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Arimidex withdrawl
Hi everyone. I've been on Armidex for about a year now and have been experiencing all sorts of problems with my hands so my medical oncologist has decided to take me off it for 6 weeks, record pain l...
Hi @LorraineS
Yup I was on armidex and lost use of my right hand with trigger thumbs and fingers and I couldn’t do up zips, shoelaces etc. My Onc who is wonderful said this was totally unacceptable and swapped me to Tamoxifen (which can be done depends on your diagnosis I had ductal cancer).
I had six weeks break (the extra 2 weeks was because I was having more surgery) and my hands got much better. I still had cortisone injected into two digits which really fixed the pain and discomfort. My right hand is stiff in the morning but the hand therapist got me to wear compression type gloves at night and that really helps - now it is stiff but quite bearable.
So the upshot is my pain settled very quickly once I stopped taking the drugs and the cortisone and hand therapist really helped me. DM me if you want to know more
Yup I was on armidex and lost use of my right hand with trigger thumbs and fingers and I couldn’t do up zips, shoelaces etc. My Onc who is wonderful said this was totally unacceptable and swapped me to Tamoxifen (which can be done depends on your diagnosis I had ductal cancer).
I had six weeks break (the extra 2 weeks was because I was having more surgery) and my hands got much better. I still had cortisone injected into two digits which really fixed the pain and discomfort. My right hand is stiff in the morning but the hand therapist got me to wear compression type gloves at night and that really helps - now it is stiff but quite bearable.
So the upshot is my pain settled very quickly once I stopped taking the drugs and the cortisone and hand therapist really helped me. DM me if you want to know more