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Anyone take Anastrozole every other day?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jun 21 4:25pm | Replies (130)Comment receiving replies
Has your oncologist advised taking it everyother day ?
I'm asking as I asked this question to my oncologist as I had awful side effects.
I was told if you do not take every day the medication will not work & I'd be at high risk of a recurrance. I only thought it would stop the side effects & not affect cause the medication not to work.
Please ask your oncologist get a 2nd opion too if it's not clear. I went to 3 oncologists & asked a mass of questions. Good luck
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I'm surprised they're so adamant about not every other day. Considering that this one dose has a 50-hour half life. So you're doubling and tripling up every time you take a pill? Is that why you get sick later rather than at first. I am so tired I can't lift my head off the pillow. I sleep 24/7 almost. I have no energy to walk one small block to the pharmacy. I feel sick all the time. I swear to God this is not living. I do not even want to stay alive like this.
@brightside21
To say that it won’t work makes no sense. It has a 50 hour half-life. Sometimes I think that people in the medical profession think we’re naïve. I’m considering going every other day myself. I have over 30 side effects. I’ve been taking it over four years. I am more likely at my age of 79to die from a Cardiac event or a stroke or getting a brain bleed from falling.
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I think it depends on so many different things. I'm at a low risk for reoccurrence--but not "no" risk. I know it would not be a consideration for many people.