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Endocrine therapy compared to menopause
Hello, this is a question for those ladies who went through menopause before starting on tamoxifen or an aromotase inhibitor. I would be interested to hear if you found your endocrine medication-induc...
It’s an interesting question. I was on Letrozole for ten years. I had no joint pain, bone aches or flushes at all. No brain fog, emotional swings or anything else. I didn’t during menopause either. My periods simply fizzled out with one very heavy one that my GP cheerfully referred to as a ‘last hurrah’! Letrozole caused some vaginal atrophy and a reduction in bone density, both compounded by my age. Patterns in menopause seem not well researched - the same GP told me that the best advice he could give about what to expect in menopause was that it was likely to resemble your mother’s experience. Which in my case was true. Be fascinating to know more.