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 |
| 1 | Breast cancer, mastectomy | Joint pain, weight gain, moodiness, depression, general achiness in ankles, hips, back, neck. Left arm/hand tremors, dry eyes, insomnia, sometimes trouble remembering words. | Hate it!! | F | 75 | 2 years 1 1X day | 2/23/2015 | 1 | ovarian cancer escalating ca125 | Ca125 started out in 300 range. After 4 wks arimidex jumped 2 1300.6 wks , ca125 jumped again to 1700 range. The only difference in my lifestyle and diets the arimadex. So commonsense tells me it is NOT doing what it is supposed to be doing , lowering my ca125. | F | 58 | 6 weeks 1 MG | 2/24/2015 | 1 | stage 2 lobular breast cancer | depression, uncontrollable temper,aching joints, hair loss, bad taste in mouth, sleeplessness, hot flashes day and night, blurred vision, dry skin. Felt like i was 90 going on 150! | After 10 months of watching my quality of life slowly go downhill until I was no more than a shell of my former self, I have chosen to stop taking anastrozole. It was a very hard decision as I have had 4 rounds of breast cancer before opting for a left breast mastectomy, but for me, it was the right one. I went from a very positive, active, caring individual to someone who sat on the couch for days at a time, living on pain pills and treating my family and friends horribly! If I only have a few years left they will be quality years. I have been off the drug for only 3 weeks and ALL side effects are gone! It is amazing and wonderful to be ME AGAIN! | F | 62 | 10 months 1mg 1X day | 3/3/2015 | 1 | Breast cancer | Hair loss, joint pain, dizziness, fatigue. | F | 66 | 2 years | 9/23/2015 | 1 | breast cancer recurrance prevention | Muscle pains, joint pains, irritability, dizziness, fatigue | Stopped taking 2 days ago and pain decreasing....Dr gave Rx for femoral but I am unsure if I will start it...I have had surgery/chemo/radiation and 5 yrs of tamoxifen for stage 2 breast CA with no nodes involved... this feels like over-kill. I want some joy back in my life. | F | 57 | 2 months 1 1X day | 3/26/2015 | 1 | breast cancer | had lumpectomy (1cm mass, 2 lymph nodes-negative) Oncologist wanted me to take drug even though I have very low ejection factor (25%). No family history. Had surgery & 4 weeks of radiation therapy. | I conferred with numerous health individuals, hospitals, physicians, pharmacists, pharmaceutical companies as well as a lengthy & extensive research. To begin with Arimidex is a form of cancer chemotherapy & it is used to treat chronic conditions. It should not be given to women over the age of 60 as an adverse severe reactions in older people. Some of the side effects which may or not cause are: brittle bones, increase of decreased blood flow to the heart, special concerns regarding cleaning waste (urine, feces, vomit etc.) using rubber gloves & washing hands after removable of gloves. It gives some thought on its toxicity. Also increases high cholesterol. I decided that the "quality of life" was more important at my age. Having had my surgery & radiation therapy, I would go no further. I did see a nutritionist, who guided me to healthy eating habits & diet for losing some weight. It is after all my body and my decision. Just recently my cardiologist call & told me not to take Arimidex! . | F | 71 | 1 days 1 mg 1X day | 3/28/2015 | 1 | Breast Cancer Stage 2B | Severe joint and muscle pain, trigger finger, cracking bones. aching lower back, low libido, vaginal dryness, depression | F | 57 | 3 years 1 mg 1X day | 1/6/2015 | 1 | stage lV breast cancer | Dry mouth,tired all the time,depression,bone pain,muscle aches,insomnia,blurred vision,wrist,hand,hip and jaw pain. | I have been taking the generic of this med.,for 7 months. I have been through 2 rounds of chemo and radiation like a champ worked through it all but this med., is not for me. I have stopped as of today and will do alternative now. If it's God's will I'll live but I will not sit in this pain and discomfort any longer. Thank all of you for comments because doctors never acknowledged it was due to medication. | F | 43 | 7 months 1mg a day | 1/7/2015 | 1 | stage 1 er+ breast cancer | serious joint pain, particularly in hands and feet, overall stiffness, bone pain, dry mouth, vaginal dryness, heart palpitations, no libido, hot flashes, fatigue | A horrible drug, but I took it for five years. Only way I got through it was with lots of exercise to counteract the stiffness and pain. Let's face it - this drug is chemotherapy. Which is worse - regular chemo where your hair falls out and you feel awful for a relatively short period of time, or arimidex, where the side effects are less dramatic but torture you for FIVE LONG YEARS? I could have tolerated this drug for a few months - but five years of perpetual and serious pain and debilitation was tough. It wrecks your quality of life. And after doing my research, I'm not convinced I needed this drug at all. I had a very low chance of recurrence. Kind of like smashing a fly with a sledgehammer. My takeaway from all this is that doctors are still pretty clueless when it comes to breast cancer and are over-treating way too many patients, causing much unnecessary suffering. Too many mammograms, finding too many "cancers" that wouldn't have hurt you if they'd just been left alone. Just look at the statistics. It's depressing. So glad to be off this nasty probably useless drug. Anastrozole made me feel like a shriveled up old lady. Three weeks off it and I feel so much better. | F | 60 | 5 years 1 mg 1X day | 6/8/2015 | 1 | Breast Cancer, Stage 0, Double mast | Unknown | I am not sure if I am having any symptoms due to taking the generic Anastrazole, since my dosage is so low, and also because I have so many other issues, such as RA, degenerative disc disease, bipolar disorder, which would cause the same symptoms of depression, joint pain, back pain, etc. I just know that I feel older than 54 years old. And I agree with anyone that said that it is all poison and cancer is big business. I want to get off all my meds, because, I, like some of you, believe that God is the Great Physician and if it is my time to go, then nothing I can do, no pill I can take, will change that. | F | 54 | 9 months 1 mg 1X day | 2/14/2015 | 1 | Breast Cancer stage 1 her positive | Joint pain, numbness in hands that sometimes burns as if their in fire. A complete emotional roller coaster, from crying to 12 ft tall and fear no one. My Sweet Oncologist was up front all the way. She tried me on the first of this class of drugs and i thought I'd lies my mind. We then went to this which is BAD, but I know what I'm dealing with. She always told me "( these are a Bad a Drugs)"! My memory is so bad it's scarey. It's to the point when something new with my body comes up i just check this site and I find others with the same symptoms !! I hate it for everyone that experiences these side effects, but I'm thankful y'all post them at least I know I'm not losing my mind and I'm not alone. If you never go through this you have no idea. I had a ex coworker who was with me during the beginning and she noticed such the change in me that all I'd hear her say was Your not our same Girl, stop taking it , it's preventive. I wanted to say Yes and what part of that word don't you understand? I'm the one taking chances with my life if I quit not her!!! | I hang in here, because I do believe it helps. A friend if mine has the exact same BC. HER POSITIVE she couldn't handle the side effects and went back to Tamoxifen which doesn't shut down all your estrogen , Bless Her she now has Stage 4 in other places, please pray for her. | F | 58 | 3 years 1mil | 2/18/2015 | 1 | Grade 4 malignant breast can ef | Depression, joint pain, 2 stone weight gain, anxiety attacks, hot flushes, fatigue, insomnia, lethargy. Has changed me from a fit, active, 54 year old to an old woman. Keep being told its worth it to stop cancer spreading. | F | 54 | 4 days 1 mg | 3/7/2014 | 1 | stage 1 grade 1 estrogen + bc | Trigger finger, joint pain in fingers now wrist - mental function not as lucid | Think most drugs are bad but this one has such adverse side effects I wonder if I ever will be the same again. Sad case if the drug/medical industry is hiding from us a simple solution. | F | 59 | 10 months 1X day | 12/6/2013 | 1 | breast cancer | I have been diagnosed with Raynaud Disease in fingers of both hands and also suffer with clinical depression. Has anyone else had these side effects? | F | 60 | 5 years 1 mg 1X day | 12/29/2013 | 1 | Breast cancer | Metallic taste, nausea, vomiting, head aches, muscle pains, not sleeping. | I am a carer, cannot afford to feel like this Not told this is a CHEMO drug, this is wrong Really got to think is it worth it, will look at natural therapy rather than this poison | F | 58 | 4 days 1mg 1X day | 11/21/2013 | 1 | Stage 4 breast cancer | Dry cough which does not go away. | F | 62 | 1 months 1xday | 11/23/2013 | 1 | Breast cancer recurrence | Nausea, diarrhea, edema, water weight gain, food sensitivities, vertigo, insomnia,tendonitis in both thumbs with trigger thumbs-painful! Swelling of legs and feet. | I have stopped taking this drug! Dr. Is recommending letrozole which I Will try but with trepidation. I will not continue the drug if the side effects return_quality of life is an issue with me-now I'm scheduled to see an orthopedic surgeon to correct the issues with my thumbs. My side effects we're debilitating-at one point I was having more sick days per week than well days. Might as well have continued chemo-felt the same. | F | 67 | 7 months 1 mg 1X day | 9/12/2014 | 1 | Stage 1A Breast Cancer | FINE - for first 24 months, now in HELL with back, hip and lower extremities pain that is making it hard to walk and function | Had been feeling end first year into second year ... back pain stiffness when rising and have pulled my right hip out more often when lifting heavy things ... something I first did 20 years ago but only occurred 5 times in past year. Lately happened alot which I attributed to age. Also leg stiffness with need to stretch legs out straight when lying down and harder to cross leg when tying shoe. Two weeks ago lifted heavy suitcase and hurt hip but was going on vacation, Came back and bad leg pains making it hard to sleep including Charley horse left calf, Taking Motrin, helps bit but not enough. Seeing my oncologist this week to discus. Dreading going to work. Just recently rejoined gym and worked out alot and loved it. Thought it was helping but then again no bad symptoms were happening, just little stiffness. Have not been to gym in 2 weeks since bad reaction. | F | 61 | 28 months 1 MG 1X day | 6/15/2014 | 1 | 2013 double mastectomy EP | Everything mentioned by other miserable ladies. And quality of life plummeted. Noone tells me what happens after the 5 year stint. Will estrogen disappear from my body? Forever? But for sure I shall not get to the 5 year recommendations. | F | 66 | 6 months 1 x daily | 6/8/2014 | 1 | Breast cancer | Extreme pain in hands and tendons, male pattern baldness. My hair grew back thick after chemo. This pill totally did me in. After months on it they switched me to tamoxifen . My hair just keeps getting thinner and thinner. Why? Rogaine doesnt even help. | F | 62 | 6 days 3g | 6/1/2014 |