Since my first post re potential SEs from arimidex (anastrozole), I am now wondering about the timing of these SEs.
For example, I have now been on this for nearly three months with occasional hot flushes (nothing I can’t t cope with as I had worse with the menopause), night sweats (horrendous when they occur) BUT no joint pains (which many people report).
So, ladies, please can you tell me when your joint pains started and any hair thinning. Since my hair has always been very fine and very thin, I can’t afford to lose any. And my osteoarthritis does not need a contribuition
Linky
Hey linky
I came off tamox when got ovaries out so that I could do arimidex, which i’m told is better to be on for more radical protection.
However, after armidex I had very quickly (within 2 weeks) had serious mobility problems and could hardly walk. So switched to femara (same inhibitor group) and again, mobility was gone and got constant overwhelming nausea. So ended up chucking them and went back to tamofixen, which is now the only one I can tolerate.
Everyone here has had different experiences on different drugs, so dont panic, see how it goes and if its bad, switch over again… All off these drugs do the job and it doesnt really matter which one you stick with… as long as you can live with the sideaffects.
Hope that helps in any way.
Janice x
Thanks Janice
I have, today, had the result of my (first) DEXA; and I have osteopoena (don’t know how to spell it but pre -osteoporosis) so maybe I will decide to hit arimidex on the head anyway. Presumably tamoxifen will be next. But I have got to the stage of thinkins that if my cancer drug gives me this SE, then the drug for this SE gives me another (eg the calcium supplement causes constipation) and so I need something to combat that etc etc etc etc etc where the hell is my quality of life. I am a walking pharmacy.
Linky