Posted 11/16/2011 12:46 AM (GMT 0)
I was on Imuran in the past. It made my hair fall out. All of it. I had thick, really thick, long hair down to my waist and by the time Imuran had taken it's toll I had straw that fell out when touched. After coming off the Imuran my hair started growing back but I looked like I had shaved my head. I'm female, that looks weird. I recently started Cimzia and am experiencing hair loss once again. Imuran was in 2002. So my doctor suggested 6mp, Imurans sister drug. Yet the side effect is hair loss. Should I even risk it? I don't know what to do. I'm planning my wedding. I'm running out of options. I've been on Pentasa, Humira, Sulfasalazine, Prednisone, Imuran, SOOOOOOOOO many drugs that did not work. I'm running out of options and my doctor said I've already proven my Crohn's can't handle NOT being on medicine. When my insurance changed I couldn't afford Humira anymore. 5 months later my Crohn's flared and I was hospitalized, blood transfusions, put on ICU, heart rate dropped to 22bpm due to the amount of blood loss from the Crohn's. This is a pattern with my Crohn's and it's pretty aggressive.
Anyone experience anything similar?