How xactly does klonopin cause hair loss? ?

a 1mg. dose daily for xtreme anxiety 4 panic attacks. does it metabolize into a steriod -like compound in the body?How xactly does klonopin cause hair loss? ?
No, it's unrelated to steroid compounds, and this side effects is not listed in the most comprehensive pharmacology text I know of (Goodman and Gilman) or others in my office. For what it's worth, I've known multiple individuals who took Klonopin for extended periods, and none experienced this side effect.



Klonopin is metabolized in a way that would not obviously affect testosterone metabolism.



But the product information sheet from the manufacturer does list hair loss and hirsutism, which would both seem likely to be caused by increases in testosterone. So while this may be an extremely rare side effect, the PDR appears to be correct. I would imagine this is an indirect effect on steroid metabolism in rare individuals, but suspect no one knows the mechanism(s) as it doesn't occur often enough to study.How xactly does klonopin cause hair loss? ?
I don't think that's entirely true. Where did you hear this? I take Clonazepam, which is basically the same thing. I think you'd have to be taking 1MG or more daily for the next 10 years or more for it to really do anything. You don't plan on being on it that long, right?
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/lexicomp/clona/a>



hair loss is listed in the monograph from the Merck Manual, I do not know of any explaination, but I will check into it.



my impression is that it would be a rare side effect. Usually rare side effects increase with doses higher than normal.