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Prolia and Hair Loss

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@kittymyheart

I am almost 73 years old and have been on Prolia for 10 years. YES, I have significant hair loss! It began about five years after the first dose of Prolia and has been increasing as time has gone by. Doctors never like to admit that a side effect might be caused by a drug they prescribed and my doctor is no different. With that said, is my hair loss solely due to Prolia or could some of it be aging? A large percentage of women do experience female pattern baldness in older age. It's like male pattern baldness and caused by the same processes. It has been suggested I see a dermatologist but my guess is that it won't help anything. I believe the problem is Prolia. Or at least a good bit of it. It was also suggested I might want to switch to Reclast. Of course, that also comes with side effects. Seems every drug has a lot of side effects, so I begin to wonder which is worse: The disease or the cure? Seems BOTH have a lot of drawbacks. In addition, I have not only experienced female pattern baldness but my hair is now very thin and fragile all over my head. Is my age part of the equation? Perhaps. However my parents had all their hair when they were my age, albeit my mother's was thinning to some degree - but NOTHING like what I'm experiencing! Old age isn't all it's cracked up to be. Neither are all the drugs the medical profession so quickly dispenses.

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This is my first time posting. To those of you wondering if Prolia caused your hair loss, below I share what I just read on the website, Medical News Today. I was researching information about Evenity, which may be my next move.
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The text is below. It is not allowed to post the URL, but if you want to see it with your own eyes, go to Medical News Today and type in Evenity.

Here is the text I saw, word for word:
Is hair loss a side effect of Evenity?
No, you shouldn’t notice hair loss from Evenity treatment. Hair loss wasn’t a reported side effect in the drug’s clinical trials.
However, other medications prescribed for osteoporosis may cause hair loss. For example, it’s possible for Fosamax (alendronate) and Prolia (denosumab) to cause hair loss.