Comments on: Questions About Spironolactone – Ame

By: shiva

shiva — Fri, 04 May 2018 08:00:29 +0000

I am intersex and have the experience of seeing women, men, transgender and intersex people using Spiro for acne, and hair loss. Spiro works by stopping testosterone from being obsorbed by your body. There is a male pattern baldness and a woman pattern baldness. I have found it’s all about the hormones. If you have too much androgen in your body you may start looking your hair, have oily skin, or even acne. There can be different reasons why a woman will have androgen being produced, for example if you are producing too much progesterone, it can be converted over to androgen. No matter the case stopping the androgen from being obsorbed would hopefully stop the loss in most people but. You are going to want to get your hormones checked because you will most likely need estrogen or even a mix of that and progesterone depending. That’s going to he what makes your hair grow back. I’m on spironolactone 200mg and 3 mg of estrogen. Keep in mind mine are higher because I had my overies removed at birth. When I had my testicles removed when I got out of school I stopped the Spiro. Just on the estrogen my nails and hair grow very quickly and my nails are able to grow long without breaking. I had to go back on Spiro after finding out I still had 1 over and had a cyst so I started looking lots of hair before they figured it out. After this is dealt with I will drop to 100 mg of Spiro so I won’t chance loosing anymore hair.

This is all from personal experience from myself and from people I knew/know. Talk to your endocrinologist and make sure they aren’t looking at your hormones as being ok even though some are on the highway side or low side but still in the norm for let’s say menopause. If you are having hair loss there is something wrong. Everybody is different and one person’s norm is another person’s abnormal. Another thing from personal experience is take it slow with the changes to hormones don’t go on a higher does of estrogen AND start on Spiro. Change one, see how it goes, then change the other hormone….

I hope this helps. I have dynasty thick hair that took a bit to recover but the point is it did come back and thickened up again. Xoxo

By: Marsha

Marsha — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 07:47:56 +0000

I started spir. In May at 25 mg. it was just upped to 50 in July and my hair loss is worse and I now have really bad bald spots and my hair seems to come out more…is this common. I also hate the blood testing…will I have to do this blood rearing for ever…I hate needles…

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:26:33 +0000

I just started Spiro at 200 mg recently. After 2 weeks I felt dizzy and ill so had a blood test. I was dehydrated and had to go off the pill. My Derm said cut the dose in half so I did. When I started to feel dizzy again, the Derm cut my dose to 25 mg. I will get another blood test this week to see how it’s going. I have been drinking lots of Propel and hope I can gradually increase the dose again. My GP would not work with me on this, so I have switched to a new doctor. I have hypothyroidism and alopecia areata and have been fighting hair loss for 8 or more years; I’m not giving up yet! The Derm also prescribed Ketoconazole shampoo 2%.

By: Malvika

Malvika — Sun, 25 Sep 2016 17:23:39 +0000

Hi I have been on 100 mg since 8 months and my hair has progressively gone thinner dry and brittle .all my long hair keep shedding and it’s more during my cycle .but Spiro isn’t helping ….could it be causing it as I am sick of my hair falling since past one year and my part is widening progressively .can it get better after quitting Spiro for good .I am confused to.lower the dose or increase the dose .pl advice .will Diane 35 help

By: deb G

deb G — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 15:37:05 +0000

Malvika,
It could be the low dosage.50 mg doesn’t seem right to me. You usually need at least 100. I take 75 because I get dizzy on 100.

By: deb G

deb G — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 15:34:32 +0000

I started taking spiro in 2010. I had lost about 60 per cent of my hair due to hormone problems after a hysterectomy, compounded by cholesterol and acid reflux meds. The spiro Did bring most of my hair back. Within the past 2 years I slowly stated going off spiro. Big mistake. I slowly started losing hair and aa almost back where I started. I am taking 100 mg I am 5.3 140 lbs. So here is the thing about spiro. It can overcome a lot of hair issues, but not always drugs or hypothyroid drugs which can override why spiro can do for you. Something to keep in mind. Even birth control pills back your hormones out. There are usually 4 reasons you lose hair. Thyroid, drugs known to cause hair loss, hormones and sometimes heredity In this case go to a hair surgeon. There is a test to determine if you have the gene for hair loss, it goes by a sliding scale as how likely your hair loss is attributed to genes. I have been struggling with this since 2006, on and off for many years. I had hormone imbalance, low thyroid. The best thing so far 5% minx and spiro. It has done the most good. Don’t forget, in the beginning you will have a red shed with spiro. It will last about 3 months. By 6 months your will start to see hair fullness. You just have to get through the shedding. But hang in there, it will bring you back a full head of hair. Best luck yo all. It’s very difficult and devastating o lose hair. But it seems we have lots of company.

By: Malvika

Malvika — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 19:55:22 +0000

Hi
I am also undergoing an episode of telegon effovilium and androgenic alopecia . I was on 50 mg aldactone for 6 months for acne and after stopping it two months after that my hair started shedding badly . I waited and after 3 months of severe shedding started 50 mg of aldactone and after 2 months 100 mg of aldactone . It has been total of 4 months of taking aldactone but my shedding hasn’t stopped though it has reduced . I have lost nearly 50 percent volume in last 7 months and very scared to loose more . I had thick silky hair which have now become very thin and dry . Please suggest and advice if you can guide and help me . How long did it take for shedding to stop and then after how long did you see regrowth . And how much hair were you able to regrow . Pl help me as this is consuming me completely .

Thanks a lot

By: Bridget

Bridget — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:43:48 +0000

I just started Sprirolactanone 100mg. I have noticed very tender breasts but not really any improvement to my hair loss (I’m 42). I have always had thinning hair and an oily scalp but not really bad acne. I have to wash my hair daily, which they say is bad for hair, because if I don’t it is an oily mess and I find more hair falls out than if it’s shampood daily. I have been on the drug for about 5 weeks now and stopped for 4 days over a week ago…big mistake, my hair fell out by the handfuls. So now I guess I have to stay with it and I’m wondering when I’m going to see results? Also, I have light brown hair and have been getting highlights for years but decided to go back natural a few months ago and went to the salon for brown color. Do you think I can go back to highlights again since my hair loss is not from chemicals but hereditary? Just wanted to know some of these things, especially when my breasts won’t be so tender anymore? Thanks, Bridget

By: tracy

tracy — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:21:37 +0000

I started losing my hair at 27 Minoxidil caused me to grow facial hair, tried the Aldactone but didn’t think it helped. My hair has cycles of heavy shedding followed by no shedding but seems to get thinner the older I get. Some birth control pills seem to lessen the shedding and some seem to make it worse. I’m 44 and got off my Birth Control but have had extremely heavy shedding. Thinking about getting back on to see if it slows down. Other than that, nothing grows it back you might just be able to slow down the process. I have resigned to just letting it be and probably wear a wig at some point. It’s very thin doesn’t grow much and I keep it very short.

By: SOPHIA

SOPHIA — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:13:26 +0000

JUST STARTED THIS HAIRLOSS THING ABOUT 6 M0NTHS AGO
BUT I AM 84 IN GOOD HEALTH IT WAS MY CROWNING GLORY
MADE ME LOOK SO MUCH YOUNGER SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW DEVASTED I AM .HAVE NOT STARTED SPIRONO LACTONE
MY GP PRESCRIBED IT –NOT MY RECENT VISIT TO A DERMATOLIGIST DAH? WHAT TO DO
SOPHIA