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Zometa and hair loss

ohilly
ohilly CSN Member Posts: 441 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
All this time I have been thinking that my thinning hair after chemo was either my hair growing back slowly or thinning from the Femara. Now I look online and find out that Zometa (a promising new drug I am taking in a clinical trial: it's supposed to make the bone hostile to cancer and prevent recurrence) also can cause hair loss in 12% of the people taking it! I don't want to get off either the Femara or the Zometa since I believe they're saving my life, but does anyone have any knowledge of these side effects or suggestions? I am supposed to see a dermatologist this coming Friday and will discuss the Zometa hair loss effects with my oncologist.

Ohilly
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  • survivor51
    survivor51 CSN Member Posts: 276
    #2
    Let me know
    I will be starting on the treatment this coming week. Did you begin the Zometa when you finished chemo and had hair back or when you had already lost hair and not grown back? Angela
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  • ohilly
    ohilly CSN Member Posts: 441 Member
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    don't worry
    Actually, I found out the hair loss is not connected to the Zometa (I called the company that makes Zometa and they said it was not a side effect). My hair is just growing back thin after chemo or maybe it's a Femara side effect. I'm seeing a dermatologist on Friday about the hair issue, so I'll let you know.

    Ohilly
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  • survivor51
    survivor51 CSN Member Posts: 276
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    ohilly said:

    don't worry
    Actually, I found out the hair loss is not connected to the Zometa (I called the company that makes Zometa and they said it was not a side effect). My hair is just growing back thin after chemo or maybe it's a Femara side effect. I'm seeing a dermatologist on Friday about the hair issue, so I'll let you know.

    Ohilly

    try
    Something I did that helped me was to really massage my head. I bought one of those plastic things you buy to hold the bar of soap. It has plastic prongs and I used it to massage the head. It is like circulating the scalp helps growth. Maybe ...maybe not working. Thanks for letting me know about the hair.
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