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Breast Cancer | Last Active: Feb 27 5:02pm | Replies (35)
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@sequioa you can't really compare dosing of ibuprofen and aromatase inhibitors. I don't know if you saw the study elsewhere in this forum that showed alternate days to be as effective as daily but side effects were the same. I do wonder if dosing will change at some point (to half of what it is now). The Femara studies showed effectiveness with 20% but doubt that will become the practice.
Docs rely on standards of care established by studies. They should refer you to studies, I think, but blood tests aren't very useful to determine effectiveness.
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@windyshores I wasn’t actually comparing ibuprofen & AIs as they are two different meds. Poor example I guess. My point was if you took any med all at once vs. taking as prescribed you’d probably have side effects. Again I’m not stating this well. Sorry. Is blood tests which aren’t very useful how they -researchers & doctors - actually determine effectiveness. I’m interested but not for sure if there is an answer. I know they’ve done studies and I’m glad that there is medication that helps breast cancer patients but one size - I don’t believe - fits all. How does an oncologist decide which AI to prescribe to a patient. Maybe the last sales person that gave him the last info on their drug at their pharmaceutical company. I don’t want to drag this out further but these are some of the areas of my concern. I’ll drop this now. Thank you @windyshores for the input.