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Alopecia caused by isoniazid
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- 1Departments of Respiratory Medicine and Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, J. L. N. Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.
Published in Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics
Correspondence: Ramakant Dixit
Departments of Respiratory Medicine and Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, J. L. N. Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.
Email: dr.ramakantdixit@gmail.com
Copyright: © 2014 The Author(s). This is an open access article.
Published: Jan 1, 2014, Received: Apr 6, 2013, Accepted: Jul 12, 2013
Abstract
Drug-induced alopecia is a known clinical entity and mainly seen with anti-mitotic drug therapy. Alopecia during anti-tuberculosis therapy is very uncommon and previously observed with isoniazid, thiacetazone, and ethionamide. Present communication describes an additional case of isoniazid-induced alopecia in a 10-year-old male child, which was reversible after isoniazid withdrawal. Possible mechanisms of drug-induced alopecia are also briefly discussed.
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