dougal
7 years agoMember
Tamoxifen or Letrozole???
Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone has an opinion or any knowledge regarding tamoxifen and letrozole. I have just started taking tamoxifen around a month ago but then my oncologist realised he hadn't taken any blood tests to check my hormones, so taken off them for two weeks, did blood tests which showed post menopausal, chemo most likely put me into menopause. I'm 52 (on Saturday!) so oncologist suggested switching to letrozole but said one in two people will have joint and muscle pain. As I had so much of this whilst having chemo I am reluctant to switch as so far no side effects from tamoxifen, but I keep having this niggling feeling that letrozole is going to be better in terms of preventing recurrence. Onc suggested stay on tamoxifen then and switch to letrozole in a few years time. I'm so confused what is the best thing to do, as obviously biggest fear is of recurrence. Any opinions or advise would be very welcome, please and thankyou. I am also having herceptin injections every three weeks as HER2 positive