Ziac and Hair Loss

Hi,

Im 24 years old and I took a medication known as Ziac a few years back. I have reason to believe that ziac causes hair loss for a few reasons. When I started taking the medication I noticed an increase in body hair and my temples starting thinning a bit. I took the lowest dose possible for right over a year until I got my blood pressure controlled naturally.

Now I wanted to ask you if the properties of ziac can trigger male pattern baldness if I already have the balding gene. My dad is bald but my moms dad had hair till he died. The body hair increase for me was strange because before the meds I literally had like no body hair at the age of 21. Now I have some chest hair and even back hair popping up.

I know beta blockers can cause balding, but is ziac one of them that can trigger balding? Ive tried to look up how they effect androgen levels but I find confusing results, do you have any idea if this would be like all the other beta blockers and trigger MPB? I have really thick hair right now at 24, but I feel my temples are slowly receding. Please if you can help I would be thankful, my mom thinks im crazy that I think im going bald. I know though beta blockers can cause balding and I noticed the temple areas got thinner when I took the med, im just hoping if it did trigger MPB it stopped progressing after I stopped the meds 3 years ago.

Ziac is a combination blood pressure medication. The two medications are bisoprolol (beta blocker type) and hydrochlorothiazide (fluid pill). Ziac, along with many other anti-hypertensive medications are known to cause hair loss. You need to discuss this with your doctor as this is a medical problem that you must have if you are taking this medication.

However, you most likely have male pattern baldness (MPB) or genetic hair loss, given that you have been off of the medication for several years and still have noted hair loss. You need to have a miniaturization study to determine if you are losing hair in a genetic pattern, and if so, discuss treatment options with your doctor.