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02-06-2008, 11:56 AM
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Location: Bay City, MI
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Arimidex Allergy?
Well, I finally was able to go on Arimidex, after my ooph, and now I might be allergic to it! I started early December on the Arimidex, then Christmas Eve, half of my face swelled up, and I looked like a monster! So I shrugged it off to a once a time thing, then I kept having hives almost every day. I then developed shingles, was on meds for that, then for the past 2 weeks, I keep getting these huge, huge welts all over my body. They are like 2 inches x 2 inches! I'd get like 3-4 a day, in different areas....so now the onco wants me to try to be off of the Arimidex for 2 weeks, and we'll see if that's it. I hope it's not the medication. Has any one had problems with Arimidex like this?
Sue
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IDC, Stage 1, Grade 3
Oncotype Dx Score 40
Her2+++ E+P+
Lumpectomy 5/05
Re-excision 6/05
4AC
33 rounds of radiation
1 year Herceptin (had to quit after 8 months, due to low muga scores)
Faslodex until 11-07
Hysterectomy with ovaries 11-07
Arimidex 12-07 switched to Aromasin 10-09
Quit Aromasin 11-09 due to joint pain
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02-06-2008, 01:55 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Jersey
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Sue,
Don't fret as you can always switch over to Femara. I did not have your problems with the Arimidex but had to change to femara. I am finding
on the Femara that I have this itching going on...I am not certain it
is in fact the Femara since I don't want to stop the Femara to test
it.
wishing you the best,
Jean
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Stage 1, Grade 1, 3/30/05
Lumpectomy 4/15/05 - 6MM IDC
Node Neg. (Sentinel node)
ER+ 90% / PR-, Her2+++ by FISH
Ki-67 40%
Arimidex 5/05
Radiation 32 trt, 5/30/05
Oncotype DX test 4/17/06, 31% high risk
TOPO 11 neg. 4/06
Stopped Arimidex 5/06
TCH 5/06, 6 treatments
Herceptin 5/06 - for 1 yr.
9/06 Completed chemo
Started Femara Sept. 2006
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02-06-2008, 03:14 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,380
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Rash is listed as a potential side effect of Femara.
Hopeful
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02-06-2008, 04:48 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Jersey
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Hi Hopeful,
Yes, I had read the lists of effects and I am feeling certain that this itching I have is from the Femara as I have eliminated the most obivious
items. I do not have a rash, or red skin of any kind, skin is normal looking,
as a matter of fact the itching is contained to one area, on both of my breasts. It is not a consent itch all day long but it is there and is very
annoying. It began about a month after I began Femara. I could stop
Femara for 2 weeks or 3 and observe it...but I am more concerned with
not taking the Femara as I am so strongly ER+ (90%)....
As the song goes, "It's just another day"....
Kind Regards,
Jean
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Stage 1, Grade 1, 3/30/05
Lumpectomy 4/15/05 - 6MM IDC
Node Neg. (Sentinel node)
ER+ 90% / PR-, Her2+++ by FISH
Ki-67 40%
Arimidex 5/05
Radiation 32 trt, 5/30/05
Oncotype DX test 4/17/06, 31% high risk
TOPO 11 neg. 4/06
Stopped Arimidex 5/06
TCH 5/06, 6 treatments
Herceptin 5/06 - for 1 yr.
9/06 Completed chemo
Started Femara Sept. 2006
Last edited by Jean; 02-06-2008 at 09:37 PM..
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02-06-2008, 08:41 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,380
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Jean,
I have a friend who developed an itching on her affected breast while on Femara. Long story short, due to scratching the itching, she wound up with a dilly of a staph infection - even had a biopsy done to rule out Paget's disease. It took a lot of antibiotics and a long time to clear up. My rads onc gave me some Aquaphor and told me to use it if I started itching. Thank goodness, I have not had the necessity to try it yet, because I am very susceptible to itching reactions, but maybe you could give it a go.
Hopeful
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02-06-2008, 09:40 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,154
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Hopeful,
I have tried almost everything but not Aquaphor. Will try it !
Remember using it during radiation. Thanks,
Jean
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Stage 1, Grade 1, 3/30/05
Lumpectomy 4/15/05 - 6MM IDC
Node Neg. (Sentinel node)
ER+ 90% / PR-, Her2+++ by FISH
Ki-67 40%
Arimidex 5/05
Radiation 32 trt, 5/30/05
Oncotype DX test 4/17/06, 31% high risk
TOPO 11 neg. 4/06
Stopped Arimidex 5/06
TCH 5/06, 6 treatments
Herceptin 5/06 - for 1 yr.
9/06 Completed chemo
Started Femara Sept. 2006
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