Joint issues or rheumatoid arthritis?
After 5 months of Letrozole and now a 3 week holiday from it because of developing very sore trigger fingers in both hands that has now increased to thumbs and wrists with persistent bone aches, my GP...
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Sadly, That Side Effects list on 'eviq' is SO lacking in real substance - if this is what the Oncs are using as their main reference - no wonder they dismiss our complaints as being trivial! ...... It would seem that all aches & pains get put into the 'arthralgia/myalgia' umbrella, when there are SO many different parts of the body including joints/limbs that are involved & one pain medication doesn't necessarily suit them all ...
I was using thumb/hand splints too for my extreme pain for trigger finger & the base of the thumb. Since changing to Arimidex & taking medicinal cannabis oils, my aches & pains have greatly diminished & I am sleeping better.
Below is a list that I found some time back & I have been adding (at members' requests) additional side effects that they have suffered whilst on those meds - the original side effects are shown as dots - our added ones are shown as 'x'.
Even before OUR 'x' were added - it was one of the most honest side effects sheets that I'd seen to date.
This list covers the more common Hormone meds for BC. I've added the 'most common alternate' names of the different meds and also a description of how the various meds are supposed to work (AI, SERM or ERD.)
I was using thumb/hand splints too for my extreme pain for trigger finger & the base of the thumb. Since changing to Arimidex & taking medicinal cannabis oils, my aches & pains have greatly diminished & I am sleeping better.
Below is a list that I found some time back & I have been adding (at members' requests) additional side effects that they have suffered whilst on those meds - the original side effects are shown as dots - our added ones are shown as 'x'.
Even before OUR 'x' were added - it was one of the most honest side effects sheets that I'd seen to date.
This list covers the more common Hormone meds for BC. I've added the 'most common alternate' names of the different meds and also a description of how the various meds are supposed to work (AI, SERM or ERD.)