Hair loss drugs cure hair loss in both men and women. However, it needs to be figure out the cause of hair loss before going to take any of hair loss drugs. All the hair loss drugs are prescription drugs i.e patient need valid prescription to buy that drug. Propecia is the only hair loss drug approved by FDA to treat male pattern baldness. Rogaine (Minoxidil) is liquid-solution for hair loss caused by male-pattern-baldness in both males and females. Other drug such as avodart is also being used to treat hair loss but it is unlabelled use. Hair loss drugs are prescribed depending upon the cause. Hair loss, caused as a side effect of treatment of major disease, may stop as treatment gets finished. In that case multivitamins can be used (no need to use any hair loss drugs). Hair loss drugs should only be used if hair loss is type of Male Pattern Baldness. This page explains in brief about hair loss, types of hair loss drugs. Medicines that causes hair loss are cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, cactinomycin, doxorubicin, docetaxel, etoposide, irinotecan, paclitaxel, ifosfamide, vinorelbine, topotecan.