Re: Arimidex side effects?

[Guest guest]

, I've been taking Arimidex for about 3 months now, and I

feel no side effects. My Dr. studied it in the PDR and saw no

problems for me, and so far so good. My E was up too high and is

dropping now.

[Guest guest]

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I started 1 mg/dy Arimidex on Aug 2nd '01...have been on it

continuously. My E baselines were estrogen 198 (40 -115) and

estradiol 87 (<54)...after two months brought Es down to estrogen 85

and estradiol 37.

First thing I noticed after several weeks was reduction in benign

prostate hypertrophy (BPH) piss urgency and frequent nocturnal pissing

http://www.t-mag.com/articles/171estro.html

http://hairloss-research.org/testosteroneBPH-Oct2001.html

I reduced Arimidex dose to 1 mg/eod...within several weeks BPH

symptoms returned...so I resumed 1 mg/dy.

I began 10 G/dy AndroGel Nov 6th '01...below are results of lab work

29 and 96 dys after beginning AG. I think my Es were too low...so I

have begun taking 1 mgArimidex for two dys and one day off...i'll be

tested again in about five weeks to see how that regimen holds. Men

do need some estrogen/estradiol and carrying levels too low can be as

deliterious as too high levels.

12-5-01 - 29 dy 3-11-02 - 96 dy

Tests Serum >>>>>>>> 750 704

(241- 827)

%Free & Weak >>>>>>>>>>> 47.7 37.6 (18.3 -

62.3)

F & W bound >>>>>>>>>>>> 357.7 264.7 (66.6 -

276.3)

Estradiol >>>>> 50 16 (0-54)

Estrogen >>>>>> 124 44 (40 - 115)

If possible I would recommend that you have Es tested after couple

months on Arimidex. I tried OTC ChryDim for ~8 mos and it was

ineffective for me.

Just my experiences...

OR eon

[Guest guest]

I reason why I'm asking is that I started Anastrozole on 8/1 at 0.25mg EOD. My

labs on 8/19 showed my E2 at 22pg/ml down from 48pg/ml on 5/20. However when I

had a blood pressure test on 9/4 my BP was 164/87 vs 132/80 on 5/20. While I did

add a few new herbs between 5/20 and 9/4 which I will eliminate, I thought that

jump in BP could be from Anastrozole. I take the liquid Anastrozole from

ChemOneResearch. I wanted to know if anyone else on this forum encountered the

same BP increase problem.

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> > I was wondering if anyone who has used Anastrozole(arimidex) has

> experienced high blood pressure....arimidex side effects ...

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> As Phil pointed out, the listed side effects are generally when taken at

> the higher dose for the specific purpose for women. For women, the

> trade off for reducing Estrogen to almost nil is to fight cancers that

> grow with Estrogen, eg " women with hormone receptor-positive early

> breast cancer. "

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> Off label, at a lower dose, men are seeking to reduce but not eliminate

> Estrogen. The side effects are considered to be less but the drug maker

> did not study this use of the medication in men. As a man, you take an

> educated risk that the benefit of lowering estrogen will outweigh any

> negatives from the drug and you reduce the impact by not taking any

> higher dose then needed.

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