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Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Breast Cancer | Last Active: 4 days ago | Replies (2025)
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I had triple negative breast cancer and was prescribed this drug. It caused pain in every join escalating to the point of causing me to not function and ended up in ER. I was told taking it would be 50% successful. Not worth the effects. Not using

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Mary Ann | @crissma | Jun 25 1:31pm

I’m so sorry I had triple negative breast cancer 8 years ago. You must have been given a new drug. I hope they find some other drug you can use.

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myoga | @myoga | Jul 15 9:06pm

I’m curious as to why you’re prescribed anastrozole. It lower estrogen in your body to starve your cancer cells. But yours is triple negative, what does anastrozole do for you?

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myoga | @myoga | Oct 5 2:25pm

@supersphere67
May I ask why anastrozole was prescribed for triple negative bc? I thought anastrozole is for estrogen positive bc because it reduces/blocks the estrogen in the body to starve bc cells. If your cancer cells is triple negative, they don't use estrogen as fuel. So what anastrozole is doing for you? Thanks.

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