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Because you are only hearing from those suffering the side effects. I was on Letrozole for 9 months with only the occasional hot flash. After surgery, chemo and radiation my oncologist put me on Anastrozole. My neuropathy started midway through chemo, but the joint pain started with Anastrozole and got so bad I was darn near crippled by it. I'm back on Letrozole and taking collagen supplements and have only arthritis related issues in my back. Everyone is different and everyone reacts to various drugs differently. Many people have little to no issues with these drugs. The quest is to find the right one for you.

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I've been on Anastrozole for 7 months. I started having numbness on my right ring finger about a month ago. It's not terrible but I feel it. It's worst in the mornings: when I close my fingers around a bar of soap for example it hurts. It becomes gradually fine during the day. Last week I went to see an occupational therapist. She placed a splint on it and told me to wear it all the time (except showers etc.) It's been a week and I don't think it's quite working.
What do collagen supplements do to help?

On a separate note, sometimes I think when people read a side effect before they have it, they kind of start to expect to have those and it becomes a self fulfilled prophecy. I didn't have this, and somehow I ended up reading a number of posts where people complained about trigger finger. Lo and behold, after a week or so the numbness started!

So, perhaps look at the title and if it mentions some side effect you don't have, don't click on it to read it :))