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Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole
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@jkcares25 in light of the major study published today in uk about the relationships between menopause symptoms and dementia I too am concerned. For those of us on long term AIs we are having the equivalent of ‘menopause on steroids’! What does this almost total loss of oestrogen for many years augur for us? I too have a strong history of female family dementia ( six out of seven paternal aunts all developed it) does this mean that in trying to save us from cancer we are being steered towards dementia? Serious urgent further research needed here! The increasingly apparent downsides of these drugs were never clearly spelt out to me at commencement of treatment. In fact it is fair to say they were almost trivialised! I am very angry at the quite blasé attitudes of some of the medical professionals I have had contact with , and as a retired nurse even more so.
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@reflector75 Thank you for your reply. It's true. When I confronted my PA, she said their job was to make sure that breast cancer didn't return. According to the book, it's more likely for a breast cancer survivor to die of heart disease than of cancer. I am glad you are researching it, too. The definition of "cure" for BC patients is that we are alive 5 years later. That's not how most of us define cure. The research saying outcomes are better than 20 years ago are faulty as it's discovered earlier these days, so it appears as though they are more successful when it hasn't changed significantly. What good will it do if we lost our minds earlier since we deprived our brain of estrogen and cholesterol? I pray for all of us to find the best solution for our health and longevity.