Hormone blocking therapy

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Letrozole - aches and pains continue
Last year I was switched from Tamoxifen to Letrozole. At first I was feeling okay on the Letrozole but then I had a post menopausal heavy bleed (thats a whole other story), so had a medication holid...
DianeD
5 days ago
letrozole
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Taking collagen powder while on Tamoxifen
Wondering if anyone can help point me in the right direction? I am wanting to take a collagen powder supplement while taking Tamoxifen. I asked my oncologist and he suggested I check drug to drug int...
LauraB27
7 days ago
hormone-therapy
tamoxifen
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Costs
I am not sure which hormone therapy I will need yet but is it all the same costs if you’ve started being prescribed through private or public?
Newwingstoo
15 days ago
hormone-therapy
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The Choice to walk away from AIs ...... some women are!
An interesting article on AIs and those choosing to not take them. I’ll continue taking mine tho ..... The Choice to Walk Away From Aromatase Inhibitors September 1, 2017 Bonnie Annis ...
arpie
2 months ago
aromatase-inhibitors
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Early breast cancer treatment decision
Hi everyone, I’d really appreciate hearing from others in a similar situation. I’m young, not (as) close to menopause, and recently had a lumpectomy for a 12 mm, grade 1, ER+/PR+ HER2- IDC. Margins ...
Shae
2 months ago
hormone-therapy
tamoxifen
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Lower dose tamoxifen
I have taken tamoxifen 20mg for 6 years,I have now had a year off tamoxifen as I stopped taking due to side effects, my oncologist would like me to persist and start taking it again as I’m in my 40s a...
Milly21
2 months ago
aromatase-inhibitors
tamoxifen
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Zoladex
Hi, so I’ve just been started on zoladex and I’m wondering about side effects. I feel like I suddenly have IBS or something. I’m going to the toilet 5-6 times a day. Everything I eat is giving ...
mystic_marzipan
5 months ago
hormone-therapy
letrozole
side-effects
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Nausea after 3 days on Exemestane?
I tried Exemestane for 3 days and felt really nauseaous and stopped taking it. Nausea went away next day. Has anyone else had this side effect after such a short time? I found one old post ...
JosephineB1
5 months ago
aromatase-inhibitors
hormone-therapy
side-effects
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Conceiving & Hormone Blockers
Hi all, I am looking for information on having children after breast cancer. I am meeting with my oncologist to discuss this further but want to understand a little more on what may be involved in t...
NicoleUTM
5 months ago
hormone-therapy
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Letrozole - compound pharmacy
Hello I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with getting Letrozole made by a compounding pharmacy to reduce the fillers and preservatives that come with the commercial Letrozole? I am about to...
AliceM
5 months ago
aromatase-inhibitors
hormone-therapy
letrozole
side-effects
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Hormone inhibitor treatment decisions
Sorry this is a long post. 70 year old, between August 2024 to April 2025 diagnosed DCI, PR+, ER+, HR -, R partial mastectomy and reconstruction, radiation, Anastrazole(such awful, awful side effect...
be_sage
6 months ago
treatment decisions
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Using 'the oil' for Exemestane side effects
Hi there, I'm curious to hear from people who've been using 'the oil' to treat side effects of hormone therapy. I've noticed people don't say the actual name of it, assuming it gets flagged?! To cu...
Gemini78
6 months ago
aromatase-inhibitors
hormone-therapy
side-effects
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Cdk 4/6 inhibitor - node negative
Hi all - has anyone been on a cdk 4/6 for early breast cancer in Australia while node negative but otherwise having relatively moderate-high risk (eg stage 2, grade 2/3, high Ki67) hormone positive d...
Beginner
7 months ago
treatment
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Anastrozole
Hi all. I was diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma in October 2024. I had mastectomy of left breast in February with all clear margins. I am 75 years old and went to see the oncologist yesterday...
Mazza1949
8 months ago
treatment decisions
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Letrazole what's it like to take?
Hi everyone - I've been looking at my box of Femara (letrazole) for the past 3 weeks. I had a bone density scan a week ago and I have osteopenia which I'm dealing with by doing weight-bearing exercis...
Erika888
8 months ago
aramatose inhibitors
HORMONE TABLETS
LETRAZOLE
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Hormone treatments, tamoxifen and tendonitis
Hi there, I'm very new to this, but wondering if anyone has experience of tamoxifen and tendonitis? I've had two different types of breast cancer, but one side was HER2Positive so since January this ...
Wadi
8 months ago
hormone-therapy
research
side-effects
tamoxifen
treatment
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5Comments
Duration of endocrine therapy in premenopausal Australian patients
Hello all Very long time since I’ve poked my head into this discussion forum. I’d like to hear what other younger pre-menopausal patients around the country are being recommend regarding duratio...
youngdogmum
10 months ago
aromatase-inhibitors
hormone-therapy
young-women
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13Comments
Tamoxifen and dizziness
Hi, I have a question about dizziness and tamoxifen. I have been on Tamoxifen for 19 months now and at first I didn't really have any side effects. But for the past few months I have noticed an i...
jewhite
10 months ago
tamoxifen
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13Comments
Tamoxifen
Well woo hoo is what I say! I had seen on the news last weekend that some drugs had been reduced in their end price to us the patients. Well to my surprise I needed to pick up my next pack of Tamoxi...
iserbrown
10 months ago
tamoxifen
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Breakthrough bleed after first dose???
Hi all, after finishing 15 rounds of radiation therapy, i took my first dose on tamoxifen at 10am this morning, only to develop a breakthrough bleed by 5pm. I am perimenopaul and my last period was in...
JelsKovac
10 months ago
hormone-therapy
side-effects
tamoxifen
108Views
0likes
4Comments

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