LOSS OF HAIR FOLLOWING PROPYLTHIOURACIL THERAPY

    December 1951 in “ Journal of the American Medical Association ”
    M. L. B. Clarke
    TLDR Propylthiouracil treatment can cause hair loss.
    A 32-year-old white man undergoing propylthiouracil therapy for a high basal metabolic rate and diabetes mellitus experienced hair loss and pigmentation changes. Despite being underweight and having a bilateral nodular adenomatous goiter, he was treated with 100 mg of propylthiouracil three times daily, along with Lugol's iodine solution and a diabetic regimen. Within two months of starting this treatment, he began to notice hair loss.
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