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A member asked:

Hello i'm currently on pepcid (famotidine) and i've been off and on reflux meds for months but my hair is really dry and frizzy, and it's thinning. help please!

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Maybe not related...: ...your option is to discontinue the drug (after discussion with your physician) & assess response, or pursue alternative sources of dry, frizzy hair of which there are many.

Dr Kuitems and another doctor agreed

Answered 1/25/2016

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