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Aromatase Inhibitors & carpal tunnel and trigger finger: Anyone?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: 2 days ago | Replies (88)
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@huskey7

I had breast cancer and took Anastrozole and after 10 months I had trigger fingers on both hands, I switched to Letrozol and it got slightly better but still had 2 trigger fingers. I decided to have surgery even though I believed it was from the medication. Since I have to take the meds for 5-10 years I could not deal with that for that long.

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Chris, Volunteer Mentor | @auntieoakley | 3 days ago

Although my trigger fingers fingers started well after I finished Anastrazole. There have been more drugs to follow, I have had one trigger finger for years, right before the pandemic the doc put a cortisone shot in it, and made it worse. Now some years later it is awful and I have two more starting in the other hand. I would love to spin and knit again.
I hope you don’t mind if I give you the third degree now.😂 How did it go with surgery? Did the doctor acknowledge a connection to the drugs? Is there a risk it will return? How long had you had it before surgery?

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