First Fulvestrant shot side effects

GoGirl36

What has been your experiences of side effects from the Fulvestrant shot??!

Anyone have weight gain or loss????

star2017

Just injection site pain.

I did notice some hot flashes since starting.

GoGirl36

any weight gain or loss

KBL

GoGirl36, I just had my first shots Monday, so I haven’t had enough time to see, but so far just a little pain at the injection site. It’s almost fine now. have had hot flashes all day and night since my partial hysterectomy in 2012, so I won’t be able to tell if there are hot flashes from the injections.

GoGirl36

did you find you had weight gain or loss

KBL

I haven't been on long enough, but I'm not a fair representation because I have cancer in my stomach, which has made me lose 20 pounds. I was holding steady until recently, when I believe my Ibrance isn't holding it back any longer, which is why I switched to Faslodex and Xeloda. I'll be starting Xeloda on Monday. I am back to not being able to eat and nausea and I've lost 5 pounds in the last month and a half. I hope I don't lose any more.

Anonymous

Go Girl 36,

I have been getting Fulvestrant shots since 11/2019 so almost 2 years . It has not caused any weight loss or gain as far as I can tell. To be honest, except for the nuisance of monthly injections it's been easy to tolerate. I had more joint pain on femara, which I took for 7 years.

cowgal

Go Girl 36 - I am just a little short of two years on Faslodex and I have not lost or gained on it. I think that you may get more answers and learn more about what those of us taking Faslodex have experienced if you read and post in the Faslodex thread. Here is the link: https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/8/topics/816419?page=115#idx_3437 .

Lee64

I have been on Fasoldex for almost 2 yrs. with no weight gain or loss that I would attribute to the drug.