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Hair loss
Wed, 02/08/2006 - 16:24Topic: Medication Issues
My almost 4 year old was diagnosed and has been on Depakean for about 2 months now.
We noticed his hair was not as thick as it normally is. About 2 weeks ago we were bathing in the bath tub and I felt a grainy feeling in my hands after washing his hair. It turned out to be his hair! A clump of fine hair. It was very scary! When I told the neurologist he decided to lower his dose. It has been a week since we lowered his dose, but hair is still falling out! Has anyone else had this problem???
Comments
Re: Hair loss
Submitted by solis on Thu, 2006-02-09 - 00:27
Hi Heather...
Check out: http://www.epilepsy.com/medications/b_depakene_intro.html
Hair falling out also happened to me when I was on Depakene.
~sol
Re: Re: Hair loss
Submitted by spiz on Thu, 2006-02-09 - 01:03
Hello Heather,
I am on Depakote which is in the same family of meds. I have the same problem. Hopefully with the decrease in his meds, the hair loss won't be as bad. Wishing the best!
-Spiz
Re: Hair loss
Submitted by txrhb1 on Wed, 2006-02-08 - 21:51
Hi - my daughter had the same thing happen when she was on Depakote. Once she went off of it, it took a while, but the hair grew back as thick as ever. It did take time to get the med out of her system, and for the hair loss to stop. Best wishes, Barbie *************************************** "We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can fly only by embracing each other." -lucian de crescenzo