Hi, I'm Looking To Speak To A Liver Doctor As

Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2019

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Question : hi, i'm looking to speak to a liver doctor as i was taking a medication called epclusa 12 treatment which i goy cured. but my qurtion is i been off this medication 3 months i understand they are powerfull medications. but when i finished my treatment my hair starting to thin quite abit and balding areas at top of scalp, middle of scalp etc. didn't due this while i was taking the medication but started when i stopped the medication and became neg. is this something normal with drugs like this, people told me your hair grows back thicker and shinnier. do you have a doctor who might be familiar with these meds or a dermatolgist that hhas heard of this problem, thank you mark

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Kakkar (2 hours later)

the people made this med gilead say there is no side effect but there not telling the truth 85% of people that have these meds all had hairloss, they wont tell truth as they earn 4 billion a year in profit many lawsuits against this co. but i was neg. they just didn't tell truth they were afraid people wouldn't use

Answered by Dr. Dr. Kakkar (15 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Androgenetic alopecia

Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to ask a doctor service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

It is an antiviral medication that you were taking. Hair loss is not a specific side effect of this medication. The fact that you have hair loss primarily from the frontal and middle regions of the scalp suggest that you likely have androgenetic alopecia which is characterised by gradual thinning and hair loss from these regions along with a receding anterior hair line. I suggest you to use minoxidil 5% solution, 1ml, twice daily for your hair loss. In addition I suggest you to take oral finasteride 1mg tablet. Both of these are approved remedies for androgenetic alopecia in males.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if you need any more assistance.

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