FEMARA Reviews (LETROZOLE)Average Rating: 2.5 (1087 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FEMARA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FEMARA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | B/C | Bone pain,breast aches at times,loss of hair lack of sleep which makes me so tired every day | Been on Lerozole a year don't know if l can get to 5 years | F | 63 | 5 days 1X day | 8/1/2023 | 1 | Breast cancer recurrence | Weight gain, night sweats, hot flushes, hair loss , loss of libido, low mood , abdominal bloating, joint, bone & muscle pain .HATE IT! | Magnesium has helped bone & joint pain | F | 62 | 2 months 2.5 1X day | 6/29/2023 | 1 | Unexplained infertility | Had pre testing and ultrasound done prior to starting femara. Developed uterine polyp in 10 days seen on my follow up ultrasound and had to get D&C polypectomy surgery. Was unable TTC for 3 months due to taking this stupid medication. | F | 32 | 5 days 2.5 mg 1X day | 9/4/2022 | 1 | Following breast cancer | Joint & muscle pain Headaches Nausea Diarrhoea Foggy memory Insomnia Depression Extreme fatigue | F | 48 | 5 months 2.5mg 1X day | 7/18/2021 | 1 | Infertility | I took femara 5mg for 5 days the first time.then after after 4 months i tried 2,5mg for 5days.i had all sort of side effect: jount pain hip, knee, shoulder, elbows, insomnia, hot flashes, blurred vision, night sweats, depression, loss of libido..it s been 4 months since z last pill, arthalgia and myalgia are still terrible.the rest side effects are gone.how long will stay this terrible joint pain | I don t recommend any woman to take it for infertility.it ruins joint and muscle and destroys your quality of life.i wish arthralgia go away .any tip that can help me to redyce this pain is highly appreciated | F | 39 | 5 days 5 mg 2X day | 5/10/2021 | 1 | Infertility and Endometriosis | The worst. My mood swings are crazy. I can't focus or think rationally. I have pain throughout my body, especially my back and legs despite taking magnesium. I hate this medication. I hope it works so that all this is worth it. Only on my 2nd month of this course. The side effects are horrible. | F | 27 | 6 months 50mg | 6/22/2020 | 1 | Breast cancer | I had 16 chemo treatments and 40 radiation treatments. I feel worse now then I did going through all my treatment. Crippling headaches,Neck and back pain, muscle pain, joint pain especially my shoulders, hands, knees and feet. I was confused couldn't think straight or remember things. It's like my chemo brain came back. Couldn't sleep, terrible heartburn, nausea, I had to make myself eat. Depression, extremely vivid dreams. I talked to my oncologist about all this and she took me off this medication. I've only been off for about a week but I don't feel any better. I can't sit very long without getting stiff but I can't stand or walk long either the pain is incredible. I use to workout 4 times a week hour each workout - now I can't even go down in my basement to do laundry because of the pain in my joints and muscle. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS MEDICATION. I know I'll never be able to physically do what I did before and I'm grateful to be alive. But I didn't expect this | F | 48 | 3 months 2.5mg | 6/2/2020 | 1 | Breast cancer | Took femora for months . It was Terrible!!! Had to stop after 7 months. Had about every Side effect you can have. Felt terrible and got worse the longer I took it!! Horrible stuff!!! Weakness ,nausea, pain all over | Neuropathy got much worse. Sleeplessness, overall miserable. | F | 78 | 1 days 2.5 | 5/31/2020 | 1 | Breast cancer | Initially hot flashes joint pain, muscle pain , depression, and made me feel like I was 90 and life was over | I would highly recommend steering clear of this drug. It was made clear to me from the Onco after many complaints that this drug gives you a whole 2-7% advantage against cancer returning. Definitely not worth the awful downsides! I've quit it after a year and feel slightly better after being off it for 6 months now, but still have joint pain muscle pain, difficulty getting going after sitting awhile. Terrible! | F | 64 | 1 years 1 daily | 12/25/2019 | 1 | After lumpectomy and radiation | Poison. Rather die. | F | 59 | 2 months 1.25 | 8/22/2019 | 1 | After lumpectomy and radiation | Horrible. I also have primary multiple sclerosis. Joints hurt like hell. Also acid reflux that I never had before. I have not went anywhere due to the side effects. I HATE this medicine 😫😫😭 | F | 59 | 2 months 1.25 | 8/20/2019 | 1 | Brca2 | Side effects were bad in the beginning. Stiffness, ache everywhere, I already had depression and fibromyalgia. But after I came off it my side effects got so much worse and I do mean much much worse | Now I have feet that hurt so bad I can hardly walk come days. My back has bad arithritis I along my spine that’s narrowing on the nerves, servere pain. My knee has it in it so bad it’s bone on bone, want like this I was diagnosed with cancer. My wrist both are so bad sometimes I can’t even close my hands. So many more things going on I wish I hadn’t started taking this drug. I’ve been quit taking it 4 months ago . One lady said she thought this drug had accrumatve side effects and Now I Know it Does. Why else would it still be bothering making me Hurt so bad. | F | 65 | 6 months 2.5 | 6/7/2019 | 1 | Breast cancer and my doctor put me | Can’t stand for hardly any length of time . My feet hurt so bad I was in a wheel chair for 10 days. My sisters had to come in to feed me and my animals. I cryed so much I was sick. My knee and back went out worn knee brace and back brace. Still have back brace on. I can’t stand straight without it. Does anyone know how long these side effects last . mine seem to be getting worse than better. Been off the drug at least 4 months now. | This Drug is dangerous. I’m in kidney failure not due to this drug . But cymbalta. I was on it 8 months went into kidney failure that soon stage 5 . Luckily I went off it and regained some of it back. I’m now a stage 3. Good luck to those having to take these drugs. Someone said thier doctor put them on it for pain it worked for my fibromyalgia. But got my kidneys.?????We are famed if we do and famed if we don’t. | F | 66 | 5 months 30 mg | 6/4/2019 | 1 | Breast cancer double mastectomy | I took this medicine for 5 years. I have been off now for 10 years and I am now completely disabled. I had to retire at age of 41 after 5 years on this medicine. I can barely walk, bones and joints hurt, had a scan done that shows I have severe arthritis in every joint of my body. My point being is, the pain will not get better it only gets worse. I went to see a lawyer years ago to file a lawsuit against this company but my statue of limitations had passed. This drug is definitely called the devil drug! | F | 52 | 5 years 30 | 6/3/2019 | 1 | Breast Cancer | Made me feel so bad I thought I was dying. Went to ER, onco took me off...Neuropathy set in on my legs, feet & hands. I have been off of it for 4months and still having problems with legs, feet & hands hurting, tingling & swelling. I would not recommend it. | I feel by taking this drug only for 11 days I will never be the same again. Fatigue, pain in my feet, legs & hands are extremely bad if I stand for any length of time. It takes me days to recoup. | F | 57 | 11 days 1 1X day | 4/2/2019 | 1 | To prevent breast cancer returning | Started with Arimadex 14 months ago and was switched to Femara 6 weeks ago. Had severe side pain on the arimadex. My side pain is gone however I am having pain in my neck, knee and calve. I cannot go to the gym anymore and my quality of life has been compromised. I’ve had it. There are so many side effects that if cancer doesn’t kill me, a side effect will. Having my first grandchild this Dec and plan on being an active grandparent. This won’t be possible if I continue deteriorating. I choose quality of life. Am going to try a homeopath to see if there is another way to reduce my estrogen. | F | 64 | 12 days 2.5 mg | 8/16/2018 | 1 | Preevent return of breast cancer | I just learned today that the tinnitus I’ve had over the past several months that is getting worse and worse each day is a very real side effects of this drug Anyone else out there with a similar issue? | This is the only medicine I take so I am positive that this is the drug that is causing my tinnitus | F | 66 | 10 months 10mg daily | 8/1/2018 | 1 | Stage 2 breast cancer er positive | Hot flashes, night sweats, aching body, trigger thumb, hand joints arm and shoulder joints, hip joints, mood swings, depression, foot and ankle pain, ear pain,insomnia, rapid weight gain, rapidly elevated cholesterol | I had no side effects except hot flashes until I hit the 2 month mark and all hell broke loose! The pain was so bad in my right thumb joint and right foot that I got cortisone shots that only worked for a few days. This week the hip, shoulder, and foot pain set in and I can barely walk. My mood swings are really scary as well. I go frome being fine one day to crying and depressed the next. It takes me hours and hours to fall asleep, and then I over sleep or feel tired all day. My weight has jumped 10,lbs in 2 months as well as my cholesterol jumping 100 points in the same time frame!!!! This is an AWFUL drug and I would NEVER recommend it. I am telling onc. This week that I cannot live like this and I will not be taking it any longer! | F | 55 | 3 months 2.5 mg | 10/9/2017 | 1 | Breast cancer | I started out on Arimedex in October of 2015 and was having bone and joint pain and especially pain in my hands and couldn't grasp anything. Oncologist switched me to Letrozole and I was in so much pain I couldn't take it, so I stopped. Bone pain so bad, had surgery on hand because of trigger thumb and I can barely grasp anything still, feet hurt so bad I can barely walk, have numbness and tingling in my hands, arms and feet, especially right arm that I can't sleep at night, among other side effects. I stopped taking it August 8th and I'm still having all these side effects. I was wondering if someone could tell me how long it took for side effects to go away after getting off of this. Also, oncologist wanted me to try Tamoxifen. I don't think I want to. I'm so tired of feeling like I'm 90 yrs old! | I know everyone's body tolerates things differently but I would not recommend this to anyone! | F | 51 | 3 months 2.5 mg | 8/27/2017 | 1 | breast cancer left breast grade 1/2 | Violent bone pain all over trigger finger vaginal itching drives me mad insomnia weakness itching under breasts and arms numbness. Housebound | I call it "my poison" | F | 72 | 4 years | 2/24/2017 |
FEMARA (LETROZOLE): This medication is used to treat certain types of breast cancer (such as hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer) in women after menopause. Letrozole is also used to help prevent the cancer from returning. Some breast cancers are made to grow faster by a natural hormone called estrogen. Letrozole decreases the amount of estrogen the body makes and helps to slow or reverse the growth of these breast cancers. FDA Approval Date: 1997-07-25 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)