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Re: Aldactone vs. Spiro + hair update
From: Beth (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 16 Oct 2001 03:12:52 -0500 (CDT)
i also tried aldactone, but as soon as i stop it, the patches come
again. The hair starts growing and everything is back to where it was.
How is it with you?
At Sun, 14 Oct 2001, Dana wrote:
>
>I don't tolerate the fillers in spiraldactone. I use
>aldactone because the dark velvety patches go away
>with aldactone. They re appeared on spiro and became
>itchy to the point I would blee..
>Dana
>--- Beth <anonymous@obgyn.net> 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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