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Becky · 07-28-2016, 07:43 AM

Tamoxifen, at one time, was the only drug available before AIs. Postmenopausal women and premenopausal women can take it. Only postmenopausal women can take an AI. I am on my eleventh year on Arimidex. I will ask my onc about getting used to it. I see him soon.

07-28-2016, 07:43 AM	#3
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Re: Anybody taken tamoxifen after 10years of arimidex? Tamoxifen, at one time, was the only drug available before AIs. Postmenopausal women and premenopausal women can take it. Only postmenopausal women can take an AI. I am on my eleventh year on Arimidex. I will ask my onc about getting used to it. I see him soon. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"