ARIMIDEX Reviews (ANASTROZOLE)Average Rating: 2.5 (1431 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ARIMIDEX with similar:
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RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ARIMIDEX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
4 | Breast Cancer | Insomnia...I can't get to sleep and I wake up early, blurred vision, I think this drug is making me itch everywhere! Daily headaches, hot flashes, joint pain. I know the insomnia is from the medication because it started as soon as I went on the meds. | I am really tired from lack of sleep. I got on this drug when Aromasin suddenly started giving me migraines everyday. The itching is really getting to me. I have 7 more months on it and that will be 5 years of this cancer treatment for Breast Cancer. | F | 53 | 5 months 1 mg 1X day | 4/9/2014 | 1 | grade one stage one breast cancer | joint pain, depression, tiredness,strange odour to skin, on sex drive, foggy thinking, memory terrible | I have taken this medication for 4 .5 years, side effects really bad but kept going, have come off it 6 months early cannot tolerate it any longer, quality of ;life 0000 been off it for 1 week, feel so much better more energy, happier, still a little achey at this point | F | 54 | 4.5 days 1mg 1X day | 3/22/2014 | 5 | Stage1 invasive ca;mastectomy x 2 | Significant insomnia, hot flashes, increase of joint pain, arthritis, & back pain. Total vaginal dryness, which make any sexual activity very painful. OTC lubricants do not relieve this at all... | I plan to continue the Arimidex for the recommended 5 years. I did have a "micro Mets" in the 1st lymph node. The next 2 were negative. Along with my PCP & my oncologist, we are managing symptoms, with the exception of the vaginal dryness. No one seems to care that a woman may want to remain sexually active after a mastectomy! If I could give up 1 side effect, it would be the vaginal changes secondary to the elimination of the estrogen in my body! | F | 63 | 6 months 1 mg 1X day | 3/8/2014 | 1 | Grade 4 malignant breast can ef | Depression, joint pain, 2 stone weight gain, anxiety attacks, hot flushes, fatigue, insomnia, lethargy. Has changed me from a fit, active, 54 year old to an old woman. Keep being told its worth it to stop cancer spreading. | F | 54 | 4 days 1 mg | 3/7/2014 | 3 | stage 1 BC | First 1-1 1/2 years suffered total body joint and bone pain. Fatigue, loss of interest in my crafts and other daily joys. Extremely emotional. 20# weight gain and moderate hair loss. Now managed to lose 10# and still emotional, pain no more! Will continue the full 60 months. | F | 75 | 46 months 1 MG 1X day | 3/2/2014 | 2 | Stage 1 breast cancer | Severe all over pain. I feel like I'm 90 yrs old. But I have to keep taking it cause I don't want cancer to come back. I've got every side effect and more. | F | 58 | 2 years 1 mg | 3/2/2014 | 2 | Stage 1 breast cancer | Severe all over pain. I feel like I'm 90 yrs old. But I have to keep taking it cause I don't want cancer to come back. I've got every side effect and more. | F | 58 | 2 years 1 mg | 3/2/2014 | 3 | Bc | Every side effect known I have had and just decided to stop on jan. 30 of 2014. Was supposed to take it for 60 months but stopped one month ahead of schedule due to being sick and tired of being sick and tired. After 2 weeks my blurred vision is gone and I feel a slight bit more alert and my memory has improved. I had stage 1 BC ,lumpectomy and radiation. Luckily no chemo but now I read that this drug is a chemo drug and I feel like I'm poisoning my body. Clear margins and lymph nodes. Doctor not happy that I quit one month early but I don't think a month will make any difference. After all he's not the one who has had to take it. I had bad side effects the entire time and what made me quit was I noticed a line was forming across my teeth at the gum line. It is about 1/4 the way down from the gum line and is darker than the rest of my teeth . Called onc . And he said he never heard of that, but I think it is a buildup of the med. in my body. Anybody else notice this . If you want to | F | 72 | 59 months 1X day | 2/20/2014 | 2 | Breast Cancer Stage 1 | Joint pain and stiffness, especially in the knees and hips. I found it difficult to walk at times. Almost impossible to keep from gaining weight, compounded by an under-active thyroid. Had trouble sleeping. Got to a point where I considered stopping taking the tablets as the quality of life was very poor. However, I heard that acupuncture might help. 3 sessions and I'm a new person!!! Now I can move so freely without the need for any painkillers or other drugs. Life looks bright once again. | F | 65 | 14 months 1mg 1X day | 2/11/2014 | 4 | Cancer free. But just had double knee replacement surgery because even before the cancer my knees were in bad shape. Doc doubts that arimidex affected my bones, but the joint pain could have been enhanced by arimidex. I'll never know. My body has been through the wringer with anethesia, pain killers, and arimidex continuing. Fatigue is major symptom with depression right up there. Of course I feel like crap, but if the arimidex keeps me cancer free, it will have been worth it. | My doc has added calcium and Vit D 2000 iu per day since being put on arimidex. I make sure I take extra protein, Vit C, E, A and a multi vit with iron. I also have liver issues prior to cancer so adding things like iron and Vit E have to be managed by the doc. | F | 68 | 2.5 years 1 mg 1X day | 2/8/2014 | 2 | Post-treatment for breast cancer. | Severe joint pain, bad enough in my left foot that walking has become difficult. Severe depression. Emotional lability. Insomnia. Fatigue. | I have to stop this medication; it's destroying my quality of life and my ability to do my job. | F | 54 | 2 months 1 mg 1X day | 1/28/2014 | 4 | Breast Cancer stage 2, - lymph node | sharp pain in upper arms, extreme fatigue, hair loss, pain bottom of feet | HAD BILATERAL MASECTOMIES WITH IMMEDIATE RECONSTRUCTION X 3 MONTHS. | F | 55 | 4 months 1X day | 1/15/2014 | 1 | breast cancer | I have been diagnosed with Raynaud Disease in fingers of both hands and also suffer with clinical depression. Has anyone else had these side effects? | F | 60 | 5 years 1 mg 1X day | 12/29/2013 | 1 | Breast Cancer | Thigh and arm gets numb. Dizziness. Hot flashes. Fatigue. Leg pain. Breast and arm pain. | M | 58 | 10 mg 1X day | 12/25/2013 | 5 | breast cancer | I have not experienced any side effects | F | 60 | 1 years 1mg | 12/14/2013 | 2 | Breast cancer | Thin hair, trigger fingers, hyperthyroid, big time discomfort in joints, | Dr said will be on this 5 yrs. | F | 20 months 1 mg 1X day | 12/12/2013 | 1 | stage 1 grade 1 estrogen + bc | Trigger finger, joint pain in fingers now wrist - mental function not as lucid | Think most drugs are bad but this one has such adverse side effects I wonder if I ever will be the same again. Sad case if the drug/medical industry is hiding from us a simple solution. | F | 59 | 10 months 1X day | 12/6/2013 | 2 | Breast Cancer | joint stiffness, trouble sleeping, tiredness, urinary tract infection, no sex drive, moodiness | Not happy taking this medication. This medication has changed my quality of life. I am considering stopping this medication due to all the side affects. | F | 58 | 10 months 1 1X day | 11/27/2013 | 1 | Stage 4 breast cancer | Dry cough which does not go away. | F | 62 | 1 months 1xday | 11/23/2013 | 1 | Breast cancer | Metallic taste, nausea, vomiting, head aches, muscle pains, not sleeping. | I am a carer, cannot afford to feel like this Not told this is a CHEMO drug, this is wrong Really got to think is it worth it, will look at natural therapy rather than this poison | F | 58 | 4 days 1mg 1X day | 11/21/2013 |