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arpie
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5 years ago

Vertigo on Arimidex or other AIs? Who's suddenly 'got it'?

Has anyone on AIs experienced Vertigo? I'd always thought it a minor complaint ..... but yesterday it hit me big-time & I felt HORRIBLE!   I've been on AIs for 2.5 years (letrozole 6 weeks, ...
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PV123
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5 years ago
Hi @arpie

I had very bad vertigo a couple of months after starting femara.  I had the really bad one where you sway side to side.  I had stemetil and did the manoeuvre called Brandt Darhoff exercise for weeks.  

https://www.uofmhealth.org/health-library/hw205649

I didn’t do the epley because I did not want to see a physio due to covid.  I still get dizzy spells occasionally but nothing like the first one.