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<blockquote data-quote="sarnie100" data-source="post: 186106" data-attributes="member: 29758"><p><strong>Statins - hair falling out?</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi, I have been on statins 40g only since mid December last year 2010.... about a month after starting the tablets I noticed my hair seemed to be coming out in handfulls.... it has continued and I have found my hair exceptionally thin now.... I would find hair just about everywhere; in the sink, the bath, on the floor, on the worktop, in a sandwich..... not just when brushing it. I have since stopped taking the statins 2 weeks ago and the last couple of days have noticed a small improvement. On seeing my GP today he suggested I stop taking them for a month or so to see how things go, but confirmed it can be a possible not so common side effect. Has anyone else experienced this? I have fine hair anyway, so do not want to lose what I have left. I do not have bald patches, it has generally come out all over making it terribly thin. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sarnie100, post: 186106, member: 29758"] [b]Statins - hair falling out?[/b] Hi, I have been on statins 40g only since mid December last year 2010.... about a month after starting the tablets I noticed my hair seemed to be coming out in handfulls.... it has continued and I have found my hair exceptionally thin now.... I would find hair just about everywhere; in the sink, the bath, on the floor, on the worktop, in a sandwich..... not just when brushing it. I have since stopped taking the statins 2 weeks ago and the last couple of days have noticed a small improvement. On seeing my GP today he suggested I stop taking them for a month or so to see how things go, but confirmed it can be a possible not so common side effect. Has anyone else experienced this? I have fine hair anyway, so do not want to lose what I have left. I do not have bald patches, it has generally come out all over making it terribly thin. :( [/QUOTE]
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