Tec Side Effects
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 8:23 pm
Hi all, first time poster and recently diagnosed.. I was put on Tecfidera in March of this year for obviously my RRMS. I have the normal side effects (flushing, nausea) but I also have noticed my hair has thinned A LOT. I am a bottle blonde but as far as my hair has gone my hairdresser always commented on how good condition my hair was in for dying it. Well this is not the case anymore. I recently had almost 3 inches cut off my hair to manage whatever is going on and I noticed horrible breakage something I have never experienced before. Speaking to a pharmacist (as my Neuro appts are few & months appart) about what could've caused it he chalked it up to the Methylprednisolone I was put on at the end of 2015 for active lesions but now I'm not so sure if it was that or the Tec. Another issue I've noticed is reduced clotting when I cut myself, after a run in the a sharp edge at work I bled through 2 bandaids before it stopped, I assumed it may have had something to do with the asprin I would take perhaps once or twice a week for the Tec flushing but after a chat with a nurse she doesn't believe it would effect it that much as I hardly take asprin. Anyone had similar experiences with hair loss or thinning and any issues with thinner blood?