depakote side effects/hair loss?

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Registered: 11-19-2004
depakote side effects/hair loss?
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Sat, 06-25-2005 - 9:47pm

i'm getting really paranoid about my hair thinning on depakote.

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Registered: 02-06-2004
Sun, 06-26-2005 - 3:05am

haven't had the hair loss (((((Beth))))) I think that's a side effect that you mostly have to worry about at higher dosages.

Love,
Amanda

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Registered: 05-11-2003
Sun, 06-26-2005 - 5:51am
I have been on up to 2500mg, (currently at 2000 for years)and never had hair loss. It does say in my Mosby 2004 Drug guide that dry skin and hair loss are a possibilty in less than 5% of patients, (although people reprorted it on placebo too!). That's pretty low. So I kinda agree with your DR. Maybe you just notice it more since it's a known possible side effect? I hope that's all. Good luck!

littlemascara
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Registered: 09-01-2004
Sun, 06-26-2005 - 4:40pm

Beth,


No personal experience with it, but everything I've read said that it's a pretty uncommon side effect and only at higher doses than what you're on.


Remember hair does normally die and fall out--can't remember how many we normally lose now, but when DD was fist being assessed for Alopecia, I was surprised at how many it was.

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Registered: 10-23-2004
Sun, 06-26-2005 - 7:03pm

Argh!


It causes hair loss also?