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Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Nov 21, 2024 | Replies (1935)Comment receiving replies
Hi, Susan. Chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy is a real thing, especially if you were given a taxane. Anastrozole can give you arthralgia, but I can't see why it would give you neuropathy. There are plenty of other things which can cause neuropathy, however, including being pre-diabetic and diabetic, too much vitamin B6, the antibiotic Cipro, HIV, syphilis, etc. I would recommend seeing a good neurologist who would be willing to test you for any underlying cause, if your chemo is not the culprit. Best of luck, and hang in there!
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One of the common side effects of chemo is neuropathy. Not all people get it and it depends on the type of chemo but my husband, who has a cancer of unknown type (still......oh my oh my).....can't even have chemo, not that he's jumping at the chance, given they don't know what type of cancer he has, because he has serious neuropathy in his feet from an accident in his youth. The doctors are concerned that chemo would make him unable to walk if the neuropathy gets any worse. Of course, you could have the double whammy of the aromatase inhibitor joint pain and the chemo? We are starting my husband on Gaba Pentin next week (not sure on the spelling) to try and tamp down his foot pain. He has been on Effexor and it helped him some. His side effects from that were not at all bad. Good luck to you and hugs.