I had 2 patches of hair loss (one on my beard and one on the back of head) before I was put on Ramipril to lower my blood pressure.
I know that all blood pressure tablets can have the possible side effect of causing hairloss, but I noticed that after a few weeks of being on Ramipril that I seemed to be losing more hair. An internet search then showed that a lot of people had experienced hair loss after using Ramipril.
I then noticed that a new bald patch had appeared on the top of my head but I don't know if it would have appeared anyway, with or without the blood pressure tablets.
I spoke to my GP and he put me on Amlopodine and I haven't found any horror stories about it online, and I don't feel as if I have been losing as much hair but the bald patch on the top of my head has definitely gotten bigger. This patch has grown in size much quicker than the 2 other patches.
I don't know whether to come off of the Amlopodine for a while as I can't bear the thought of anything possibly making the hair loss worse, or stay on it and just have to deal with any issues that it may cause. I would obviously monitor my BP regularly if I did come off of it.
Any thoughts, anyone?