Re: Aldactone vs. Spiro + hair update
From: anne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 11 Oct 2001 09:43:08 -0500 (CDT)
Glad you're doing better with the hair situation, I went through it
myself and remember the baby fine hair coming in too. Zinc is one thing
I took a lot of.
BTW - Rockport, MA is one of my favorite places in the world. I do miss
Massachusetts - I lived in Boston and Brookline for 10 years and loved
visiting Rockport when I had the chance.
--
Anne
At Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Beth wrote:
>
>As some of you know, I switched from Spiro to Aldactone, just to see if
>there's a difference. (some say there is so thought I'd test it myself
>: ) ) The problem is that I'm a ditz. I started the Aldactone AND
>another new thing (vitamins) within a couple of weeks of each other. I
>should have known better but I wasn't thinking.
>
>It's been a month on Aldactone and I've not had any problems with it. I
>tolerated Spiro fine and Aldactone hasn't been any different. Everything
>seems to be ok and I haven't noticed a difference in the effectiveness.
>I have had an extra zit or two but nothing major and that could be from
>anything.
>
>I have hair regrowth! (I probably just cursed myself saying that out
>loud, it's probably falling out as we speak LOL) I think that it's from
>the vits because it's about 1/2" long and that would make sense because
>of when I started taking them. At first I thought it was breakage but
>there is 1/2" at the forehead hairline, all the way across. One day my
>Husband pointed out my "baby" hair, I didn't even notice it! Keeping my
>fingers crossed that it will continue to grow!
>
>Anyhow I think the hair is from the vitamins, because of the rate hair
>grows and when I started taking them. Zinc and even Iron (thanks Anne!)
>can have a positive effect, and the Vits are loaded with both. (One A
>Day Maximum) The bummer thing is that I don't tolerate them well. They
>are wreaking havoc on my system and I've lost an addition 5 pounds that
>I didn't really want to lose.(never thought I'd hear myself say that!!!)
>I haven't had my iron checked recently but as I mentioned before I had
>low iron as a teen and then high levels as a young adult and through
>pregnancy. Maybe that's the cause? I'm going to the Dr. soon so will
>have my levels checked out. If they're ok, I'm going to continue on and
>deal with the gastric upset. I really want to see how far this hair
>thing goes!
>
>--
>Stay safe and feel free to email me anytime,
>
>Beth
>Rockport, MA
>
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