Drugs and Hair Loss

• Autores: Mansi Patel, Shannon Harrison, Rodney Sinclair
• Localización: Dermatologic clinics, ISSN 0733-8635, Vol. 31, Nº. 1, 2013, págs. 67-73
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Hair loss is a common complaint, both in men and women, and use of prescription medications is widespread. When there is a temporal association between the onset of hair loss and commencement of a medication, the medication is commonly thought to have caused the hair loss. However, hair loss and in particular telogen effluvium may occur in response to a number of triggers including fever, hemorrhage, severe illness, stress, and childbirth, and a thorough exclusion of these potential confounders is necessary before the hair loss can be blamed on the medication. Certain medications are known to cause hair loss by a variety of mechanisms including anagen arrest, telogen effluvium, or accentuation of androgenetic alopecia by androgens.