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Metformin and Hair Loss

by HulaLucy, Nov 07, 2008 02:55PM
My Doctor put me on Metformin for "borderline Type 2 Diabetes" (my blood sugar count is 6.5).  About 3 months ago, he started me on one 500MG at bedtime.  My blood sugar count remained the same, so a month ago he doubled the dosage to 1000MG (once during the day and at bedtime).

However, I am not experiencing any weight loss, but I am experiencing hair loss.  Every morning I brush out lots of hair and the texture of my hair has changed.  I have stopped shampooing every day and just water rinse my hair every other day, but the hair loss continues.

Has anyone had hair loss while on Metformin?  Is there a connection between Metformin and hair loss?  If it isn't lowering my blood sugar and is causing me to lose my hair--then I am considering discontinuing the Metformin.  Help--I need all the information that I can get.
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by jesterb, Nov 10, 2008 08:51AM
Hi there,
Do you have any other symptoms besides the diabetes. I know many of us are on Metformin including myself because we have pcos which causes diabetes and insulin resistance so we take the Met to control the insulin resistance even without diabetes.
Reason I am stating this is because pcos causes extreme hair loss.
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