You may have better results and fewer side effects with one of the other drugs.
Aromatase inhibitors side effects hair loss.
Hair loss and thinning have been reported by breast cancer patients treated with aromatase inhibitors ais.
Despite this knowledge there is a paucity of detailed data on hair changes over the course of ai therapy.
This is too bad because side effects can at the lesser end of the spectrum be highly annoying and at the worst end extremely debilitating.
Sardesai says that if you re having side effects with one aromatase inhibitor speak with your doctor.
My understanding from every expert i have talked with is that these drugs including the one you have been prescribed are a critical part of your treatment.
Side effects of aromatase inhibitors versus side effects of tamoxifen.
But aromatase inhibitors can cause more heart problems more bone loss osteoporosis and more broken bones than tamoxifen at least for the first few years of treatment.
By the time i increased to two pills i also upped the cbd to one capsule in the.
The first two weeks were tough the usual side effects joint pain especially in hands and feet nausea hair loss weight gain vision change etc.
These side effects are documented to be reasons that patients discontinue their ai therapy and have been shown to be associated with a decrease in quality of life.
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Some of the more serious side effects of tamoxifen include blood clots stroke endometrial cancer and memory loss.
In fact side effects mine anyway are the focus of the dark side of aromatase inhibitors part 2.
Complete hair loss with the aromatase inhibitor femara generic name.
There are side effects and everyone reacts differently.
Letrozole used for breast cancer was not reported as a common side effect in randomized controlled studies conducted by the manufacturer.
Aromatase inhibitors ais like arimidex aromasin and femara are also used to help fight cancer cell regrowth.
I have taken all of the aromatase inhibitors including tamoxifen.
Although both aromatase inhibitors and tamoxifen can cause menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes many of their side effects differ see figure 5 11 below.
Your health care provider can treat many of these side effects.
I speak from experience on this as i have had some very unsettling side effects myself.
13 tips to help manage side effects from aromatase inhibitors.
Side effects of aromatase inhibitors aromatase inhibitors tend to cause fewer serious side effects than tamoxifen such as blood clots stroke and endometrial cancer.
Weight gain is commonly reported by breast cancer patients on tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors.
