Updated on January 12, 2024 Key takeaways: There are many medications that may cause hair loss
Summary Like most drugs, pantoprazole oral tablets may cause mild or serious side effects
Increasing evidence suggests that long-term
Is this side effect temporary? Does the hair grow back when the drug is stopped?
Pantaprazole can affect the skin, causing a rash, inflammation, hives or itchy skin
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It should be widely and commonly known
Increasing evidence suggests that long-term use may result in more serious problems
– Headaches
But in clinical studies, fewer people taking Protonix had nausea compared to placebo (a pill with nothing in it)
But alopecia, the medical term for hair loss, is a complex condition with many variations, from slow-progressing balding (referred to as male- or female-pattern hair loss) to more rapid and patchy loss (alopecia areata is a common form)
painful or difficult urination
Telogen effluvium is the type of hair loss that is most commonly associated with pantoprazole use
hives or welts
large, hive-like swelling on the face, eyelids, lips, tongue, throat, hands, legs, feet, or genitals
Widely prescribed in the treatment of high cholesterol, statins work by blocking the action of an enzyme the liver uses to make cholesterol
Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur: Incidence not known
These may be symptoms of a condition called hypokalemia or potassium loss
Uses
Hair loss is found, especially among people who are female, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for 10+ years, also take Ondansetron and have Breast cancer female