... other treatments for hair loss?
I have been taking about 600 mg of Gabbapentin since August of this year (about 3 months). I have significant hair loss. Does this stop or slow down with time and are there any other options?
Peripheral Neuropathy - I have hair loss from taking Neurontin. Does it slow down and are there any?
- Asked
- 9 Oct 2013 by dianded
- Updated
- 1 March 2018
- Topics
- neurontin, peripheral neuropathy, gabapentin, treatment
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lucyb78
10 Oct 2013
I took Gabapentin for quite a while and did not experience any hair loss. I don't see it listed as a side effect. Is it possible something else could be causing this? My advice would be to check with your doctor to see other possible causes. Or you could try Lyrica which is similar to Gabapentin.
Emeraldgirl
11 Oct 2013
Hello Dianded
I too have been on Gabapentin 700mg a day and experienced no hair loss but did have a craving for sweet things. I have also been on Lyrica also no hair loss but you do put on weight very quickly and no amount of exercise will remove it. Gabapentin and Lyrica (pregabalin) are from the same drug family so to speak.
Take care
Stiff Steph
11 Oct 2013
I take Neuronton and don't think I am losing anymore hair than normal because of it.
TexaSean
2 Nov 2013
Weird you should bring this up, I am on gabapentin and just last night was thinking it was makeing my hair GROW faster. Strange...
ChelbyShmelby
28 Dec 2017
YES! I realize I am late to this thread but my experience is pertinent and may help others coming here for answers. I have been on gabapentin twice; The first time--300mg/3X day-- for 3 years in which I lost a significant amount of hair. I weaned myself off of it and was gabapentin free for two years. My hair grew back but my radiculopathy got worse and worse. The second time (currently) a higher dose 400mg/4X day. This has resulted in faster hair loss and quicker weight gain (makes sense). I'm considering switching to cymbalta.
Judmilla
30 Dec 2017
And I am even later to this thread than you were, ChelbyShmelby! I just Googled "hair loss from gabapentin", and it led me to this thread. Gabapentin has been prescribed for me for a good while, perhaps 6 or 7 years, I'm not sure. It is prescribed for peripheral neuropathy. For a long time, I had very poor compliance. My feet swelled from it, and it made me really groggy, and the pain wasn't all that bad back then. Over time, I began taking it mostly at night, but still not the full 300mg, TID that was prescribed. Then I increased it to the TID dose that I was supposed to take, but only at night. (I wake up a lot during the night, so I would take it at 6:00 pm, 11:00 pm, and whatever time I woke up in the wee hours.) Last January, they tried me on Cymbalta, and it was horrible! It caused a miserable depression, (even though it was originally developed as an ANTI-depressant. I gave it six months, but then refused to stay on it.
lisamann
1 Mar 2018
Hello, I have been taking 300mg, 3 times a day, for 6 months... My eyebrows and eyelashes are disappearing... I know that it is the Neurontin, because when I only took it sporadically, I had eyebrows and eyelashes...
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Is Lyrica as good as Gabbapentin? I was not sure about this but my doctor offered it as an option.
I did not try lyrica because my insurance will not cover it because it has no generic. If your insurance will it is worth a try. Different meds work better for different people and side effects are different for different people so I can't say which is better.