Hair lightening in an hemodialysis patient treated by heptaminol (heptamyl).
Hair lightening occurred in a patient treated with heptaminol (heptamyl). This patient had chronic renal failure and had been undergoing hemodialysis since 2003. The hair hypopigmentation reversed after stopping the drug. The mechanism of the hair color modification is not understood.
Gharibi
Leila
L
Zouhair
Kawtar
K
Ramdani
Benyouness
B
Benchikhi
Hakima
H
D000328:Adult; D006200:Hair Color; D006535:Heptaminol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D017496:Hypopigmentation / Q000139:chemically induced*; D007022:Hypotension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis
D006535:Heptaminol