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Diabetes, Type 2 - Can to high a dose of metformin cause hair loss?

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3 Jul 2016 by Ksclark86
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11 February 2017
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diabetes, type 2, metformin, dosage, hair
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puffybh 6 Aug 2016

i can only speak from my personal experience, i started out on 500mg 2 a day and then was updated to 1000mg per day... with the first dose i had a full head of hair.. at the updated dose i have been noticing thinning hair and some bald spots..

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Crappie lady 12 Feb 2017

I have noticed the same thing, wondering if it dies cause hair loss

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