Gabapentin and hair loss

After 6 months of excruciating pain. I was prescribed gabapentin. I took this drug in January 2018 for nerve pain related to Herniated disc in c6 & c7. I took the drug for a month. I while waiting to get everything in order for disc replacement surgery. Then day of my last appointment before the surgery I woke up pain free!!! No pain since. I could not believe how fortunate I was. Was it the drug? Did my body heal? I didn’t care as long as I was pain free. We postponed the surgery. If the pain returned we would move forward. 2 months later. Still no pain. Then I notice it seems there is a little extra hair when I brush or wash my hair. It turned into handfulls of hair!!!! I had waist length, full bodied hair. So mush so. I fought to wrap a pony tail holder around my hair twice. It is June 2nd of 18. I can now wrap a pony tail holder 6 times. Yes 6 and it’s lose!!!! I touch my hair. I pull back lose strains. From May to June I have lost an estimated 75% of my hair. If I had known this was an option. I never would have taken this pill. There are other options. I have started taking folic acid in hopes it will trigger the hair follicles to begin regrowing.

Hair loss side effects like shedding, decreasing volume, dullness, etc. have been reported with medications like Gabapentin Neurontin and .

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