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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FEMARA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Breast Cancer | Joint pain increased over time until it was making me feel like I was 90. Pain in wrists, hands, knees, feet, shoulders, fingers and toes.Quit taking and pain is now locaized to knees and wrists, but managable with pain releivers. | I took taxmoxifen for five years after chemo and surgery and took femara for one year after that. I had no side effects like this from tamoxifen Femara is not worth the expense or the loss of quality of life to me. I do not recommend it. | F | 53 | 1 years | 3/21/2006 | 2 | breast cancer | I have not had a recurrence of cancer, but the side effects are increasingly severe. My feet hurt all the time and my joint ache. Especially knuckles, ankles and knees. At the age of 53, some of this is normal, but I had very little until 14 months ago when I began femara. | F | 53 | 14 months | 8/3/2005 | 2 | c a ncer recurrence | Severe pain in hands,feet, hips, elbows, knees. Bones breaking in my feet. Severe muscle weakness all over. | Being ER-negative, I fail to see why I should be on this drug. I had better results with tamoxifen. I no longer have any quality of life! | F | 53 | 1 years | 6/11/2005 | 2 | Stage 2 Est. pos. 1 node | Severe Pain in hands and feet, mild pain and swelling in all joints, Chills followed by hot flashes, swelling in face, thinning hair and weight gain around the middle. Not sure if the last 3 symptoms are Femara related. | I try and stay away from such websites because as someone reported on this site that we should keep an open mind however I have been to a rheumatologist and endocronologist in the last 2 months and both pointed the finger at Femara. After reading similar symptoms I have made the decision to go off and see if they go away. | F | 53 | 6 months | 9/20/2007 | 2 | 5 yrs on tamoxifan | Stiff arthritic like hands, knees feel like they are arthritic after sitting for long or short periods of time, feet ache, hips feel horrible and lower back pain, can't tie my sneakers some mornings. Starting to get irregular heart beat as well. | After 3 mos I'm taking myself off of this medication. This is beginning to look like a drug that has been given to patients with not enough testing. I am/was an active walker, 3-4 miles daily and now I have a hard time walking 1 block. Not worth it for me at 53 years old. | F | 53 | 3 months | 5/27/2007 | 2 | sg II Br Ca, her2+, Est/Prog+ | Stiff all over in a.m.(esp feet) can hardly walk. Lots of aches in joints, poor hair growth - use eye lash treatments as didn't grow back much after chemo & rad. Hard to exercise with pains - have gained 10+ lbs. Talked to Onc. about stopping, of course was against it. So I'm afraid to stop taking it. I hope symptoms will go away after the 5 yrs of taking it. | I agree with some of the other comments - hard to stay focused at times and mind not as clear as should be. Also feel 20 years older than I am. I too wonder if the quality of life is worth the risk or recurrence. | F | 53 | 1.5 years 2.5 mg 1X day | 4/4/2011 | 2 | stage 4 breast cancer | I just recently started having joint pain - bad in my knees and feet. I have had insomnia since I started on the drug. Am EXTREMELY tired all the time. I thought that was just from coming off the chemo - now that I see all these comments it makes me think it is this drug. I too feel very old. I was told I have to stay on this the rest of my life as this was my 2nd recurrence of breast cancer - it came back on my lung after 17 years cancer free. | This drug was supposed to be the new miracle drug - It is VERY expensive even with insurace and it seems to be causing an awful lot of problems. I sure hope it is worth it. | F | 53 | 1 years 2.5 mg 1X day | 5/1/2010 | 2 | BREAST CANCER | I FEEL HORRID. WISH I COULD TAKE SOMETHING TO HELP BUT WITH HAVING LUPUS AND A BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER THERE SEEMS TO BE NOTHING I CAN DO TO HELP MYSELF. SO GLAD I FOUND THIS SITE. I HAVE ALL THE SIDE EFFECTS EXCEPT THE TRIGGER FINGER SOME TALK ABOUT.GOING TO CALL THE FEMARA NUMBER AND TELL THEM HOW BAD I FEEL.1 800- FDA-1088 | F | 53 | 4 months 2.5 1X day | 4/1/2010 | 2 | stage 1 breast cancer | Joint and muscle pains with increased hot flashes, insomnia, vaginal dryness, dizziness, memory retention, urinary problems, constipation, etc | I see that I am not the only one who suffers from these terrible side effects. Because I have a fibroid that may enlarge with tomixifen use, I may be stuck on this for another 2 years. Don't know if I can tolerate this for that length of time. Thought I was crazy with all of these new side effects!! | F | 53 | 8 months 2.5 1X day | 4/11/2010 | 2 | Breast cancer | After 5 years of tamoxifen (which I tolerated very well) oncologist recommended femara since it has 'less severe side effects'. After two months on femara the joint pain started- feet, hips,knees, wrists, trigger thumb. Oh and I lost my eyebrows and eyelashes and thinning hair! This medicine was not kind to me. I kept saying s/e we're going to get better; and after a year of hell I switched back to Tamoxifen. Each person is different with medicine; and femara did not go well with my body. I hope and pray the side effects will get better in time. | Good luck and good health to all | F | 53 | 1 years | 3/29/2017 | 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 | 2 | Stage 1 breast cancer, no nodes | I took tamoxifen for 3 years and recently switched to femara 60 days ago. Getting many headaches, joint stiffness. I exercise almost every day and diet so have not noticed weight gain yet. Definitely vag dryness and loss of focus to some extent. No sex interest. I forget things I just thought of a minute before. I am going to speak to my oncologist, but am going to try going off the drug to see if I see changes. I would love to hear from others what they and their doctors decided to do and the end result. | It's difficult to know the effectiveness for me. I continue to get mammos, and ultrasounds (my breast cancer was only detected through the ultrasound since my breasts are dense) every 6 months. | F | 53 | 60 days | 7/23/2009 | 2 | Breast Cancer | hot flashes, severe joing pain, especially in my hip, knees, and back. | F | 53 | 3 weeks | 4/6/2009 | 2 | breastcancer treatment | Aching ends of fingers, aching feet to point of hobbling.Sweating, depression. | This drug is the last of three forms of cancer treatment I have received. First chemo, then double mastectomy - neither of these were as bad as Femara. | F | 53 | 5.5 months | 4/7/2009 | 2 | Breast cancer ES& PR + & HER-2 3+ | Joint & muscle pain all over but hands are the worst with swelling & numbness too. I do not sleep well due to pain being worse at night and having to urinate frequently. Have hot flashes & vaginal dryness. I've been prescribed all types of pain killers and anti-inflammatories and the only thing that has helped a bit is Percocet! I've been on Femara for 4 months and was told I have to take it for the next 7 years [due to the agressiveness of my type of cancer..I think]which I do like the idea of at all. I have had surgery, chemo, radiation and still have 4 more Herceptin treatments. I won't know if I'm in remission until I have a PET scan done in Oct/November so I cannot say if Femara has worked or not. I'll be one angry woman if all this suffering pain is in vain! It's hard to always be positive when you feel like you've been beaten with a big stick! | F | 53 | 4 months | 7/10/2008 | 2 | switched after 5 years of tomoxifin | cold night sweats to point of being soaked. Stiff fingers, cant grasp. | F | 53 | 2 years | 12/31/2007 | 2 | Stage 1 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma | Insomnia, joint stiffness and lower extremity aching, depression, loss of interest | This is my 2nd entry. For the first, I had only been taking Femara for 41 days and compared to most comments, my side effects did not seem as bad. However, in the last month i've become a terrible insomniac and feel like I'm down in the dumps all the time. Not sure if it's because i only get a few hours of sleep each night or due to the Femara or a combination of both. I can only fall asleep with the aid of prescription sleeping pills but cannot stay asleep. I'm just miserable with lack of sleep. I stopped taking the Femara 2 days ago to see if my insomnia and depression improves. Does anyone have any suggestions?? I hate being dependent on the sleeping pills but if i've got to take them, i at least need one that will work for me. | F | 53 | 2 months | 11/4/2008 | 2 | Breast Cancer/lumpectomy w/lympth n | Just about all over pain, when walking, sitting and getting up. Just about all the time. 2 Days ago started to take pill at nite. Seems to be less time awake to deal with pain, seems better.Hot flashes, tired, also my mind seems to want to do, but body does not. More forgetful, was pretty bad before. | Trying to stick it out til mid January. Next oncologist appt. Without the pain I could probably deal with the rest. | F | 53 | 2 weeks | 12/18/2008 | 1 | Breast Cancer has moved to my hip | Extreme knee and other joint pain-cannot work!!! Severe weakness, hot flashes, hair thinning, etc. Took Femara for eight months before building up a toxicity level!! I haven't been able to drive or work for the last 3 months. I'm now off of this horrifying medication-some improvement except the extreme knee pain and weakness!! All Oncologists should be required to take this medication for one year before they presribe Femara to women that will try anything for a prolonged life with their family and loved ones!!! | Why can't a drug company make something that does not poison the human body? They seem to be locked in the poisoning mode and cannot get out of it!!!! Femara was and still is a nightmare that is real-I only wish I would wake up!!!! | F | 53 | 8 months | 11/11/2007 | 1 | breast cancer | joint pain rigth knee,osteopenia on right hip,memory loss,tiredness,high cholesterol,weigth gain,flushes.etc.but the worst is my joint pain in only my rigth knee and muscle pain on my right arm. | I took tamoxifen first for 2.5 yrs and then femara for 2.5 yrs.I`m now cancer free,but with side effects of the drugs and chemo, who elevates my AST and ALT very high levels. 120-190 | F | 53 | 2.5 years | 8/2/2008 |