FEMARA Reviews (LETROZOLE)

Average Rating: 2.5 (1087 Ratings)

Filter Results

Compare FEMARA with similar:
 HORMONAL BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIERS AROMATASE INHIBITORS

 Type: Rx Drug

  

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)

  

Results are sorted by Date added.

Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.)
5=HIGH (this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal.)

Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55


RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR FEMARACOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 3  Prevent reoccurring breast cancer Stiffness in legs and knees. Sometimes shoulders hurt. Can't remember names of people Constant hair loss, burning soles of my feet so I can't walk. No sleep unless I take something. F 69 5 months
10/31/2015
 1  Unable to walk without a cain. Knees hurt, back hurt, muscle spasms in my ankles M 55 4 years
10/31/2015
 1  Breast cancer Severe body aches, pains, mind fog, depression and brittle bones. Broke my second toe after barely tapping it. Had to stop due to barely being able to function at all. I was ALIVE but not LIVING! I have been off for 10 weeks and am a NEW HUMAN BEING. I have my life and JOY back!!! Quality vs Quantity is my new motto.I live a healthy lifestyle, eat whole foods and exercise for 45 minutes, six days a week. I look forward to the future and am enjoying my life once again. Bucket list...HERE I COME!!! F 55 120 days
2.5 daily 1X day
10/14/2015
Email
 4  stage IIIc ILBC developed osteoarthritis knees, nausea, dry skin, brain fog, fatique. hair loss, joint aches, bone loss. first 18 months worse body aches and ofher symptoms above. a hard treatment to stay on. F 62 2 years
2,6mg qd
10/12/2015
Email
 1  prevent any return of cancer I am 82 and have only a 5% chance of recurrence of succesful removal by surgery of stage 1 slow growing cancer in a milk duct. Femara would only change the odds of recurrence to 4% Asked about side effects. "Few---maybe hand joint pain." said oncologist. Wrong! Almost immediately had screaming pains in knees, hips, back of neck, nausea, total sleepiness between pain bursts of about 10 hours a day. Quit four weeks ago and nothing has improvedl Two baby aspirin at 12 hour intervals gives me about two hours a day of relative painless movement. I will now take nothing prescribed for cancer ever again. Went to a Chinese MD and he has given me capsules of mushrooms extract which he thinks will soon relieve the pain. No help so far, but has only been three days. I am not a fan of doctors----I really get the feeling that patients are an industry to be exploited and profited from. Otherwise, why do they lie and count on us not looking online for information? It is obvious F 82 28 days
2.5 mg 1X day
10/11/2015
 1  stage 2 Severe joint pain, trouble standing after sitting for 20 min weight gain, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, hair thinning, sweating trouble sleeping, no energy, lethargic. Have taken since May 2010 quality of life is getting worse, seeing my oncologist tomorrow have made up mind to stop taking and see if problems get better. F 68 5 years
2.5
10/1/2015
Email
 1  metastatic breast cancer Depression, lethargy, imsomnia, back pain, night sweats, extreme weight gain, inability to think. No such side effects from Anostrozole. F 68 5 months
2.5
9/25/2015
Email
 1  triple positive stage 3 her2+ I have extreme bone ache. Some mornings it takes 1 hour to get my legs working. At times the pain is so bad, all I can do is lie in bed. I am a teacher and it takes all I have not to call in every day. I am hurting and depressed and do not feel I can be 100% effective. Want to stop taking. Please come out with a drug that doesn't want to make the user stop taking it. The chemo was easier than Femara. F 54 2 years
9/19/2015
Email
 1  Breast cancer/ twice Massive muscle and bone pain. Trouble swallowing, cough, insomnia. F 45 10 months
25 mg
9/15/2015
Email
 1  stage 3 breast cancer Chronic fatigue, joint pains especially knees shoulders, lower back pain, short term memory affected. Hair thinner on top. Scalp extremely itchy. Vaginal area extremely itchy. No libido. Weight gain. aches all over.. Feel like a 90 year old. Since I started taking femera my quality of life has hit rock bottom .I am depressed. Always tired. Feet always aching. Can't exercise. Hot flashes weight gain. I have a 10 year old girl we live alone and a full time job. 4 1/2 more years. I don't think I can make it.. F 43 6 months
20mg
9/15/2015
Email
 1  Stage 3 breast cancer I did well on Femara for a year, then suddenly the side effects hit me like a Mack truck! Severe foot pain to the point that I limp. Body literally hurts, every bone, every joint, dare I say my hair hurts too!! Profuse sweating, memory loss, extreme fatigue. I'm fairly young but do not think I want to continue on this drug. I'd personally rather have quality over quantity. F 49 1 years
2.5
9/14/2015
Email
 2  breast cancer stage 1b Nausea, didn't want to do anything, not myself, emotional flatness, no drive, brain fog, periods of extreme anxiety, vaginal atrophy, no sex drive. Feels like sciatica in left foot, sore teeth, felt 10-15 years older. Very confused whether to stay on but I decided my quality of life was being compromised. I have decided to go off it even though this is my 2nd occurrence in 8 yrs. I tried tamoxifen & another one 8 yrs ago & had horrible side effects then too - couldn't stay on it then. F 67 1 months
2.5
9/8/2015
Email
 4  Breast Ca achy joints particularly feet, hot flashes, extreme vaginal dryness, weight gain & memory loss especially short term F 66 5 days
2.5mg 1X day
9/6/2015
 3  Recurring Breast Cancer Prevention Tired most of the time - even when I just wake up, I really wouldn't mind going back to sleep - joints hurt and hands won't bend all the way closed - at times I am awoken by joint pain, but mostly I sleep very well and frequently - I feel like another person, physically - I ahve gained a little weight, possibly also from less activity due to sleepiness and joint pain - this is just a weird way to live. Frustrating because it's a medication that I take for prevention, so if it is hard at work preventing cancer for recurring, I couldn't tell that, just feeling the unpleasant side effects. I suppose it's a faith-based medication.... F 55 6 months
1 1X day
8/21/2015
Email
 3  Stage 1 Breast Cancer Experienced weight gain, lack of energy, sweet cravings, slight depression (mostly due to side effects) severe joint pain that worsens the longer I take the drug, shoulder pain, trouble sleeping, yeast infections and more urinary tract infections that I have ever had, slight hair loss, severe changes in skin( dryness, eczema inside ears & nose, also recently reactions on scalp to hair color and insect bites. Slight arthritis developing and joints swelling in my fingers and feet I continue to take the femara along with Cymbalta to help offset the joint issues. I fear if not for the Cymbalta I would have severe difficulty with movement. I wish the side effects and treatments that could help were more public and know. My heart breaks when my family does not understand that I have bad days and just truly do not feel up to going out on the boat to the beach or when I have not accomplished housework, etc. I push myself most days and am grateful for the drug helping keep my cancer at bay for the last 6 years. I underwent radiation after surgery and was blessed not to have chemo. I also has a hysterectomy within 5 months of cancer surgery to add an additional layer of help. I am now 59 years old. I feel that my worst side effect is that my family and husband do not understand that some days I just do not feel well! My most troublesome side effect is that sexual activity is extremely difficult at times. That tends to throw you into ..."Does my husband love me enough to understand?" F 59 5 days
2.5 1X day
8/19/2015
 1  breast cancer Extreme knee pain, tired all the time, cough, shirtness of breath, trouble sleeping, weight gain that you cant loose I used to be a very active and high energy person, until I started taking Anastrazole. The arthritis like pain in my knees became unbearable so my doc switched me to Letrozole/Femara, pain in knees continues and I feel like I have been hit by a truck on most days. Even after getting 8 hrs sleep I wake up feeling tired! I have not even been onthis drug a year yet and dont know how I can live like this for 4 more YEARS! THIS REALLY SUCKS THE LIFE OUT OF YOU. I am working full time and its a chore just to keep plugging along through the pain of just tryinf to walk! F 50 9 months
1
7/27/2015
 1  breast cancer Extreme knee pain, tired all the time, cough, shirtness of breath, trouble sleeping, weight gain that you cant loose I used to be a very actuve and high energy person, until I started taking Anastrazole. The arthritis like pain in my knees became unbearable so my doc switched me to Letrozole/Femara, pain in knees continues and I feel like I have been hit by a truck on most days. Even after getting 8 hrs sleep I wake up feeling tired! I have not even been onthis drug a year yet and dont know how I can live like this for 4 more YEARS! THIS REALLY SUCKS THE LIFE OUT OF YOU. I am working full time and its a chore just to keep plugging along through the pain of just tryinf to walk! F 50 9 months
1
7/27/2015
 1  breast cancer. stage 3c 24/7 profuse sweating. Insomnia, severe muscle cramps in abdominal area, severe lower back pain, hip and left leg pain. Weight gain, no motivation, tired all the time. Hair thinning. I hate taking this pill. I have lost all quality of life. Was told I have to take this pill the rest of my life. Have to do some serious thinking about that. I don't go anywhere anymore, cause my hair is always soaking wet. I am glad to see that others are complaining about side effects. I thought I was the only one. My oncologist isn't helpful in addressing my side effects. She just blows it off, and told me I can have quality of life or quantity of life. Don't know what to do at this point. F 63 7 months
20 mg
7/13/2015
Email
 2  Stage 1 breast cancer Extreme Joint stiffness, depression, severe sweats even when sitting under a fan and a/c, pain in neck and shoulder on side of surgery. Cholesterol went up significantly in first month Hate taking any chemicals, but friend refused to take femara after her first Episode with breast cancer and it returned in 7 years in same breast and lungs. Trying to stick with it, but do feel it's making me age faster. F 68 8 months
2.5 1X day
7/11/2015
 2  Stage 3 Invasive Lobular Cancer Insomnia Anxiety Severe Depression Trigger Finger Bone pain in my leg cough until I vomit Foggy Extreme fatigue Wake up soaking wet Feel old F 62 2 years
2.5 mg 1X day
7/3/2015
Email

Previous Page       Next Page

BACK TO TOP