Cognitive decline secondary to Anastrozole;

Relatives in my paternal family live to their 60s-90s. None of them have had cognitive problems, or dementia—except my cousin Nancy, age 66. She just completed 5 years of anastrozole and last week her husband had to place her in a “memory care” home due to “unspecified dementia.”

In January I began taking this same dangerous drug myself and I’m frightened. Online I found peer review literature about cognitive decline associated with anastrozole. So far the side effects noticed since beginning taking it (and never before) have been a sequence of heavy rapid heart beats and possibly (?) a TIA. So my oncologist refers me to a cardio oncologist. What specialist can prevent dementia?

ANASTROZOLE may prevent a further breast cancer, but at what expense to the rest of my body and quality of life? 🥹