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 |
| 3 | Breast cancer stage2 | Look older, osteoporosis and have to take calcium with magnesium,extreme vagina dryness, initially problems of getting down from cars because of stiffness of muscles, trigger fingger lasted for half years | F | 56 | 4 years 30mg 1X day | 6/26/2016 | 1 | Breast cancer post surgery therapy | Increased joint pains,loss of sleep,mood swings,depression,lethargy,vaginal irritation, thirst,loss of sense of taste,flushes and night sweats,some change to eye sight (optician not too sure yet if pills or just age related). | Tried hard to keep taking it but loss of quality of life was too much to cope with. | F | 81 | 14 months 2.5 mg. 1X day | 6/7/2016 | 1 | Breast Cancer Stage II | horrible pain and potentially crippling effect on bones. | Femara should not be given to patients. the minimal benefit is not worth risk of causing other serious cancers and maladies | F | 60 | 0 days 2.5mg 1X day | 5/12/2016 Patient History | 5 | diagnosed stage Iv breast cancer | My ankles hurt when I stand up if sitting for long time and weight gain. | F | 53 | 1 years 2.5 mg | 4/24/2016 | 1 | hormone sensitive breast cancer | almost immediately my knees and fingers were hurting. My left knee in particular - i could not walk. Turned out i had a torn meniscus in my left knee and my thumb had a trigger finger - had to have surgery for both. Got off med and was fine a few months later. Terrible experience. | F | 51 | 6 months 1X day | 4/21/2016 | 2 | Trying to get pregnant | Hair loss, cystic pimples, depressed, migraines | F | 41 | 1 days | 3/19/2016 | 4 | BC stage 1 | I took this for 2 years, 9 months. Stopped due to osteoporosis. I did not want to take a biophosphate. I experienced bad foot pain, hip pain and pain in my thumbs but would have stayed on it. Onc switched me to Tamoxifen. My plan is to take this for 2 years, 3 months to finish out my 5 years. Tamoxifen is causing severe anxiety. I hate it. | 56 | 2 years | 3/14/2016 | 2 | Keep breast cancer from reoccurence | Knee pain, joint pain, hands are cramping and tight. My body aches from neck to toes. Restless legs, once i sit down i hate to get up. Wish i could lie down all day. When i stand it feels like i twisted my left ankle. Knuckle stiffness in hands | I hate it | F | 27 | 4 weeks 2.5mg | 3/10/2016 | 3 | Breaset Cancer | Serious back pain, hair seems to be thinning again | I'm new to this drug, I am hoping the pain gets better. I'm not sure if I should even contact the oncologist about this....will they write for pain medication? | F | 41 | 30 days 2.5 1X day | 3/3/2016 | 5 | breast cancer left breast grade 1/2 | Joint pain insomnia terrible external vaginal itching. burning .and soreness but better than arimidex and exemerstane | But kept cancer at bay after five years of all three | F | 71 | 3 years | 2/19/2016 | 1 | had breast cancer 2 years ago | Joint knuckle pain, memory loss, can't sleep at night, stiff, terrible vagina dryness and memory loss just to name a few. | F | 70 | 2 years | 2/18/2016 | 1 | Breast cancer | I have been taking Femara for 10 months, my hip and back is causing me so much pain. It felt like someone kicked my in my hipWhen I woke up. It was devastating, my bones were so tight, I could not move my fingers, wrists, my knees were aching terribly. I woke up in the middle of the night it felt like everyone of my toes was broken. I started missing appointments. I don't remember what word is next in a sentence. I stopped taking it 2 weeks ago, I am still in terrible pain, all of my joints hurt, and my memory is awful. | F | 50 | 10 months 2.5 MG | 2/17/2016 | 4 | Stage 2 E&P+ | Joint pain just about everywhere, lower back pain, had to have carpal tunnel surgery, difficulty sleeping. | For the 1st 3 or so weeks, the pain was almost unbearable. Now, it is bearable as long as I take either 2 ibuprofen or 2 Extra-Strength Tylenol per day. I haven't yet had a 2nd bone scan--hope it hasn't done much bone damage. I also take Caltrate D. I haven't had the horrible experiences I've read in many entries here. I'm going to see if taking turmeric helps me. I had to have carpal tunnel surgery 4 mos. after starting Femara. Constant aching, but not unbearable--as long as I take the ibu or Tylenol. I don't want to take those every day for 4+ more years though. | F | 50 | 10 months 1X day | 2/14/2016 | 3 | Stage 2 BRCA | Bad pain and stiffness in hands, right hand worse. Stiff finger. Trigger fingers. Pain and soreness in left foot. My arms hurt really bad at night somtimes. Everything gets better during the day except my right hand. I took tamoxifen for a yr with no problems except hot flashes. The doc changed me to anasreozole which also caused the same things. I took it for almost a year. Doctor said Femara wouldn't be as bad. It's worse. I now have osteopenia. I won't stop though if it is helping keep me cancer free. | F | 65 | 4 months 30mg 1X day | 2/9/2016 | 4 | Breast cancer | To be honest I did not really get any side effects as I suffer with sciatica anyway so have always experienced back pain and pain down my left leg apart from that nothing really but I do suffer from the surgery as am do still have shooting pains in both breasts after my macectomy and the feeling of tightness round the Breast area even in the left breast which I still have. | F | 63 | 5 days 2.5mg | 1/12/2016 | 5 | BC Stage IV, mets to lungs | Intensified hot flashes and foggy brain | I have many of the other things noted about Femara such as joint/muscle pain, depression, feet/leg cramps, fatigue and neuropathy. But I had all of them before I started on Femara. | F | 66 | 2 months 2.5 1X day | 12/3/2015 | 2 | Breast cancer-triple positive | i am exhausted all of the time. Brain fog and some joint pain as well as weight gain. I am back in Law school, after a taking a year off while in treatment, and have a hard time remembering anything. I used to have an excellent memory but not so much now. | i do not know if the Femara is working or not. So I cannot speak as to my satisfaction with it but I very unhappy with the side-effects. | F | 53 | 1 years 2.5 daily | 12/2/2015 | 1 | Stage 2 breast cancer | knee hip and joint pain, sleeplessness, general lessening of quality of life, HOT FLASHES | Thanks to an excellent and listening oncologist, I was switched to Tamoxifen when I told her I was on the verge of choosing no meds rather than continue with Femara. It was a new lease on life. Tamoxifen comes with some of its own side effects (some hot flashes), but I walk and kayak and laugh on a daily basis, and love life again. This may not be the answer for everyone, but it's worth asking your onco to see about the possibility of a positive change. Femara is the pits, and I am sorry for anyone subjected to its tough effects. Good luck to us all in the fight. | F | 54 | 2.5 1X day | 11/23/2015 Patient History | 1 | Stage 2 breast cancer. | Heel pain that gets worse upon standing. Restless legs nonstop. Terrible anxiety and paranoia. Startle very easy causing heart to race. Irritability and hopelessness. Tired all the time; once I sit down, that's it for the day. No motivation to get stuff done. Had double mastectomy in 2014 and am taking it to prevent reoccurence in remaining tissue. | This is not living! | F | 55 | 1 years | 11/21/2015 | 1 | Stage 1A BC | Noticed leg and joint pain almost immediately. Wasn't until 6-7 months that I began the UTI's month after month after month. Finally feel great now that I'm off the Letrozole for 3 weeks. What a shock for me to discover how bad I've really been feeling over the past 16 months. The sleeplessness, brain fog, everything I've read with the exception of the trigger finger..haven't had that experience. I'm so glad to know I'm not going crazy! I just started the Tamoxifen - maybe it won't be so bad - I just wonder what this stuff is doing long-term? Do we know anybody that made through the 5 year treatment plan? | M | 63 | 16 months 2.5 mg 1X day | 11/13/2015 |