Letrozole (Femara) | Cancer information | Cancer Research UK Letrozole (Femara) Letrozole is a type of hormone therapy drug, also known as hormone therapy You pronounce it as let-roe-zole It is also known as Femara It is a treatment for breast cancer How does letrozole work? Oestrogen stimulates some breast cancers to grow These breast cancers are called hormone sensitive or hormone receptor positive Letrozole can stop or slow the growth of these
Letrozole and Vitamins - Macmillan Online Community I'm taking Letrozole and am suffering with the side effects of aches and pains ouch !! I was wondering about taking a combination of Vitamin D Cod Liver Oil and Glucosamine to help my poor old bones out
Hormone therapy for breast cancer - Cancer Research UK Hormone therapy is a treatment for breast cancer It is also called endocrine therapy There are a number of different types of hormone therapy for breast cancer One of the most common types is tamoxifen
Letrozole or Tamoxifen, which should I choose? I discussed the different scenarios with the oncologist, and she did say that Tamoxifen is much better tolerated than Letrozole , and 20% of women have side effects with Letrozole which caused them to stop taking swap to Tamoxifen
Letrozole break update - Macmillan Online Community Letrozole takes the oestrogen out of our body - takes our lubricant - and 'c' needs feeds off this If we stop taking letrozole, our bodies are making oestrogen - this then starts to help our joints etc
Letrozole withdrawal - Macmillan Online Community Hi Granny59 Yes 10 years is a long time to struggle with Letrozole and it’s horrendous side effects I can tell you it’s not been easy but I felt I wanted to give myself the best chance so I persevered The side effects become a way of life and you forget what it’s like to live life without the joint pain etc Thanks for taking the time to reply
Letrozole joint pain does it cause permanent damage ease over time? my concern is does this continue after stopping Letrozole ie cause permanent joint damage? As I am only 9 months into treatment do symptoms ease with time ? I am taking vit D cod liver oil and glucosamine Not sure they are helping If Two 400mg ibuprofen a day this helps but I don’t want to take ibuprofen all the time so try to minimise this
Stopped taking Letrozole for 2 weeks advice please very worried I rang my oncologist and spoke to a macmillan nurse who advised me to stop taking Letrozole for 2 weeks to see if it's that causing the problems I am very nervous about stopping and would welcome your advice and if anyone has been asked to do the same