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sarah · 08-26-2009, 11:51 PM

Here's a stupid question because I've now been on Herceptin and Femara for 5 years and I know I'm going to be taken off Herceptin soon and wondering about the Femara.
Why does one stop taking an IA?
Do they stop helping at that point?
Is the cancer suppose to no longer be estrogen positive?
Are the side effects so bad?
Just wondering. Despite all the negative side effects, I feel safer, perhaps incorrectly, continuing to take both drugs.
Curious to know since I see the big onc next week
what a disease!
sarah

08-26-2009, 11:51 PM	#9
sarah Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: france Posts: 1,648	Re: Researchers Ponder Shorter Course of AI therapy Here's a stupid question because I've now been on Herceptin and Femara for 5 years and I know I'm going to be taken off Herceptin soon and wondering about the Femara. Why does one stop taking an IA? Do they stop helping at that point? Is the cancer suppose to no longer be estrogen positive? Are the side effects so bad? Just wondering. Despite all the negative side effects, I feel safer, perhaps incorrectly, continuing to take both drugs. Curious to know since I see the big onc next week what a disease! sarah