ARIMIDEX Reviews (ANASTROZOLE)Average Rating: 2.5 (1431 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ARIMIDEX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ARIMIDEX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | | 6/2/2007 | 3 | | 4/29/2007 | 3 | part of bBreast cancer treatment | | 10/10/2007 | 3 | breast cancer stage I | acne, joint pain, palpitations, blurred vision, burning feet, tingling hands, severe vaginal dryness, depression, fatigue | I have a beautiful four year old little boy. If not for him, I would not take this drug. Dying is my best dream on this medication. It's all I think about anymore. | F | 3 months 1 mg 1X day | 12/18/2014 | 3 | breast cancer | Tired .. body aches .. legs feet neck hands...nausea and vomiting hot fashes | I sure wish I knew it it was preventing cancer from recurring. Seems the side effects are getting worse . Dr said 5 years at first now saying 10 .. not sure about that | F | 2 years 1 1X day | 11/11/2016 | 3 | breast cancer | Tired .. body aches .. legs feet neck hands...nausea and vomiting hot fashes | I sure wish I knew it it was preventing cancer from recurring. Seems the side effects are getting worse . Dr said 5 years at first now saying 10 .. not sure about that | F | 2 years 1 1X day | 11/11/2016 | 2 | Breast cancer | Hot flashes, fatigue, bone pain, muscle pain | F | 3 years 1mg 1X day | 7/9/2014 | 2 | Breast cancer | Thin hair, trigger fingers, hyperthyroid, big time discomfort in joints, | Dr said will be on this 5 yrs. | F | 20 months 1 mg 1X day | 12/12/2013 | 2 | | 5/31/2007 | 1 | Breast Cancer | My bones in my feet ache, pains in thighs and weight gain, hair thinning, what more can I say except no one told me of these side effects, glad I came on this site, at least I am not alone. Wish I could stop this treament but dont want cancer to come back, I will be on Aremidex 2.5yrs seems like I am 90 instead of 56. | F | 2.5 years | 5/2/2007 | 1 | | 12/14/2008 | 1 | headache, joint pain, hands aching, feet red and swollen,confusion,you name it Ihave had it. It is an awful drug vaginal redness and pain when urinating. Having to use diaper ointment. bladder in overdrive. do thye know what this drug is doing to people | F | 15 days | 1/10/2009 | 1 | Breast Cancer | My bones in my feet ache, pains in thighs and weight gain, hair thinning, what more can I say except no one told me of these side effects, glad I came on this site, at least I am not alone. Wish I could stop this treament but dont want cancer to come back, I will be on Aremidex 2.5yrs seems like I am 90 instead of 56. | F | 2.5 years | 5/2/2007 | 1 | Breast Cancer | Leg and ankle swelling; leaking capilaries on legs; excessive sweating; insomnia; hair loss; weight gain; body aches | F | 6 months | 10/23/2006 | 1 | breast cancer | Hair texture change finer softer but thinner looking. 10 days ago started having numbness and pins and needles in left hand, seems this is a side effect...though Cancer Care says both symptons are unusual and not seen often. Strange as my friend also has breast cancer has same symptoms and also body aching., and reading other peoples comments it is not so uncommon. | I have written here before I have had breast cancer twice same breast., now a few months ago have found out I have Bladder Cancer seems early stage, Firstly they thought Kidney stone no pain just lots of blood in urine. clears up then comes again. Ugh!! ..Will know more after operation this Thursday. Makes you think what am I taking these pills for. I feel we all have these cancer cells wandering around in our body...but no one seems to know what triggers them to start activating inside us. I was persuaded to go back on Arimidex by my friend who's attitude is I hate taking them but what alse have we. Well now with this new lot of cancer I really wonder if it's worth while. Somewhere there is an answer , but I really think something better and probably quite simple could stop these cancer cells activating and attacking our body. | 1mg 1X day | 1/12/2013 | 1 | Breast Cancer | Joint pains, Carpel Syndrome, Hips, Knees,Could not walk properly anymore, Weigh gain This Arimidex will kill you eventually! | F | 2 years 1mg 1X day | 8/2/2015 | 1 | her2 + no lymph nodes affected | Severe joint, leg,shoulder,back pain. Onset of Osteo. Excruciating pain in knee n feet. Headaches n dry mouth. Carpal tunnel on both hands/wrists. | I have decided to go off it as I no longer have a quality of life n can no longer work. | F | 1 years 1 daily | 2/24/2017 | 1 | Stage 1 Breast Cancer | I just finished radiation treatments for stage 1 breast cancer, all margins were good and lymph nodes were clean, Oncologist prescribed Arimedex but after reading all the side effects I'm considering not taking the drug, I have a 6% chance of cancer re-occurence with out the drug and a 10% with the drug, I already have degeneration in disc in my back and hip pain, This medicine is known to soften bone tissue and cause pain leg and joint pain, so I ask myself, do I want to take something that is going to make this pain worse and then have to take a pain medicine that is addictive, loose my hair, gain weight, cause skin,eye and mouth and dryness.(have sjogrens syndrome so eyes and mouth are already dry) or just take my chances. I wonder how many doctors would take this drug if in the same situation. | F | 0 days | 5/5/2017 | 1 | Breast cancer Stage T1aN0M0 | Muscle and bone pain, fatigue, loss of hand strength and trigger fingers, felt feeble weak and 20 years older ++ | F | 0 days 1mg 1X day | 10/28/2021 | 1 | Bc4 | It was only hot flashes at first. Not great but tolerable, then the brain fog set in. A few months later I have joint muscle pain that painkillers barely touch. Its a sharp, stabbing pain that leaves you only enough breath to yell God Help Me! I am done with it, my quality of life is much more important than quantity. | Stay away! | 8 months 1 1X day | 2/26/2022 |
ARIMIDEX (ANASTROZOLE): Anastrozole is used to treat breast cancer in women after menopause. Some breast cancers are made to grow faster by a natural hormone called estrogen. Anastrozole decreases the amount of estrogen the body makes and helps to slow or reverse the growth of these breast cancers. FDA Approval Date: 1995-12-27 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)