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I tried both Anastrozole and Letrozole sequentially for about 4 months, trying to find one that wouldn't affect my BP. Had moderately high BP before. The AI's both slowly raised my BP, until finally they caused me to develop Labile Hypertension. I quit them immediately. You do not want this, it makes treating your blood pressure a guessing game & affects whether you can take anti-inflammatories in the future (I can't). Next we tried Fulvestrant shots for 4 months, another type of hormone blockers. This also made my BP wacky, ended up giving me a leg rash, muscle & joint aches & pains. It DID shrink my chest wall tumor by 2/3, so that's a great thing. I tried to talk the Doc into a lower dose since I'm med sensitive, but she said no, we can't do that here at the Cancer Ctr, for FDA approval. I said that's it, can't deal with the leg pains. So now I'm going on to Tamoxifen, but am going to use my pill cutter to take the dose I think my body can stand, slowly upping it. She doesn't know that yet.