Side effects of femara for cancer
Common Questions and Answers about Side effects of femara for cancer
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Tamoxifen is a drug that blocks the action of the hormone estrogen. Side effects of this drug may include : nausea, hot flashes, weight gain or headache. (http://www.medicinenet.com/tamoxifen-oral/article.htm)
FEMARA (letrozole tablets) is approved for the adjuvant treatment of postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer.
Of course you can stop Femara if the side effects become too much to deal with. I have stopped Arimidex after three days, Femara after 28 days, and now Aromasin (?) after only three days as well. (And I did not take this lightly, believe me!) But you have to try something before you can make a decision the stop?
In the adjuvant setting, commonly reported side effects are generally mild to moderate. Side effects that are comparable between Femara and tamoxifen include night sweats, weight gain, nausea and tiredness. Side effects seen more often with tamoxifen versus Femara were hot flashes and vaginal bleeding. Joint pain was experienced more often with Femara versus tamoxifen.
ref: http://www.femara.com/home.jsp?
Hi,
All aromatase inhibitors may cause side effects, but some people can better tolerate the side effects of these drugs,while others cannot.Check with your Doctor/Oncologist if another similar drug might be better suited for you if any of these most common side effects persist or become bothersome when using Letrozole (Brand name Femara).
Please check the link below for more information concerning the side effects.
http://www.drugs.com/sfx/letrozole-side-effects.
I was on Femara and Necon for 3 months to treat endometriosis. 2 weeks into treatment I started getting side effects like scary muscle pains throughout my body especially in my chest and legs, unable to concentrate and focus, memory loss, joint pain ,anxiety, rage, depression... the list goes on and on. Every time I would call the prescribing dr with a side effect he would tell me it is not from the medication.
My legs and ankles swelled daily. Femara is an Aromatase Inhibitor, and one of the side effects of all of them is bone pain. I am currently on Aromasin, and although it is doing great things for my cancer, it makes my bones hurt all the time. There is certainly no harm in getting checked out by her local doc, but this might ease your mind a bit. Did he also check her Vitamin D level?
m currently 4 years in remission. The femara saved my life however the side effects are horrible. I have a fever most nights and of course hot flashes, since I'm in menopause, and I'm nauseated most of my waking moments. Plus my bones ache and I just feel horrible overall. It feels like I'm swimming against the current every day of my life, just walking 50 feet exhausts me.
My dream is to put all this behind and carry on with my life but unfortunately the impact of the side effects of Femara on my life are too great and I am finding it is too hard to find a balance and acceptance that life is not any more like it was. I also feel lonely I don't know in which direction to turn, should I try alternative therapies or not?
Any way thank you for your reply.
Hello! yes a lot of us have used it on here, and its worked! i never used clomid though - they did my lap and i was covered in endo : ( ... so femara is particularly good for endo patients.. i produced one or two follicles each time (but i was on the low dose - 2.
Femara works on a different hormone then Clomid and is not suppose to have any of those side effects. I did 4 cycles of Clomid on the lowest dosage and 1 of Femara on the lowest dosage. The Clomid did dry up what little CM I did have and made me a little moody. I didn't notice any of that with the Femara.
As I have posted before, my wife aged 74 has breast cancer and has been on Femara for about three months prior to surgery. She's responding well and the cancer has shrunk, and she hasn't really had any side affects but in the last 2 weeks has developed an itchy red rash in the area between her legs and upper thighs.
So I took Femara for one more year.The side effects were much less aggravating,but it still caused fatigue, arthritis,indigestion,muscle pain and weight gain.
Finally my Surgeon told me to stop the drug and I did. In total I was taking these drugs for 4 years.I had absolutely no withdrawal side effects,quite the contrary ,I started to feel much better just a few weeks later.I felt like a new person again.
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