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Hair loss
Wed, 02/08/2006 - 16:24Topic: Medication Issues
My almost 4 year old was diagnosed and has been on Depakean for about 2 months now.
We noticed his hair was not as thick as it normally is. About 2 weeks ago we were bathing in the bath tub and I felt a grainy feeling in my hands after washing his hair. It turned out to be his hair! A clump of fine hair. It was very scary! When I told the neurologist he decided to lower his dose. It has been a week since we lowered his dose, but hair is still falling out! Has anyone else had this problem???
Re: Re: Re: Hair loss
Submitted by jennifer28 on Wed, 2006-02-15 - 20:15
my daughter has been on depekote for over a year now and the ketogenic diet as well I have noticed her hair becoming very thin so we added carnitor because of the diet her craintine level was low this seems to help thicken her hair abit but we are going to try zinc supplement even though her zinc level was ok Iwas told adding a few units of zinc can make a big difference, since the depekote seems to be working for seizure control adding this makes sense for us check with your Dr.s and good luck!