View Single Post
Old 01-22-2009, 01:45 PM   #6
MJo
Senior Member
 
MJo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Wilmington, Del.
Posts: 1,126
My health is pretty good except for the blood test results. No other symptoms of liver disease. I was taking a very mild dose of a drug "Abilify" that could lead to elevated enzymes. Possibly the combination of femara and abilify was toxic to my liver. Can't remember if I tok tylenol, but maybe. My cholesterol also went up, so perhaps there is a connection. It wasn't weight related, since I have maintained my weight loss for six months and I stick to low fat diet. I had a blood test in August and all was normal, so the change happened between then and January, when I started Femara and later abilify. Perhaps I can go back on Arimidex if I don't continue with Femara. I switched from Arimidex to Femara in in September 2008 as part of a clinical trial. I think there are a few other women on this board coping with similar situation. We can add this to the list of possible side effects -- even though I'm three years out.
__________________
MJO

IDC, Stage I, Grade 2
Oncotype DX Score 32
Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg.
Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins
3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4)
4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well)
36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score)
2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara
Finished Femara May 2011
MJo is offline   Reply With Quote