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Anastrozole and vestibular disease
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I had BPPV before, years before my breast cancer, and it was quickly corrected by a series of exercises done while lying down. When it happened the first time, I went to the ER, and the doctor had me lie down and then turn in different ways, and it was cured. He showed me what to do if it came back and I was able to take care of it myself when it did return several months later. I have been on anastrazole for several months, then got a reaction to it with the pain and stiffness, etc, as I have told you about earlier. I agree with mistymar, the doctors just don't seem to be able to believe us about our problems! I am now on a low dose of estrogen to rebuild my level so that the symptoms may go away, but it is too soon to know. I did get more prednisone to take for a while again, so for a few days I can move enough to dress myself again! Hugs to all of you!
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@grandmaccs Do you still take the Anestrazole?
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After further research, estrogen has quite a lot to do with hearing and vestibular disease. Women are more likely too have BPPV than men, older (post menopausal) women are more likely and women who have osteopenia or osteoporosis are also more likely to have it. Studies showed that women who receive HRT are much less likely to suffer from it. An aromatase inhibitor causes your estrogen level to plummet and causes bone loss. I don’t think that I’m going resume taking anastrozole even though I had almost no other side effects. My 1st episode of BPPV was a doozy, I don’t want to go through that again if I can help it. I also now have zero trust in my oncologist who told me that the anastrozole didn’t have anything to do with it!