Metformin

[lindab62]

I've type 2 diabetic and on metformin 250g 4 times a day. I noticed my hair r getting thinner . Does anyone got the same problem ? Thanks

 

[Resurgam]

My hair was thinning for at least a year before diagnosis, but after taking Metformin for just a few weeks I did notice my hairbrush needed cleaning off several times a week rather than weekly - though I can't say that it has slowed down now. Early days though.
I did meet someone who's diabetic dog has lost a lot of its fur - poor thing only had hair on its head and was almost bald elsewhere. It needed a woolly jumper.

 

[Daibell]

I've not come across that effect before

 

[Squire Fulwood]

I am sure I have heard of hair loss before but not with Metformin. It is one of the symptoms of diabetes I believe. Typically hair on the forearms and shins falls out. I Googled it and it sent me right back to another thread on this site.

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/hair-loss-due-to-type-2-diabetes.32233/

 

[lindab62]

I've type 2 diabetic and on metformin 250g 4 times a day. I noticed my hair r getting thinner . Does anyone got the same problem ? Thanks

My mistake it's 500g not 250g

 

[Hotpepper20000]

Yes I noticed my hair is thinner. I don't think it was the metformin.
I think it was the uncontrolled BG.
I can see short hairs sticking up on my head and it's growing back.

 

[walnut_face]

My hair had left long before I was on metformin - Grass doesn't grow on a busy street

 

[lindab62]

I've been to my gp yesterday to discuss Abt metformin..I'm surprised to say it's not metformin that causes my hair thinning..it's rampril, does anyone taking rampril and have the same problem

 

[BrianTheElder]

My hair had left long before I was on metformin - Grass doesn't grow on a busy street

Or, as my cousin said to his Dad about 50 years ago "and it doesn't grow on concrete either".