Cellcept and Hair Loss

Great site! Two questions:

1) Can Cellcept cause hair loss ?

2) What are the physical mechanisms by which emotional stress causes hair loss?

Thanks

Cellcept (mycophenolate mofetil) can cause hair loss as a side effect of the drug. This drug is used in organ transplantation to prevent rejection of organs like the liver, kidney, or heart. Hair loss is listed as a common side effect of Cellcept on pharmaceutical company Roche’s New Zealand site.

With regard to emotional stress and hair loss, I do not believe that we understand the relationship other than that it does occur. Many times I tell people that much of the science of medicine is observational and that is what we see with regard to stress and hair loss.