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Remedies for Joint Discomfort/Pain on AI ( Anastrozole)

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jul 9, 2023 | Replies (86)
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@mglinkhart

I have been using Non drowsy Claritin for bone pain and it works well. I take Anastrozole this time. My first round of cancer I was on exemestaine snd had horrible bone pain but didn’t know about the Claritin then.

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anjalima | @anjalima | Jun 23, 2023

Interesting. Wonder what the mechanism is there? Thank you. Dosage?

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iakarsh | @iakarsh | Jul 7, 2023

I was given Anatrozole for just a couple of weeks, and my oncologist told me that exemestane caused less joint pain. Literally, days after being on exemestane, I couldn't even stand my right foot, hip, carpel tunnel etc. crippled me. My oncologist took me off after one month and switched me to Tamoxifen (which is not what I need) for the next year or two and then I will go back to an AI. He said that Tamoxifen is gentler in suppressing estrogen and will give me a chance to not suffer as much. I too am very concerned as I just turned 69 and had planned on traveling abroad during the next five years. There was no quality of life on exemestane.
I was so surprised to see that, in fact, the exemestane was worse for you than Anastrozole.

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