Did anyone using Spironolactone experience hair loss?
- Posted:
- 12 Oct 2009 by dmason1
- Topics:
- acne, spironolactone
Answers (1)
14 Oct 2009
I haven't taken spironolactone myself but the link below has reviews/comments made by people who have used it. May be someone has commented with that regards.
Actually one comment was that spironolactone had slowed down the hair loss.
http://www.drugs.com/comments/spironolactone/
Hair loss is not a known side effect of spironolactone either.
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