ARIMIDEX Reviews (ANASTROZOLE)

Average Rating: 2.5 (1431 Ratings)

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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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 1  Breast Cancer I am still suffering from severe side effects due to extra sensitivity to several changes of generic brands of Anastrozole which was not recognised for 2 years. I had Multiple compounding and debilitating side effects due to interchange of these generic brands followed by the most shocking withdrawal symptoms. We are not told how toxic Anastrozole really is. F 76 2 years
1mg
5/1/2018
 4  BC stage IIIB 5/21 lymph nodes ER p I have been on anastrozole for 8 yrs and seven months. Up until recently what side effects I was having were tolerable. I was diagnosed with osteoporosis of the right hip recently inspirte of vitamin D level good. I have been having leg and knee pain at night and I am wondering if they are caused by anastrozole. It is mostly a dull ache that comes and goes. I just saw my onc she wasn't too concerned but told me to take Tylenol and call her if it gets worse. It hasn't gotten worse this has been going on now for about a month. I would like to hear from someone who has taken this past 5 years. F 73 8 years
1MG
2/28/2018
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 1  Had breast cancer Feet and hand pain lower abdominal pain depression backache I'm normally happy and reasonably active, but feel like an old woman on anastrozole shuffling along F 68 6 months
1mg
2/22/2018
 1  Breast Cancer, Stage 1, Node Clean Aches and pains that were abnormal. Knee pain so stiff and painful (especially after sitting for any length of time--like at work)--that I limped. Elbow pain similar to tennis elbow. Tingling in my right hand/fingers. Constipation. Gained ~10 pounds. Just started not sleeping through the night. Not just waking up, but not being able to fall back to sleep--like wide awake. I think I could've dealt with all the side effects, but not the joint pains and weight gain (which makes the joint pain worse). I'm very physically active, so the fact that I could still gain weight while being active was disturbing. Not sure where the end point of the pain and weight gain was going to be, but I am not sticking around to find out. Stopped taking this only 2 months in. My oncologist doesn't know yet, but I have my mind made up. You're not going to turn me into a 95 year old lady yet. Sorry!!! Bottom line, I am cancer free. You are making me take a drug to prevent recurrence. There's NO guarantee it will work. It's like telling me I have a 25% chance of a heart attack, so take this drug which will do all these CRAZY things to you, and "PERHAPS" you might not have a heart attack. REALLY?? I do believe that everyone needs to at least TRY the drug if their doctor recommends it, but remember, YOU are the person that decides the quality of your life and whether or not you will continue on something that makes you feel like total crap and ruins your performance in the things in life that you enjoy. If you are not enjoying life, then why continue? F 57 2 months
1 mg 1X day
1/6/2018
 1  Ductil Carcenoma in situ Terrible rash all over my body about 45 days in. Could not stop itching. Doctor told me to stop medicine and as soon as I did rash went away. Hopefully won't have to go through that anymore. Will not take cancer drug that end in strole!!! F 66 75 days
1mg 1X day
12/22/2017
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 1  Breast Cancer Stage 1 Unbearable pain in lumbar, sciatica, wrist, hands, knees, ankles, hot flashes and night sweats, dry cough, dry eye, and weight gain of 20 lbs. I used to be a very active person, but feel like I am 90 years old. I called it my poison. Doc gave me 2 weeks off and then will start me on Letrozole which is another poison. Already told my Onc, if my quality of life goes down the drain, I am done with these drugs. I will take my chances. F 62 10 months
1X day
11/29/2017
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 1  Breast cancer stage 2.1 Lumpectomy Have not started it. Have some questions Have to decide if I want to take it. Is there anyone who is 88 and has taken the drug with existing conditions such as cataract, arthritis and taking the drugs Plavix and beta blocker? 88 0 days
n/a 1X day
11/27/2017
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 1  Breast cancer Same as other patients, right arm started with feeling tired, pain ran up my shoulder and neck, started telling my doctors this medicine is doing this to me, they would say it's keep taking it , itch on my head, my eye sight, blurry, within less then a year, I could barely move my arm up! Well just happen before my 18, month one day pain shift from right to left arm, and it was worst, could barely turn my head to the left side, I cried, pain was worst now. Thank God I was seeing the oncology on that Monday , nurse ask how are you, I told her and said I've been telling doctors that it's that medicine, she said YES, there's a lot of complaints on it, they took me off and slowly all my pains went away!! Only thing is that I believe it has messed up my kidney within that time my primary doctor has notice I am loosing protein in my urine, never had that problem before. After my surgery, on my following week surgeon was amaze that there was nothing, I had change my diet, for 42 days before my surgery, and I believe that did it! Get rid of this arimidex. F 73 18 months
1mg
10/16/2017
 1  b cancer Severe arthritis of spin and hip night sweated very tired all the time I will not take them again F 68 2 years
30mg
10/3/2017
 1  breast cancer followup Hairline fractures in sacrum (due to calcium leaching), severe joint pain, weakness and stiffening Was concerned that I would be unable to walk F 67 1.5 years
1 mg 1X day
9/20/2017
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 1  b c horrible feeling horrible drug F 40 1 days
1 1X day
9/18/2017
 1  breast cancer itching of head, severe weakness, no energy, severe muscle cramping, at times felt like someone was squeezing my ribs. loss of bladder/bowel, numb fingers and numb feet. bone pain in fingers. lost all strength in my body, could not walk in a wheelchair. could not write or use all fingers to type. hairloss. trigger finger/carpal tunnel, joint pain. after being off meds this oct 2 years.still numb feet and hands. cannot write well, cannot type, bone and joint pain. no muscle strength, i use a walker so i won't fall. fell 7 times this year 2017. still severe muscle cramping. i am wearing depends still no strength, I hate this medicine. i have no good quality of life. it ruined my lifge F 69 1 years
1X day
9/4/2017
 4  Breast Cancer stage 3 On arimidex 4 years. Rough start with terrible sweats, hot flashes , l hip pain , wrist and elbows and shoulder pain. The pain had Tapered down - but not gone ( but was tolerable) after 8 months. At year 4 pain came back with a vengeance. Terrible wrist and arm and shoulder pain. Hot flashes and night sweats. Swollen joints in hands. Don't know why it came back. Vicodin only thing that relieves this terrible pain. Still taking Arimidex I am trying to continue taking Arimidex. I am sure it has helped in keeping cancer at bay. F 55 4 years
5 mg
7/10/2017
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 1  stage 1 breast cancer Had eye irritation issues, my eyes were so irritated, I could just sit with my eyes closed. I had no idea it was the arimidex, until I checked on line sites, where other people also had same symptoms. Went off, eyes cleared up in a week; F 65 3 years
1X day
6/19/2017
 1  Breast Cancer I am only into my third month of taking Anastrozole. I was diagnosed with Early Stage Ductal Carcinoma, Stage 1, Grade 2, Estrogen positive, tumor was 1cm. Had a lumpectomy back in January, had balloon radiation therapy after that, then a month later saw my Oncologist. She told me that I no longer have cancer in my body. Margins and Lymph nodes were clean. My OncotypeDX test came back as 20. My oncologist said I didn't need chemo, but need to take anastrozole for 5 years. Taking it gives me a low recurrence rate of 13%. So far because of Anastrozole, I developed high blood pressure, which as my GP said it is caused by the anastrozole because I have no history of high blood pressure and I am now being treated for it by taking blood pressure medication. I have occasional joint pain which I can deal with, but also have developed a severe case of dry eye. My eye doctor feels that the anastrozole has created this problem with scar tissue in my tear ducts. I am now consulting with an I would like to know....how can you even tell this stuff is working to keep breast cancer away. F 60 2 months
1 mg 1X day
5/8/2017
 1  breast cancer I already had pain from arthritis and spinal compression. I can deal with it. Pain from Arimidex was total body, white-hot, searing, debilitating pain. One size fits all? Research stopped short of determining effective dosing for women of different weight. F 71 4 days
1mg
5/7/2017
 1  Stage 1 Breast Cancer I just finished radiation treatments for stage 1 breast cancer, all margins were good and lymph nodes were clean, Oncologist prescribed Arimedex but after reading all the side effects I'm considering not taking the drug, I have a 6% chance of cancer re-occurence with out the drug and a 10% with the drug, I already have degeneration in disc in my back and hip pain, This medicine is known to soften bone tissue and cause pain leg and joint pain, so I ask myself, do I want to take something that is going to make this pain worse and then have to take a pain medicine that is addictive, loose my hair, gain weight, cause skin,eye and mouth and dryness.(have sjogrens syndrome so eyes and mouth are already dry) or just take my chances. I wonder how many doctors would take this drug if in the same situation. F 0 days
5/5/2017
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 1  Breast cancer Hot flashes, extreme vaginal dryness with bleeding after very painful vaginal exams, had very painful sex but now I am a widow.(only advantage)! I have back and knee pain, trigger fingers, weight gain. My doctor just me to keep taking it and I am afraid to quit. I took tamoxifen for about 25 years to prevent breast cancer in the first place, as both my sisters had it, but I got it anyway. I was unable to have a vaginal ultrasound due to inability to insert the probe. I told her to go ahead anyway but she said she couldn't, probably because I was about to jump off the table in agony. I felt like my skin was being ripped apart and I did bleed after that. F 63 5 years
30 1X day
4/24/2017
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 1  DCIS BC not in lymph nodes Hot flashes, Low back pain, right rib pain which started 2 weeks after being this drug. Neck pain developed as well as tennis elbow and now have a bone spur in elbow. I have been in and out of physical therapy. Feel like I'm 90 years old. After having a lumpectomy and radiation with a Savi device, I was put on this drug and have been on them for 2 years. I am supposed to be on them for 3 more years. I am going to be taking a 3 month vacation from these pills that my oncoligist said to do today. Hopefully all these issues will go away. If they do, I will now for sure that this drug is causing all my pain. F 67
1 MG 1X day
4/13/2017
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 4  DCIS intermediate grade Heat intolerance, generalised aches and pains all over. I don't feel as rough as I did when I began it 4 years ago. I take it to hopefully prevent any new breast cancer, even though the percentage is small I would rather take it than risk not taking it. F 69 4 years
1 mg
4/9/2017
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