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If you do get on Femara be sure to have your bones monitored & even treated preventively for potential risk of osteoporosis, compression fractures & scoliosis.
This is based on experience of 20 months on Femara by a relative who got all of these side effects.
Annual Bone Density Scans may not detect bone damage soon enough since they require long time intervals to show change.
There are urine &/or blood tests to find early changes in bone resorption which are indicative of the trend in bone condition when taking Femara supplemented with such bone treatments as Zometa , Actonel etc...
There is a long term clinical trial called ZO-FAST underway combining Femara & Zometa (infused every 6 months). Interim reports in 2005 showed satisfactory bone density in those getting Zometa.
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