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Looking for research re: taking AI drugs vs not taking them
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My doctor loves the word “empiric/empirically”. They empirically know the AI’s work, they empirically give AI’s to all breast cancer patients, the empiric fuse is 1 mg of Anastrazole even though they don’t do blood work to monitor you. I have her a big NO THANK YOU to the AI’s. No one is giving me a med that they cannot prove that I need and cannot prove is or isn’t working. There is a blood test to check your estrogen level lower that 5 but they won’t order it.
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We have to take charge of our own treatment/no treatment. Good for you. I have changed oncologists and saw the new one last week. He's great!! And the patient portal is current and I find that comforting. It even gives his email address, a first for me with any of my doctors over my 86 years of life. Good luck. Sending good karma your way.
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I tend to be like you, want to hear the evidence. I do a lot of research and have found things they didn't bother to tell me, or research. The biggest was that women with cardiovascular issues (mine was hypertension) shouldn't take an IA. I did for 4 months and got "Labile Hypertension," unpredictable, huge spikes and lows, still plaguing me. I feel like I gave up heart health for this experiment.
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