ARIMIDEX Reviews (ANASTROZOLE)Average Rating: 2.5 (1431 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ARIMIDEX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ARIMIDEX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Breast cancer & mastectomy | I've been taking Arimidex for 7 months and have started getting aches in leg bones, thighs and arms while sleeping, which is keeping me awake at night, bad depression too but not sure if that is because I threw away the HRT! Scared to come off it though and have to take it for 5 years. | F | 56 | 7 months | 7/29/2004 | 3 | Breast cancer | Headaches, painful muscles,thinning hair, white spots in my fingernails,elevated liver enzymes | How do you know if it is helping? | F | 57 | 5 weeks | 7/23/2004 | 3 | breast cancer, stage 2 | severe joint pain which I never had before. Some fatique. I have only been on it 5 months and they told me I would have to take it for 5 years. I'm not sure I can because of the joint pain. | F | 54 | 5 months | 7/19/2004 | 4 | Breast Cancer | Joint aches, cognitive confusion and forgetfulness, hot flashes (my | F | 56 | 2 years | 7/7/2004 | 4 | Breast cancer | My only side effect has been thinning hair that has gotten progressively worse. It has to be the Arimidex because that has been my only medicine change. I had also noticed a tingling of the scalp. | F | 57 | 16 months | 6/30/2004 | 2 | After Breast Cancer | Hot flushes which calmed down somewhat after first month. Unusual tiredness, aches and pains in back, knees, fingers and hips. Gained 1 stone in three months. | I originally took Tamoxifen and after two years developed painfull uterine polyps and fibroids so was put on Arimidex (anastrozole). Difficult to tell if it is working as it was prescribed to prevent cancer recurring and you can't prove a negative. | F | 58 | 3 months | 4/14/2004 | 2 | Breast Cancer | Pain in wrists, knees, stiffness in body. Memory fog. ain in wrists, knees and very bad stiffness. Foggy memory. | F | 45 | 2 days | 4/11/2004 | 2 | Breast cancer adjuvant therapy | muscle and joint pain | F | 62 | 90 days | 1/26/2004 | 4 | bre. cancer | fluid retention legs, feet. joint pain knees,toes.fingers | F | 65 | 45 days | 3/12/2003 | 4 | breast cancer has spread to my live | I've been on arimidex for eight months. The first side effect that I experienced was/is fatigue and the second side effect is joint aches. | F | 49 | 8 months | 10/20/2002 | 4 | Breast Cancer/problems with Tamoxif | Annoying hot flashes lasting for six weeks from the time I started the medication. From that point just sporadic hot flashes - not bad. That's it so far but I have only been on the medication for 7 weeks. | F | 52 | 7 weeks | 7/12/2002 |