What Causes Hair Loss With Aubagio Intake?

Posted on Fri, 9 May 2014

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Question : I'm asking about the hair loss/thinning associated with the drug Aubagio.

Answered by Dr. Geetika Paul (9 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Hair thinning associated with aubagio

Detailed Answer:
Hi

I understand your concern regarding your skin problem and I hope I am able to help you in the same .
Now your concern is regarding hair thinning associated with the use of drug aubagio.
It is a known fact that 10 to 15% of patients on aubagio experience thinning of the hair. But the good thing is that for most of these patients, hair thinning is mild and usually improved after about 6 months on aubagio .Also in many patients, hair growth almost always returns to its usual cycle within a few months on aubagio .
So I would advise you not to worry too much about this side effect of this very important drug since hair thinning caused by this drug is temporary and reversible in nature.

Dr Geetika Paul

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar