Drugs and Hair Loss

作者：Patel Mansi; Harrison Shannon; Sinclair Rodney^*

来源：Dermatologic Clinics, 2013, 31(1): 67-+.

DOI：10.1016/j.det.2012.08.002

• Telogen effluvium
• Anagen effluivum
• Drug-induced alopecia
• Hair loss
• Chemotherapy-induced alopecia

Hair loss is a common complaint, both in men and women, and use of prescription medications is widespread. When there is a temporal association between the onset of hair loss and commencement of a medication, the medication is commonly thought to have caused the hair loss. However, hair loss and in particular telogen effluvium may occur in response to a number of triggers including fever, hemorrhage, severe illness, stress, and childbirth, and a thorough exclusion of these potential confounders is necessary before the hair loss can be blamed on the medication. Certain medications are known to cause hair loss by a variety of mechanisms including anagen arrest, telogen effluvium, or accentuation of androgenetic alopecia by androgens.

• 出版日期2013-1