Alopecia associated with atorvastatin [6]

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-

  Segal, Alan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; BENAZEPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LETTER; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

EID: 0037159567     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01135-X     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Choice of lipid-regulating drugs
2. 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?
3. By the way, doctor . . . My hair has been thinning out for the past decade or so, but since my doctor started me on Lipitor (atorvastatin) a few months ago for high cholesterol, I swear it's been falling out much faster. My doctor discounts the possibility, but I looked in the Physicians' desk reference (PDR) and alopecia is listed under "adverse reactions." What do you think?
4. Atorvastatin - a new lipid-lowering drug
5. Atorvastatin: An updated review of its pharmacological properties and use in dyslipidaemia