Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Posted by tinalove @tinalove, Jan 31, 2016

I completed all treatments for breast cancer but now I am supposed to take hormone blocker, named anastrozole. im concerned about the side effects. Has anyone here taken it and did anyone have hair loss?

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@sunflowerqld
Thank you for sharing your story. Can you please tell me what the first brand of medication you were taking? I have been prescribed Anastrozole and after just the first week I had quite a few side effects and have decided to stop taking it.

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@srvtexas My thoughts alone: Each person will make their decision based on their age, where you are in efforts to raise a family, diagnosis, prognosis, and your quality of life before and after trying Anastrozole. If younger and still with young or teenage children to raise, I might have tried to tough it out. But, being 83, no young dependents, and an otherwise good outlook on my remaining life, I chose quality of remaining years vs. the side effects which worsened existing back pain and brought back depression. Don't need that!

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