Metoprolol and hair loss.

[Rubyray]

This may not be relevant to anyone reading this but I had an experience about 3 mo. ago concerning metoprolol. I had taken for my heart for over 2 years. I began losing my hair at an alarming rate. My cardiologist said to stop the metoprolol and begin Cardizem CD. The hair loss has moderated but I have lost over half of my hair. Has anyone had such an experience? It may or may not grow back I don't know.

[HiloHairy]

It's relevant! Frightened by the thought but want to know more.

[Canada01]

yes I too lost half my hair fallibg out rapidly over months , it has stopped now and my hairdresser says there is regrowth but not sure if it was metoprolol as i am still taking it, but dose was reduced to half. I was also on amiodarone which was stopped. I am sure your hair like mine will start to recover soon.

[Rubyray in reply to Canada01]

Thank you for replying. Your answer gives me some hope.

[Tantaanna]

Took Metoprolol for eight years- never lost my hair- was a great med for me at the timeI take cardizem now snapping dose and no hair loss

I would research other causes

[djmnet]

Have you been under a lot of stress? (I know, we all have since 2020). There's a condition called telogen effluvium that that causes massive hair loss, usually in connection with stress. I lost a good bit of my hair -- big bald spots -- last year and at first blamed it on the cardizem I was taking, so I stopped. I ended up shaving my entire head in November and am pleased to report my hair is growing back all over my head. I've resumed the cardizem after 3 months and no hair loss. There have been many news reports about hair loss and the covid pandemic, and not just with those who have had it.

[Rubyray in reply to djmnet]

The metoprolol was replaced with Cardizem. I feel better and no longer struggle with high blood pressure, palpitations, and only one short episode of AFIB since January.

[Padayn01]

I’ve been taking this drug for almost two years and had nothing like this or heard of anyone of this happening to can I ask what dose you took for metraprole?

[Rubyray]

metoprolol tartrate 100mg 2 times per day

[vagueinpurple]

I linked my sudden obvious hair loss to Xarelto and stopped taking it. It improved within weeks. I am 70, so is it ageing also...I dont know. (Flec can more rarely cause it but I need to be on it.)

[Rubyray in reply to vagueinpurple]

Yes I take flecainide too. When I stopped the metoprolol the drastic hair loss stopped in about a week. The damage is done though. May not grow back. I am 82.