Alopecia Associated With Atorvastatin

    August 2002 in “ The American Journal of Medicine ”
    Alan S. Segal
    TLDR Atorvastatin may cause hair loss in some people.
    The document presented a case of reversible alopecia associated with atorvastatin, a cholesterol-lowering statin. A 38-year-old woman experienced significant hair loss within 6 weeks of starting atorvastatin, which ceased when the drug was discontinued and recurred upon re-exposure. The hair loss was not attributed to other medications or her nephrotic syndrome. This case, along with another report of hair thinning linked to atorvastatin, suggested a potential connection between the drug and alopecia, despite skepticism from some physicians.
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