Tuberculosis Drug and Hair Loss

Post Date: Dec 9, 2005 at 4:24 pm PT
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Hello Dr Rassman.
I have a little problem with my hair. Lately my hair falls out a lot. When I take shower, and when I dry my hair, it falls out. It never happen like that before. My hair does fell out before but not that much. I taking a drug for tuberculosis prevention, it that might be the cause of loosing hair? I using herbalessen shampoo. Please let me know how to prevent hair falling? Should I talk hair vitamin? Please help me. Thank you

The most likely drug that you are taking for tuberculosis prevention is INH. The side effects of INH are numbness and tingling of hands and feet, blurry vision, headache, vomiting, fever, rash, and hepatitis. Are you taking vitamin B6 as well? INH tends to deplete vitamin B6. There is no hair loss associated with Vit B6 deficiency. I recommend that you take a multivitamin as well. You must realize that it is normal to lose up to 100 hairs per day. Are there any bald spots? Email your photo if you have some bald spots.

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Ruth - November 12th, 2007 at 2:07 am

hi, i have also notice hairloss recently. which is 3 times more than usual. have not noticed any bald spots. am on tubercolousis medicine as well. rafinah and pyrazamide. is it because of the medicine?

selma - September 13th, 2010 at 10:41 pm

im also taking INH for about 4 months now and my hair are falling out so badly. i never had this problem before i start using INH.

sara - December 27th, 2010 at 11:53 pm

I have been taking Inh and my hair has been falling out. I had no idea the meds was the cause. I am so scared, I don’t know if I should stop this med or continue. Why arent people being warned about the drastic side effects of this med. Ladies anything you are doing to reverse this side effect. Is this permenant hair loss??