Paige B
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I'm 27, live in Ottawa, and just discovered I have AA.
Do you have alopecia?
Alopecia areata
Are you age 18 or older?
Yes - I am 18 or older

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Irked by the medical community

Posted on December 13, 2009 at 1:26am 2 Comments

I'm taking a trial migraine drug; or was, until I found a bald spot on my head. My neurologist removed me from the trial drug -- which was working amazingly well -- but swore she didn't think there was any correlation between the drug and the alopecia.



I did some research and found out that alopecia is a side-effect in a few migraine drugs. As high as 7%! I also found that since alopecia is so "prevalent" a condition (around 0.1% of the world) that it isn't really ever considered a… Continue

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At 12:23pm on January 9, 2010, Lori M said…
Hello Fellow Ottawan! Sorry so late for accepting your friend request! December was nuts! I wasn't on the computer hardly at all! What area do you live in? I am in North Gower....south of Ottawa...
At 12:10pm on December 10, 2009, JeffreySF said…
Hi Paige,

Welcome to Alopecia World.

Jeffrey
At 9:11pm on December 7, 2009, Wendy said…
Hi Paige
Welcome. I hope things are getting better....
Thanks for looking me up. I have had AA for about 4 years now and anytime you would like to talk I am available.
Keep smiling
Wendy
At 2:46pm on December 3, 2009, LeslieAnn Butler said…
Hello and welcome, Paige!
Are you still cringing, or are things getting better? Let me know if I can help!
LeslieAnn
At 5:44am on December 1, 2009, Julia McDowell said…
Welcome, Paige!
At 1:09pm on November 30, 2009, Roger said…
Welcome.

Roger.
 
 
 

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