Has anyone ever encountered this ( Hair loss ) , i've been on cipro pretty much since my surgery and since has noticed alot of hair loss from it , seems wierd but i'd figured i would ask
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Yes. I thought it was the Canasa but after over a year on both my hair has thinned significantly. Very depressed about this as I had a lot of hair. Within weeks my round brush needs to be soaked and cleaned due to all the hair accumulation.
Yes it is very depressing , over the last two years it has been significant but my Dr. switched me to Rifaxin so hopefully it will come back but i wont hold my breath . I never would have thought the cipro could be the culprit .
I just moved to augmentin so I hope that helps as well. Good luck. I've lost a lot of hair over the years from the chronic inflammation also. I'm assuming you have chronic pouchitis also. Do the meds help with all of your symptoms?
Yes I do have chronic pouchitis , the meds help a little but I still fight the diarrhea , I just started this new medication a few weeks ago so we'll see what happens , thanks for your reply
I'v been on Cipro for 14 months and haven't seen any hair loss.
have dr. check your iron..my hairdresser noticed some hair loss(but was not on cipro!)my dermatologist said my iron was 31 in normal range but low side suggested i take iron to bring number s up to 50..
however,hair normal now after about 1 month of iron but now concerned supplements as per julies thread may be causing my diet to not be working..yikes! if the iron helps your hair loss ..and your numbers are low ..we can just start to include more foods supply iron instead of supplements..
however,hair normal now after about 1 month of iron but now concerned supplements as per julies thread may be causing my diet to not be working..yikes! if the iron helps your hair loss ..and your numbers are low ..we can just start to include more foods supply iron instead of supplements..
Thanks for your replys , I will get my iron checked to see what the levels and it could be a number of other things causing this including just old age . Thanks
This post is perfect timing for me. I just noticed hair loss starting last week and I haven't had that trouble since my last major flare up with UC; however I just finished a two week prescription of Cipro. This is the first time I have had this medication and it never occurred to me until now that it could have caused it. I was trying to figure out what was going on but I think you have solved it for me. Now that I have stopped the Cipro, I bet the hair loss will stop.