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Can a bicillin injection produce a temporary side effect of hair loss?
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Yes: It may affect your hair follicles to cause temporary hair loss.
Answered 2/3/2013
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Possibly, but rare: Hair loss is not a commonly attributed adverse effect of benzathine penicillin, or any penicillin; that being said, there appear to be sporadic reports on the internet of associated hair loss, but nothing definitive to call causation.
Answered 2/3/2013
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