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...t cancer to my chest wall and a small mass on the adrenal gland above the kidney. he immediately put me on Arimidex and i have been on that since august 20th. i now have the side effects: gas, hot f...
...short-term memory loss. After chemotherapy, I was recovering & doing pretty good, until they put me on Arimidex. This caused a condition which I've labelled "Dead Head". In many ways, it felt d...
...ogist said "Nope". So, they pow-wowed, and the latest is that the oncologist wanted me to try switching to Arimidex. As background, I'm 48, and on another front have been having some slighy vaginal ...
... be of interest. I had hearad about this prior but paid it no mind until this latest article. I wonder if arimidex supports this same claim? Antidepressants may reduce tamoxifen's benefits Antidepr...
I wonder if anyone has experiences of Arimidex which they would share? First a bit of background by way of a belated self-introduction. (I've been lurking since last summer and have recently done so
I was on Arimidex for maybe a year, when I got sudden acute lymphedema in my left arm. This was very disabling & painful. The arm & wrist have remained swollen for months, & (at times)
...ema. I don't have these problems for the most part during the day. I hope it isn't mets. I wonder if the Arimidex might cause arthritis. I know it can cause discomfort similar to that--but wonder ...
...ard. I am 52 year old female 3x bc. Last recurrence was 2005 and was on chemo, herceptin and presently on arimidex. Recently I found an enlarged supraclavicle node on my left side but I also had ly...
...he lousy cancer care & botched cancer surgeries, have now caused. Plus, the anti-estrogen drugs like Arimidex & Femara, are enough to completely shut your system down for five years. [Whi...
... treatments. On Monday I have to see the onc and choose between Tamoxifin, or being part of a study using Arimidex. Has Tamoxifin given anyone in here bad side effects? Did anyone get cataracts ...
www.arimidex.com side effects I am on Arimidex and side effect is lymphedema
My wife's had increasingly severe shoulder and knee pain over the last month. She began on Arimidex in September. I've read that about 30% of patients on Arimidex experience joint pain. She's had a
I was reading a website http://my.webmd.com/content/article/51/40639?src=Inktomi&condition=Menopause on Post Menopause to try understand what really makes a woman considered to be "post menopa
I'm looking for anyone with experience using Arimidex. My wife's been on it for about 4 months, and she's started getting bone/joint aches. She did a little reasearch, and learned that about 30% get t
Yesterday, the onc switched me from Arimidex to Femara. Since I started Arimidex in late 2002, my health went from bad (due to surgery, chemo & rads) to extremely bad (due partly to Arimidex),
...ew doctor says Tamoxifen is the "wrong" one for my case and I need to be on one of the aromatase drugs like Arimidex. I tried to explain to him that I have stomach and osteo problems and the Arimid...
...mmercial self-hypnosis tapes/CDs; aromatherapy pillow sprays; avoiding naps; manipulating rising/bed times; Arimidex instead of Tamoxifen; and probably other things I've forgotten trying. (Are you ge...
...e, & I'm about to do that, after I see about the dogs & cats.] I'd like to contact the makers of Arimidex, in a way to which they'll respond, preferably a phone number that works. Yesterda...
...t started experiencing vision problems. We should have those results tomorrow. She is ER+ and has been on Arimidex since early June, the time of the bone mets diagnosis. Her platelets are extremely...
I am 72 years old and on Arimidex, but I have such joint pain even when taking 2 Celebrex a day I can hardly get across the room......obviously, it is not the medication for me...... My doctor ha
...sent me for PET and ct scans and they came back mets from bc to chest wall upper mediastinum. i was put on arimidex..had bad reaction so i have been on Femara since nov 2003. tumor markers have gone...
...chest wall showed multiple lesions (crap) that appeared suspicious. Dr Ostrow (onc) immediatley put me on arimidex and told me mets from orig breast cancer stage 4. i decided to take myself for ...
Is there any medication just as good and much more economical than Anastrozole (Arimidex)? What medication was successfully used before Tamoxifen and then specially Anastrozole (Arimidex)? Do we hav
...ue for the blood work for the tumor markers ca 27-29.. in november they were up to 230.. i had been on the arimidex since august but that was not working for me so i was changed to Femara which prett...
Is anyone taking Celebrex with Arimidex and or Fosomax for the purpose of prevention of BC and/or increasing Bone density? Would be interested in information on appropriate indication and contraindic
...orosis of the spine, T score -2.7 one vertebre, you are prescribed Fosomax once a week, would you stay on Arimidex which can cause bone fractures/osteoporosis in a small percentage??????...
...le lesions on my chest wall and a small mass on adrenal gland above the kidney. Onc started me aug 20th on Arimidex. so i have now been on this drug for 3 months and my lastest cat scan shows that t...
Are any of you taking Arimidex and can share with me your experiences with it, good or bad? I thought it would be the Tamoxifen for me but was recently told it has to be Arimidex. I can't take anti
...nd pet scans and they came back with multiple lesions on chest wall..lungs clear. august 2003 i started on Arimidex and had terrible side effects. but i stayed on that til November and markers fluctu...
...fe 'live any longer'...his words. She has BC mets to liver, diagnosed Sept 2000, six sessions of A/C and on Arimidex now. CT scans indicate tumor is not growing. Two are gone and only one remaining. S...
My wife, stage 4 BC, is now taking Arimidex to help prevent further spreading of bone mets. The Arimidex is making her as nauseous as Chemo did. The only drug she has found that relieves the nausea is
My wife has been taking Arimidex for about a month. Her Onc said to take 400 IU of vitamin E every day to help with the hot flashes. She is still getting them. Will this ever stop? Anyone have any ide
...oncologist is recommending chemo (CMF) starting next week, with radiation to follow, and then five years of arimidex. Stupidly I seem to be doing most of my crying over my hair. Could anyone who use...
Does anyone know anywhere to find info on long term effects of Arimidex? Sasha from the UK kindly gave us this link: http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/breastcancer/Secondarybreastcancer... ex/view bu
...e seen Doc sooner, but he had to cancel. So, tomorrow I find out. What will he do about this? I'm only on Arimidex and apparently it quit working. Do I get chemo again? Will he say, oh wait until it...
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