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tricia keegan · 08-08-2014, 02:16 PM

Hi Lynn,

I took it for eight years and just stopped this summer on the advice of my Onc, the main side effect I had was stiffness in joints but not everyone gets that, bone loss can be an issue though so you need to get a Dexa scan done at the start so they have a baseline, it just measures bone density and I get one every two years, I did get osteopenia but this has been reversed since I began getting a once yearly iv of Zometa which is a bone strengther.

08-08-2014, 02:16 PM	#4
tricia keegan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,463	Re: Anyone taking Arimidex? Hi Lynn, I took it for eight years and just stopped this summer on the advice of my Onc, the main side effect I had was stiffness in joints but not everyone gets that, bone loss can be an issue though so you need to get a Dexa scan done at the start so they have a baseline, it just measures bone density and I get one every two years, I did get osteopenia but this has been reversed since I began getting a once yearly iv of Zometa which is a bone strengther. __________________ Tricia Dx July '05 IDC 1.9cm Triple positive 3/9 nodes positive A/C X 4 ..Taxol/Herceptin x 12 wks then herceptin 1 yr Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06 Currently taking Arimidex.. June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa 2015 as Dexa show normal bone density. Stopped Arimidex July 2014- Restarted Arimidex 2015 for a further two years on the advice of my Onc. 2014 Normal Dexa scan 2018 Mammo all clear, still NED!