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Hi Debbie, I was on anastrozole and having joint pain and severe leg muscle cramps especially...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1156553/

Discussion: Severe side effects after only 7 weeks Anastrozole. Next drug?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 13, 2024

After six months on anastrazole, I had awful joint pain. I had also gained weight, had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1156407/

Discussion: Severe side effects after only 7 weeks Anastrozole. Next drug?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 13, 2024

That must have been terrible to happen on your holiday! My dr says raloxifine has a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1156308/

Discussion: Severe side effects after only 7 weeks Anastrozole. Next drug?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 13, 2024

I was put on rosuvastatin (Crestor) at the start of all this so it was difficult...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1155986/

Discussion: Severe side effects after only 7 weeks Anastrozole. Next drug?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 12, 2024

Thank you for the post. I am 76 now. July 2023 I had a lumpectomy for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1155932/

Discussion: Severe side effects after only 7 weeks Anastrozole. Next drug?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 12, 2024

I was on Anastrozole from august 21 till July 23. The side effects gif me were...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1184901/

Discussion: When do side effects of anastrozole begin?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 5, 2024

Have you ladies with trigger finger taken an AI? Trigger finger is a known, but not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1184737/

Discussion: Can I have hand surgery on same side as radical mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 5, 2024

I’ve stopped both and am now on exemestane since July 2023 which I take every second...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1156318/

Discussion: Severe side effects after only 7 weeks Anastrozole. Next drug?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 13, 2024

I am a nurse also. This is so troubling. I took my first pill of Exemestane...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1185690/

Discussion: Is it just me, or do others suffer with no help too?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 6, 2024

My lumpectomy for Stage Zero Intermediate Grade DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma In Situ) was March 15, 2024....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1185004/

Discussion: When do side effects of anastrozole begin?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 5, 2024

I was diagnosed with ILC, HR+/HEr2 low MBC, metastasis to bones, no mutations. My first line...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1182884/

Discussion: Anyone taking cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitors?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 1, 2024

Anestrozole ruined 4 fingers. Needed surgery on pointer. More surgery threatened. It's not that effective of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1178365/

Discussion: Anastrazole and anxiety

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 22, 2024

I did have some joint stiffness from anastrazole but walking daily for about 20-30 minutes seem...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1176344/

Discussion: Anyone taking cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitors?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 19, 2024

IF you have LOBUALR Cancer, Tamoxifen is NOT the drug of choice. Any of the other...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1166693/

Discussion: Side effects with Baby Tamoxifen (low-dose tamoxifen)

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 2, 2024

I read in an article that half life for anastrozole is 50, Letrozole 48, and exemestane...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1163799/

Discussion: Completed 5 years of anastrozole. Withdrawal symptoms? Side effects?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

I'm sorry you suffer from so many side effects! I agree that you need to talk...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1162210/

Discussion: Letrozole joints, bone loss, low platelets, high cholesterol

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 24, 2024

I am 69 years old. I was put on Anastrozole after being diagnosed with atypical ductal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1156427/

Discussion: Severe side effects after only 7 weeks Anastrozole. Next drug?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 13, 2024

I’ve been on Anastrozole for 10 years. I was taking chemo when I started taking it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1184183/

Discussion: When do side effects of anastrozole begin?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 4, 2024

I've been on anastrozole since Oct 20th and have had no side effects. I'll be on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1184170/

Discussion: When do side effects of anastrozole begin?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 4, 2024

@danielleboily I see your new member to Mayo Connect, welcome. Similar to you, I could not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1176210/

Discussion: Anastrazole and anxiety

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 19, 2024

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