ARIMIDEX Reviews (ANASTROZOLE)

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ARIMIDEX  (ANASTROZOLE):  Anastrozole is used to treat breast cancer in women after menopause. Some breast cancers are made to grow faster by a natural hormone called estrogen. Anastrozole decreases the amount of estrogen the body makes and helps to slow or reverse the growth of these breast cancers.   FDA Approval Date: 1995-12-27 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 2  Breast cancer I hate taking this drug. I feel like a different person. I am so tired everyday, weight gain, muscle and joint aches, severe depression. I have 3 children and a husband who want the "real me" back, I cry more than I ever have. Having trouble performing my activities of daily living(cleaning, cooking, laundry). Has anyone else felt like this or do I just have severe depression ? By the way, my kids are 17,14 and 5. All this crap associated with breast cancer& a hysterectomy has stolen the mom I used to be. I would like to know if side effects get worse as time goes by? F 42 2 years
1mg
8/15/2014
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 4  breast cancer joint pain badly in hands and feet, tired, no energe and really same effects as others more recently eye problems I almost gave up taking it because the side effects were so bad however I persevered and for me 3.5 years in and really apart from minor probs and I think eye probs now my symptoms have been gone for the last 6 months. I have one more year on this drug. To combat the severe problems I cut my pill in half each day and took morning and evening and this did seem to help. Since the symptoms eased I have taken one dose per day. I have exercised throughout and managed not to put on any extra weight. The joint pain and tiredness is awful particularly in the winter so my sympathies go out to all taking this drug as the decision of whether to continue with it is a hard decision. F 62 4 years
10 1X day
8/12/2014
 5  early stage breast cancer 1a Just lately, I THINK arimidex is responsible for two bouts of severe vomiting and concurrent diarrhea less than 2 weeks apart. Can find no other reason for this. I'm sure arimidex contributes to the pain I have from DJD in thoracic and lumbar spine, wrists, knees and ankles. Also some depression, very emotional and fatigue. Just the latest two episodes of vomiting and diarrhea occurring together and waking me from sound sleep are troublesome. I can't imagine going through too many of those episodes---the other side effects I can put up with if cancer doesn't reoccur. F 69 3 years
1 mg 1X day
8/9/2014
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 1  Breast Cancer I have just had a lumpectomy and now my doctor wants me to take Arimidex. I have bad side effects to most drugs and try to do things holistically. Tumor was 1.5 cm E& P + but two nodes negative. No family history. I am VERY active and am concerned how this drug will effect my quality of life. The Doc SHOVED a 2 week sample pack at me today and said I should at least TRY it. One thing that no one seems to address here is the sexual aspect of this drug. My husband and I are very sexually active and this concerns me. I am thinking of just having radiation and not taking this drug. Sure I want a long life but I think QUALITY of life is more important to me .. Please if there is anything women can share with me about all this I would greatly appreciate any advise F 67 1 days
mg 1X day
8/6/2014
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 4  Had stage 2A breast cancer in 2008 Joint pain, carpal tunnel that required surgery, osteopenia, tendonitis, hair thinning, and vaginal dryness. The Joint pain and tendonitis has increased considerably in the past year or two. It's been 6 years with no cancer return, even though I had a high oncotype dx score. 36. F 62 6 years
1MG 1X day
7/30/2014
 3  Stage 2A breast cancer Stiffness, body pain, brain fog, tendinitis, plantar faciitis, high cholesterol, crying, high blood pressure, male pattern baldness, hot flashes and vaginali dryness. Oncologist wanted to get me on antidepressant. Thank God I learned about MAGNESIUM. Pain gone. Blood pressure normal. Can live with other side effects. I take 400-800 mg a say. Oncologists just don't get how bad patients feel. I I have 4-5 more years to go. Really don't think I can last that long. F 65 4 years
1 mg 1X day
7/9/2014
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 2  Breast cancer Hot flashes, fatigue, bone pain, muscle pain F 3 years
1mg 1X day
7/9/2014
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 3  Breast Cancer Hair thinning (a lot), insomnia, awful hot flashes, and I've always had perfect triglyceride levels...now they are triple. Went from 70 to 233. Scared I will die of heart disease instead of cancer. Bone pain. I take Vitamin D 2000 mg a day for that. Fatigue. Loss of sex drive, vaginal thinning, painful intercourse. I want to continue taking it but at 54 I feel 84. I don't know if I can go another 3 years. I think the doctors really don't listen to these symptoms and consider the quality of life we are losing...5 years is a long time, yet I am scared if I stop I will see the cancer come back, even though there is no guarantee, I keep taking the arimidex (generic form) because I don't know what else to do. F 54 2 years
20 MG 1X day
7/7/2014
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 4  breast CA; mastectomy; no lymph joint pain, depression, emotional episodes, thinning hair but not loss Joint pain is very real with this drug. I had bad knees before taking arimidex, but they got so bad I had a double knee replacement. Now, they are not much better than they were. Mostly, stiffness, some pain. I think arimidex enhanced the arthritis pain --- doc said my knees "were shot" after he did surgery, but I am convinced that arimidex has a lot to do with it. Hope it is reversible when I stop taking this drug, if I ever stop. Don't rush into joint replacement if you are on this drug. Wait and see what it's like when you stop taking arimidex. F 69 3 years
1 mg 1X day
6/15/2014
 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
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 4  Breast Cancer Stage 3A Hot flashes that went away in the first few months, depression, fatigue, osteopenia, high cholesterol levels, and the worst was joint and muscle pain. I tried exercise and it really helped the joint and muscle pain. I go to the gym 4 times a week. 45 minutes on weight training and 30 min on weight bearing cardio. This takes a lot of time but I no longer have the joint/muscle aches except for the top of my feet. I haven't figured out how to work those muscles. I would like to quit the gym and Arimidex but I know it is helping. Exercise has also helped to greatly lower my cholesterol levels and to slightly reverse my osteopenia. After a double mastectomy, chemo , and radiation, I am not giving up now even though I still hate going to the gym. F 57 3 years
1 mg 1X day
6/10/2014
 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
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 2  stage 1 bc, post mastectomy & chemo Joint pain and stiffness (hands, feet, knees, neck), fatigue, vaginal dryness, hot flashes, reduction in sex drive, occasional insomnia, shoulder stiffness and decreased range of motion I experienced achiness and hot flashes when first taking Arimidex for a few weeks, then it subsided. Have had vaginal dryness throughout. At 6 months, developed calcific tendinitis in left shoulder (same side of mastectomy) which acupuncture helped. Acupuncture also helps the AI symptoms. Then around 7 months of taking it, I have extreme fatigue and moderate joint pain and stiffness, and depression because of all of the above. Am afraid of the cancer returning so will probably continue but will definitely ask my oncologist about trying another AI. But this is full of trepidation also...the devil you know as opposed to the devil you don't. F 54 7 months
1 1X day
6/3/2014
 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
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 3  Breast cancer Fatigue, fatigue, fatigue, it's a severe fatigue F 38 4 years
5/30/2014
 3  stage 3a lobular bc;3/17 nodes pos Horrible joint and muscle pain that destroys my quality of life and makes it difficult to sleep. Fatigue, dizziness, hot flashes, and weakness also, but I can more easily live with the last symptoms. I feel like an OLD woman. Pre-bc, I rode my horse in hunter/jumper competitions and felt younger and more fit than others my age. Now, I can't even clean my own house, much less think of getting on a horse. Studies show that those who develop new joint pain or new hot flashes when started on Arimidex are less likely to have a breast cancer recurrence than those who do not have these symptoms (new hot flashes-16% reduction; new joint pain- 40% reduction). This makes me more determined to continue on this drug. Stage 3 bc has a high rate of recurrence and I want to do all I can to beat this disease so that I can be around long enough for my grandchildren to remember me. Take naproxen, Instaflex, 3000 IU vitamin D3, and tylenol for the pain, These, plus daily exercise, seem the reduce my pain to tolerable levels. F 60 14 months
1 mg 1X day
4/27/2014
 3  Stage One Breast Cancer Horrible joint pain in hands and hips, muscle pain, swollen ankles, dry eyes. I have been living with the pain for three years and downing the Motrin to keep the pain under control. My eye doctor just diagnosed me with dry eyes and said it is probably from the Anastrozole. I have also started having swollen ankles and feet with no other changes in medication or disease. Counting down to 60 months...only 23 more to go! F 67 3 years
1MG 1X day
4/24/2014
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 4  Stage1 breast cancer This is the medication from hell. Every side effect possible. But I will keep taking it cause don't want cancer to come back F 59 2 years
1mg
4/22/2014
 3  breast cancer I had very painfully joints and head ace and was told its not do to the tablets .it was wear in other words it was my age F 72 5 years
4/21/2014
 1  prevent breast cancer recurrence suicidal thoughts, joint pain (hands and feet), hot flashes F 50 2 months
1 mg 1X day
4/17/2014
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