tamoxifen or Arimidex
tamoxifen or Arimidex Hi
Been on Tamoxifen since Dec 05 been told by the Dr I can swop to Arimidex if I wish. Has anyone swopped before and any side affects? I have put on a lot of weight with Tamoxifen as anyone found this with Arimidex?
I also suffer from my joints aching . Its never ending isn’t it .
Love to all
Vodkasue
Choices Hello Vodksue
I have also been on Tamoxifen since Dec 05 had hate the way they make me feel. Unlike you I haven’t put any weight on in fact I’ve lost some. I am constantly tired and lightheaded and to top it all my hair is coming out which is the last straw.
I can’t answer your question but I will be interested to see if anyone else can as I also have the option to change to Arimdex, I am afraid of jumping out of the frying pan into the fire so to speak. Spoke to my bc nurse and she has advised me to stop taking Tamoxifen for a few weeks to make sure that they are causing my problems
I am a lot older than you 59 so am post menopause, don’t know weather that makes a difference.
Like you say it is never ending.
Best wishes
Jan
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Medication Dilemma Hi,
i really need some advice and encouragement I am a young at heart 45 year old, had a mastectomy in April then went on to Tamoxifen which made me feel really ill, about four weeks ago went on to Arimidex. I felt OK at first but as I also have MS have found this has made my symptoms much worse plus the usual really heavy bleeding can’t sleep (when I do sleep nightmares!)sweating, I alternate from being hyper to exhausted. Through out I have felt pretty positive but now i feel i am losing control of everything, my family seem to me to be fed up as we cannot do alot at the moment everyone seems to be going through the happy family motions but look like they want to scream! I am thinking of having counselling to try and help has anyone else found this helpful? When i see my neighbours doing there thing and being normal i feel really angry, and then i feel angry at my self for feeling this way. My doctor has said that I may need to come off the Arimidex if it continues to make my MS worse, i don’t know what to do should i carry on and hope i will feel better but risk my family life becoming worse and my fear that my husband is so unhappy but can’t say or take a chance and come off the medication completely. Writing this i feel like i really want to have a good cry but don’t have the energy I should have apologised in advance for the moan so thanks for the free counselling session.
Love Linlin xx
Switching from tamoxifen to Arimidex I was dx with invasive ductal cancer in Jan 2003 - had a lumpectomy and then total axillary removal, followed by 6 x FEC and 25 rads.
I was put on tamoxifen when undergoing radiotherapy. That was almost a year after dx. Two months later, my Onc switched me to Arimidex - he didn’t say why and I didn’t ask, as I thought I would have to fight for it. I have had no problems whatsoever. Indeed I lost some 2 stones in the last year, but this was due to my Crohn’s problems.
I have put on some 4 lbs in the last 3 months, which is a giant step forward for me, and feeling well, although have the usual diarrohea problem in the mornings and occasional incontinence. I can cope with that, just very grateful my bc has not metastasized. I have been on Arimidex for some 2 years and certainly don’t have a weight gain problem - mine is the opposite.
Hope you can get Arimidex - it seems to have a much better prognosis/survival than Tamoxifen.