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Topic: Arimidex vs. Femara

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  • Posted on: Oct 21, 2009 05:55 pm
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 70
MMP wrote:

I'm writing for my sister. She had BC three years ago. Stage one IDC, some DCIS. She had a double mastectomy at the time.  No chemo (even though her oncotype was 27. Sigh).

Did a couple years of tamoxifen, then had her ovaries out this past summer.

She now has to choose between Arimidex and Femara.  Any thoughts?  She's 46.

Thanks

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mmm5
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 495
Oct 21, 2009 07:06 pm mmm5 wrote:

Femara was much easier on me than Arimidex.

I see many women on these boards that suffer on Arimidex and suffer with their hips and backs and developing arthritis.


Diagnosis: 4/4/2008, IDC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 3, 0/4 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2+
MMP
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 70
Oct 21, 2009 08:17 pm MMP wrote:

Thanks.  I've been reading the same threads.  I am wondering if one is more effective than the other, as well.
WORRIED55
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 4
Nov 9, 2009 12:33 pm WORRIED55 wrote:

when my 5 years was up on tamoxafen my doctor put me on femara and i little or no side affects.

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