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Hair Loss On Sulphasalazine?

A myRAteam Member asked a question 💭
Caldwell, ID

Anyone experiencing hair loss on sulphasalazine? It”s listed as one of the less common side effects. Thought it was my thyroid for awhile, but medication has brought it back into the normal range and Im still losing so much. I didnt have this problem until my dr upped my dose to 4 tablets a day.

July 31, 2019
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A myRAteam Member

Take biotin every day and use shampoo with biotin in it. It stopped my hair loss.

August 1, 2019
A myRAteam Member

I just have to say doctors do not really care if you have hair loss. I was on plaquenil for a couple years my hair got pretty thin in front. He kept saying no its not the plaquenil. My but, I stopped the plaquenil due to serious diarrhea , blessing in disquise dont feel any worse being off of it. Hair is looking better

August 15, 2019
A myRAteam Member

Omg yes!!!! I doubled my folic acid to 2/day and increased the biotin to 3x /day and that has seemed to slow down the hair loss. Hope this helps and hang in there... it really sucks losing your hair

August 4, 2019
A myRAteam Member

I used to take Biotin but my hair fell out alot. The Dr. Put me on 3 folic acid a day. I didn't know I could Biotin with it. I do take Collagen with Folic acid. And it is great.

August 14, 2019
A myRAteam Member

Thank you! Also on Plaquenil (more recent) and just added Arava. Looks like these can also cause hair loss? 😣 I’ve been taking plenty of extra folate but just started taking a biotin supplement this week. Hope it works! Thanks for your help. ❤️

August 14, 2019

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