Recently, I heard on a TV show that anticholesterol drugs can cause hair loss. I've been taking Zocor for about 18 months now, and in the past 6 months I've noticed hair loss from the top and sides of my head. Is this common? Will my hair regrow once I stop taking the drug?

Harvard women's health watch

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 8-

  Robb Nicholson, C ^a  

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HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; SIMVASTATIN;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HUMAN;

ALOPECIA; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; SIMVASTATIN;

EID: 0031630067     PISSN: 1070910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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