Women lose their hair after taking supplements (video)

DarkJoy

Bent. Not Broken.
DayDreamist said:
This is ridiculous. My kids are off the Flintstones from this point on! I'm not consistent with my vitamins so I guess that's a good thing. The FDA is a business and a grimy one at that.

The sad thing is, a parent not in the know would have continued the vits thinkin the kid was sick and needed more! Or worse-increased the dose thinking it would help them get over it. Its only vitamins right? A doc visit would not have shown anything. Not even blood tests unless they look specifically for each vitamin/mineral suspected. And that's only if it ocurred to the parents that the hair loss and other symptoms started a few weeks after the vits.

Scary!

I only take mine twice a week for this very reason. The chlorella I take half the recommended dose 3x a week. Last months blood tests proved I'm in perfect health. Why *** with a blessing?
 

prettybyrd

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Thanks for posting!

I used to take a multivitamin in which the amount of Selenium was 285% of the RDA. Since I've never been good about taking any supplement or medication, I guess I have my absent mindedness to thank for what could possibly have been a ghastly outcome.

I can grow more hair, but kidneys are much harder to come by.

I have to say though, we need to be more cautious about which supplements we take and how much we are taking. Self medicating is a dangerous game. Herbalists, MD's, ND's, and DO's train for years to learn to (properly) diagnose and treat others; there's no way that after reading a few testimonials or some random Google leads that the typical layperson knows enough about chemicals and their contraindications to be certain that today's vitamin, diet pill or other supplement won't be tomorrow's reason for lifelong dialysis treatment (or worse). I say we just need to be careful.
 
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CurlyLawGal

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This thread came RIGHT on time. Back in October, I started taking my supplement twice daily, per the instructions, and my hair started sheddding like crazy a few weeks later (it was really bad). Out of pure laziness, I started taking the supplement once a day and a by January the shedding decreased a bit (unfortunately, I now have a thin spot at my temple). I ran out of the supplement on Monday, so now I am thinking that I will hold off on purchasing more.

Thank you, thank you, thank you DarkJoy :flowers: It all makes sense now :yep:
 

BklynHeart

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I take my multivitamin and othe supplements every other day, so my body will have time to absorb what it needs. We do need to be more careful about what we put in our bodies. Some women will take up to 10 different supplements and herbs and I just shake my head. That can't be good for your kidneys.
 
Yup, watched parts of this last night...

Very scurry indeed...

dude using nylons to trap those black spots...lawd...:nono:

and how easy it was for dateline to mix up their own batch/ brand of supplements...:nono:

OMG, I watched this on tv and thought of all the vits we praise on this site. :lol: But how are you supposed to defend yourself if these people aren't doing their jobs!? :spinning:
 

Jazala

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empressri

You know I oughta spank you right??

You posting this and then got a headache from hoohah cream on your head!

I think this was more a case of tainted product. Just like the thing with the tomatoes that happened, and a few other kinds of produce. They recalled them all and we had NO tomatoes anywhere!!

I stick to vitamin pills and only buy from vitamin shoppe or gnc as I trust them more. No off the wall brands.

Ironically the lady in the story lost her hair due to vitamins purchased at GNC...

:nono::nono:

She went back to buy some more and then discovered they were recalled.
 

My Friend

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Specific lots of the Johnson-endorsed ExtenZe were voluntarily recalled in 2011 after the FDA found that some packages were counterfeit and contained undeclared drug ingredients that could pose a serious health risk. They included the prescription erectile dysfunction drugs sildenafil (Viagra) and tadalafil (Cialis), and sibutramine, a weight-loss drug that was voluntarily withdrawn from the U.S. market in 2010 because of evidence that it increased heart-attack and stroke risk.


Consumer Reports tests vitamin and supplements.
 

empressri

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@empressri



Ironically the lady in the story lost her hair due to vitamins purchased at GNC...

:nono::nono:

She went back to buy some more and then discovered they were recalled.

That's crazy as hell. What did she take??

I've never had a problem with my multivitamins from them, or the fish oils. I've been taking them for...geez five years or so. I feel dead on my feet without them.
 

Je Ne Sais Quoi

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The sad thing is, a parent not in the know would have continued the vits thinkin the kid was sick and needed more! Or worse-increased the dose thinking it would help them get over it. Its only vitamins right? A doc visit would not have shown anything. Not even blood tests unless they look specifically for each vitamin/mineral suspected. And that's only if it ocurred to the parents that the hair loss and other symptoms started a few weeks after the vits.

Scary!

I only take mine twice a week for this very reason. The chlorella I take half the recommended dose 3x a week. Last months blood tests proved I'm in perfect health. Why *** with a blessing?
When i was a kid i used to eat them flintstones vits like candy :perplexed
 
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