Copaxone and hair loss
Common Questions and Answers about Copaxone and hair loss
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Doll,
I echo Lulu's comments. I was on Copaxone for 18 months and I did not suffer any hair loss Check with your doctor or call the MS nurse in his office. You can call the Copaxone nurse line and they could verify weather or not this is a side effect.
In Feb 08 I began taking Copaxone for MS. Shortly after I began using Copaxone, the right side of my tongue went numb. I initially stopped taking the Copaxone to see if it would resolve itself. It didn't and I continued with the Copaxone. The right side of my tongue is still numb, the numbness on the right side of my mouth has resolved mostly but now I have the most horribly dry mouth. I have tried everything--even so much as sucking on a mouth full of vinegar.
I'm curious how long it took for those on Copaxone for the welts and redness to lessen.
I've been on Copaxone since June and it seems they are getting worse. The first two or so weeks I did not have much of a problem. Then I started to get large red patches/lumps on my arms. They can run the length of my back arm where I give my shots. Weeks later they started to get large on my legs (the size on my entire hand at times). Eventually they started to get large on my hips and abdomen.
I just finished Sovaldi and olysio and no hair loss at all, in fact hair looked great
I do have hypothyroid which is familial, mother , daughters have it,
Check your thyroid levels
That can effect hair loss, dryness etc( even my eye brows and under arms thinned from hypothyroidism )
You may need to be on thyroid medication such as synthyroid if it is off
Copaxone seems to be working for me. I had one large flare before Copaxone, and three small ones afterward. (I think I'm having one right now, but I won't know for sure until it's gone!)
The site reactions were a real itch. I still have red marks on my skin where i scratched in my sleep, and bruised myself.
Day to day symptoms have not been relieved. I still feel crummy about two weeks out of four. But at least it's not the Copaxone making me feel crummy...
If your thyroid gland is overactive or underactive, your hair may fall out. This hair loss usually can be helped by treatment thyroid disease. Hair loss may occur if male or female hormones, known as androgens and estrogens, are out of balance. Correcting the hormone imbalance may stop your hair loss.
Many women notice hair loss about 3 months after they've had a baby. This loss is also related to hormones.
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