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Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole
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@gwinter- This is interesting to me, too. I just did a two week trial of going off Arimidex for 2 weeks. I started back on it today. I have been taking it for 14 months with all the side effects we've been reading about on this post. I wanted to see if it was responsible for unbearable leg and knee pain I was having, or if that was being caused by my spinal stenosis. The leg pain did go away after about a week off of Arimidex. I'm waiting to see if it comes back now that I'm back on it To be continued...
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@gwinter- Good morning everyone. I wrote several weeks ago to say that I've been on Arimidex for 15 months now and the side effects for me, anyway, are hard to tolerate. Bone and joint pain, weakness in my knees, a general feeling that I've aged about 100 years. (I'm 74 now!) I just wrote a pretty lengthy email to my Oncologist enumerating all these symptoms and more, and asking for her experience and feedback about other choices of AI's. she said other people have fewer side effects from Letrozole and/or Tomoxifen (not an AI)). I know that Arimidex is said to be the most effective in preventing a recurrence, so I am conflicted! I'd love to hear feedback from anyone who has switched from Arimidex to another AI to see if you found relief from side effects.