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| ADR REPORT |
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| Year : 2013 | Volume
: 59
| Issue : 3 | Page : 218-219 |
Lornoxicam-induced hair loss: An unusual case
MS Keny1, RR Ghodge2, SM Bandekar3
1 Department of Pharmacology, Goa Medical College, India
2 Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Goa Medical College, India
3 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Goa Medical College, India
Correspondence Address:
M S Keny
Department of Pharmacology, Goa Medical College
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.118042
A patient started on 8 mg lornoxicam twice daily for pain in the hips developed acute-onset scalp hair loss. History and clinical examination revealed no evident abnormalities. Temporal association of the onset of hair loss with the use of lornoxicam, inability to explain hair loss by alternate causes, possibility of hair loss with lornoxicam and resolution on dechallenge placed this reaction as a probable adverse reaction to lornoxicam.
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