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Vitamins best for hair loss?

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stacey49011
stacey49011

I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease last December. I’ve been on Pentasa since January and have been doing really good on it. No flare ups!  I have experienced hair loss though. Thinking it might be from the medication. My doctor was not super helpful when I asked about it. He said try consuming more protein but I have and no luck. Does anyone have any advice for me? Looking for a vitamin to help with the hair loss but don’t know what to take? 

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  • Gloria814
    Gloria814 stacey49011

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        I have read that biotin is helpful when you have hair loss.   I do take it and I think it has been helpful but the medication causing hair loss has been stopped so it could just be that.   I was on Asacol for Crohns and that caused a lot of hair loss for me but I was switched to Pentasa many yrs ago and that has not caused any hair loss.  It has become less effective for the crohns so after I have a colonoscopy this month I probably will have a medication change    Biotin can be found with all the vitamins in any drug store.  I also have a biotin shampoo that I  have been using

        

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