Diffuse Hair Loss Induced by Sertraline Use
Hair loss is a rare side effect of psychotropic drugs. The most related drug class with this side effect is the mood stabilizers. Studies reporting the sertraline-induced alopecia are limited in number. Sertraline is a potent antidepressant which inhibits the serotonin reuptake from the presynaptic...
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| author | Yüksel Kıvrak İbrahim Yağcı Mehmet Fatih Üstündağ Halil Özcan |
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| description | Hair loss is a rare side effect of psychotropic drugs. The most related drug class with this side effect is the mood stabilizers. Studies reporting the sertraline-induced alopecia are limited in number. Sertraline is a potent antidepressant which inhibits the serotonin reuptake from the presynaptic terminals selectively. The reason for hair loss could not be elucidated completely. Psychotropic drugs are usually considered to lead to hair loss through influencing the telogen phase of hair follicle. This paper reports a 21-year-old male with diffuse hair loss induced by sertraline use and improved by quitting the drug. To the best of our knowledge, there are no other case reports on sertraline-induced alopecia within 2 weeks. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c261a28246c148c796b04e83d5742bf52025-02-03T05:54:30ZengWileyCase Reports in Psychiatry2090-682X2090-68382015-01-01201510.1155/2015/703453703453Diffuse Hair Loss Induced by Sertraline UseYüksel Kıvrak0İbrahim Yağcı1Mehmet Fatih Üstündağ2Halil Özcan3Department of Psychiatry, Kafkas University Medical Faculty, Kars, TurkeyDepartment of Psychiatry, Kafkas University Medical Faculty, Kars, TurkeyDepartment of Psychiatry, Atatürk University Medical Faculty, Erzurum, TurkeyDepartment of Psychiatry, Atatürk University Medical Faculty, Erzurum, TurkeyHair loss is a rare side effect of psychotropic drugs. The most related drug class with this side effect is the mood stabilizers. Studies reporting the sertraline-induced alopecia are limited in number. Sertraline is a potent antidepressant which inhibits the serotonin reuptake from the presynaptic terminals selectively. The reason for hair loss could not be elucidated completely. Psychotropic drugs are usually considered to lead to hair loss through influencing the telogen phase of hair follicle. This paper reports a 21-year-old male with diffuse hair loss induced by sertraline use and improved by quitting the drug. To the best of our knowledge, there are no other case reports on sertraline-induced alopecia within 2 weeks.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/703453 |
| spellingShingle | Yüksel Kıvrak İbrahim Yağcı Mehmet Fatih Üstündağ Halil Özcan Diffuse Hair Loss Induced by Sertraline Use Case Reports in Psychiatry |
| title | Diffuse Hair Loss Induced by Sertraline Use |
| title_full | Diffuse Hair Loss Induced by Sertraline Use |
| title_fullStr | Diffuse Hair Loss Induced by Sertraline Use |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diffuse Hair Loss Induced by Sertraline Use |
| title_short | Diffuse Hair Loss Induced by Sertraline Use |
| title_sort | diffuse hair loss induced by sertraline use |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/703453 |
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