Prednisone/hair loss

Snooping through the forums I've read about people losing their hair while on or just coming off prednisone!! Is this common? I'm really worried now.. Was on 40mg for 2 weeks and 30 for 2 weeks and just went down to 25. No hair problems yet but am worried. Any input?

Dangit. How long we're you on the prednisone last time?

The first time I was on it I did not lose any hair. But then I went back on it three weeks later (when my symptoms returned), and the second time I tapered off (after being on it for six and a half months straight) I started losing hair by the handful right after I finished my last dose. I believe it to be a withdrawal symptom, so the more hooked you are on the drug, the more likely you will lose your hair. Also everyone's body responds differently, so really there's no telling for sure. Altogether I lost over half the hair on my head (thankfully I started out with pretty thick hair), and it continued falling out for about two months before it started to fill back in. (Pretty funny-looking with little inch-long hairs sticking up all over my head.) Good luck, and hope you don't have to stay on it too long.

Don't want to worry you too much in advance, but hair loss seems to be really quite often a side effect of prednisone. I was on it for a 3 months last year, and started literally shedding when got off that stuff. During the Prednisone treatment I started taking lialda for the very first time. So it could be a side effect of this drug as well. But both my GI and dermatologist claimed that it was mostly due to flare itself, as hair loss, due to malnutrition and inflammation usually shows itself some time after the onset of symptoms (speaking about months after). And the prednisone. They also said it could be a lilada side effect but ... well, not really... etc. So I was put on 5mg biotin daily on September 2011 and keep the regime up to this day. My hair is full, thick, and I'm loosing only a few hair per day. I know, that biotin is not a response for everyone, as with all those supplements we take. But for me it helped, really. I have short hair, but even though I was really scarred last year that I'd be bald. No so fast
On the other hand, if you'd start taking biotin while on prednisone, I have no idea if it could prevent the process. Which drug is strongest in this matter, no idea.

I've been on prednisone A LOT while going through flares before my J pouch :)

Every time I was weening off of it I would start to notice quite a bit of hair loss, mostly in the shower, it wasn't so much that you would like notice it looking at me, but strands would be on my shirt and stuff. I wouldn't be worried about hair loss, as it usually isn't a significant amount for the amount of hair that is on a humans head haha.