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I went off anastrozole two months ago after 5 years of using. After a week I started experiencing severe inflammation on my skin and scalp and knee. If a hair touched my skin there was pain. I felt like I had head lice. I went to dermatologist. He says d no bugs. Men going through menopause experience this but I am a woman now getting more estrogen. He put me on Allegra and it helped a little. My oncologist- no comment. After two months the skin reaction of itching is gone and not on Allegra anymore. The part n in one 1️⃣ ss better. Would love consult from endroconologist

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I had hives ( still do} cancer Dr seems unconcerned. This was following anastrzole. My dermatologist suggested claratin am and zyrtec noon and benadryl pm
Small doses of combo for a week . All gone. This also happened after radiation treatment a year earlier

If you would like to see about a consult at Mayo Clinic, this link is how you start.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/appointments
I would encourage you to do this for sure if you are struggling with this. They were amazing with my husband.