I've been taking flutamide for a year now, along with Yasmin and 5% minoxidil, since yasmin alone did nothing for my acne and hair loss. My face has been great since then. As for the hair... the first few months were amazing, really the shedding completely stopped, I would have only several hairs on the hair brush after brushing. And then some time this spring it all came back. My hair has been falling out even worse than before. I went to see my gyno again, who prescribed me flutamide in the first place, but he told me that there is no way flutamide is making me shed hair, and there must be some other cause. He told me to consult my dermatologist about it, but she just prescribed me some other brand of minoxidil... all completely useless.
And now the latest development is that I seem to have hyperthiroidism. I've had trouble with shortness of breath for a few weeks, and I've run a lot of tests, and I seem to have too much T4. This was never the case with me before, and I had my last thyroid test about a year and a half ago.
Has this happened to anyone else?
I have yet to see my doctor and ask him if he thinks it could be caused by flutamide, but I have a feeling he'll say no. I've googled high and low and there doesn't seem to be a mention of flutamide having anything to do with thyroid issues... :/ |