It should be duly noted, however, that drug-induced hair loss Having dug a few medical references, I have compiled the following list of medications that have hair loss as a side effect:Please note that the list is compiled by the name of the drug, not the brand.

Medications stunted my hair growth until I got on the vitamin band wagon.I take ALOT of meds.,but the vitamins and supplements have helped my hair to grow longer,and castor oil helps too. Unfortunately, all the literature I have researched points to an unknown mechanism of action for the hair loss side effect of warfarin and this conversation sparked my interest in blogging about medications which cause hair loss.Many medications, as benign as they may seem or useful as they may be (as is the case of warfarin), have hair loss listed as a side effect. So I really don't know what to tell you to help you. Now I have black hair growing from the roots and it seems to grow every day.

Thanks! As you already know with your previous hair changes(the puberty change) hormones have a big impact on hair. I'll have to go back to an allergist to figure out alternatives to antihistamines (probable will have to get shots again), but it's amazing how horribly all of that was drying out my entire body.

I may finally have an answer to why my hair went, over a period of about 2 yrs,, from stick straight to very curly! From all the literature I have seen, the hair loss caused by bupropion is reversible but do take into account that drug-induced hair loss takes a few months to be visually “fixed” as the hair follicles produce the hair again. We are always intrigued to read about medications that change hair. Other medication can cause hair to fall out. I posted this somewhere else, but thought I should post it here in the health forum. On the other hand, when I've had too much prednisone I start getting hair in the wrong places. Methocarbamol injection is sometimes used in the treatment of tetanus, (lockjaw) which causes painful tightening of the muscles.

Then, after a couple of years of hair misery, I read Curly Girl, and totally changed my approach.

But its not just hair thinning – drugs can really cause problems with the way hair treatments like colours, extensions and waves ‘take’.” Kaye Briden, owner of Yazu Hair Lounge in New Zealand, has over 30 years experience in the industry. My hair has always been naturally wavy, but not curly. As you already know with your previous hair changes(the puberty change) hormones have a big impact on hair.