Symptoms after quitting arimidex

sandrajo @sandrajo- I'm interested to read the responses to this, too. I'm almost at the end of a trial period of going off Arimidex for two weeks. I was having severe pain in my leg and knee, couldn't sleep,to the point where I had to take pain pills. I have spinal stenosis, but I wanted to see if Arimidax was causing this excruciating flair-up. The pain has lessened this week. I'll be going back on the Arimidex on Sunday. We'll see what happens.

@sparklegram
Have you tried taking vitamin D? Check with your oncologist first though. I started with 1000 and she upped me to 2000 and shall be moving toward 5,000 in a few days. This has helped with the pain. I also have stenosis in my neck and severe stenosis in my lower spine. Now, lucky me, I am treating a bout of diverticulitis...yuck!

trixie1313 @trixie1313- Hi Trixie. Yes, I take 2000 units daily. I'm sorry to hear about your diverticulitis! I hope for a speedy recovery for you!

I am going through a similar thing and am taking a three week break from Anastrozole as I had such severe knee and leg pain, wrists, hands, etc. Also dealing with insomnia, no hot flashes or sweats. I have been taking it since October of 2019 and it has gotten progressively worse, and my blood pressure is up and have never had that problem before. Since it takes three weeks to get it out of your body not sure we are going to be able to tell much.

@sandrajo @whr @sparklegram, you may also be interested in the comments in this related discussion:
- Completed 5 years of anastrozole. Withdrawal symptoms? Side effects? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/stopping-anastrozole-after-5-years-withdrawal-symptoms/

I stopped Arimidex(Anastrazole) 6 weeks ago. Since then, My blood pressure is higher than it was and I'm already on 3 blood pressure meds. I am working with my PCP right now to regulate it, but so far, no change. Has anyone else experienced this? My joint pain is improved, but all other symptoms of hair thinning, sleeplessness, and fatigue remain. thanks in advance.

Try taking osteo bi flex for the joint pain. My onco nurse recommended it and to my great surprise, the pain is so much less.

Which Osteo biflex. It’s really a brand name with multiple products. I’ve been using Ease which is a type II collagen. Have used the glucosamine/chondroitin I. The past when they coupled it with MSM and omega 3 (apparently no longer do that). The Ease has seemed to help but I’m not pain free on anastrazole.