Saturday, December 20, 2008 Melanie asks

Q: How servere can the hair loss be when using Rowasa?

Can I go bald or will just some hair come out?  Will it come back after my treatment or is it permanent?

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Casey McNulty, Health Guide
12/28/08 8:38pm

Hi Melanie,

 

This information is taken directly from the package insert of Rowasa:

 

Mild hair loss characterized by "more hair in the comb" but no withdrawal from clinical trials has been observed in 7 of 815 mesalamine patients but none of the placebo-treated patients. In the literature there are at least six additional patients with mild hair loss who received either mesalamine or sulfasalazine. Retreatment is not always associated with repeated hair loss.

 

I hope this helps.

Best of luck,

Casey

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