Arimidex, menopause, and high blood pressure.

Codien4

I have been taking Arimidex for 2 months along with lupron shots every four months due to my ER + status. My normal blood pressure range has always been 120/75 or so. Recently its been creeping up to a now hypertensive level of 160/95. Has anyone else seen this as a SE with the med?

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Hi Codien4 and welcome to Breastcancer.org!

We're sure you'll meet others here soon that are sharing this common side effect of Arimidex.

For more information and tips to help lower your blood pressure, you may want to check out the main Breastcancer.org site's page on High Blood Pressure.

We hope this helps and look forward to hearing more from you soon!

--The Mods

LRGinger

I had the same thing happen. My PCP put me on a diuretic and it went right back to normal within 2 months.

kmpod

Yes, I had a sudden and significant increase in my blood pressure after being on Arimidex for a couple of months.

I've been hypertensive for 20 years and had my blood pressure reasonably well controlled until the AI. Once on it I had to add another medication and double the dose on another 2 to bring it down to an acceptable level.

I'm within spitting distance of finishing my 5 year sentence and I'm really hoping that I will be able to reduce my meds for hypertension once I'm finished with the Arimidex.

For what it's worth my MO denied that my increase in blood pressure had anything to do with the Arimidex, in spite of the fact that it's listed as a common side effect on Astra Zeneca's own website.