Alternative to Arimidex

Hello, all.  Well, that's enough Anastrozole for me, thank you!  Nine months.  First six a piece of cake; now every side effect from joint pain & muscle cramps to flashes & sweats to fatigue & depression.  I feel absolutely not human and have no desire for anything, including life.  That many messages from my body can't be wrong!

I was unfamiliar with DIM before finding posts about it here today.  Will definitely read up and discuss with my oncologist next month.  In the mean time, very mindful nutrition, supplements & exercise.

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You are the 10th person that has said to go to Natural Girls.  For the life of me I can't find how to search for a topic inside of a forum.  Is there a way to do that?

You click SEARCH. Type in DIM. Then open the drop down menu for the complementary forum.

Hundreds of women here are taking DIM. A lot of the well-informed people on Natural Girls left about six months ago.

Just about every naturopath has info on DIM. There is a good one given out by an integrative MD -- the name starts with "brocco." Sorry I can't remember the actual name.

Gloria, it would be one thing if Arimidex had as much survival value as something like surgery. But Arimidex's value is still very shaky. There are three ongoing studies. One study says people live less long on Arimidex, one says people live a little longer, then there is one that is a mess because they kept changing the regimens. There is a video of Dr. Winer from Dana Farber mentioning this.

Somebody emailed Eric Winer but he never provided any documentation. The research is just a mess. If you can locate the three studies, have a look.

Somebody very kindly PMed me one of the slide shows but it's so hard to get a handle on overlapping one medicine with another. Arimidex seems more complicated than any other drug study set up because they keep changing the context.

Arimidex was so promising in the beginning. I think Winer's position is they have to do something and that's all they have. I sure hope it has some benefit after all the suffering people go thru. The worst is the guilt they feel from stopping Arimidex. I don't know remember what percentage stop, do you?

Hi friends, I am a 6 year breast cancer survivor and my sister is a 1 year breast cancer survivor. My oncologist wanted to put me on arimadex but I refused. I researched posts and found a women doctors name that had capsules that contained green tea, mushroom, grapeseed, milk thistle and estro balance and maybe another 1 or 2 supplements. I took it for 3 years and I am still cancer free. My sister is on arimidex and she is having real bad side effects but she is worried that if she stops and takes nothing her cancer will come back. I cannot find the dr.s name or the name of the capsule she formulated for an alternative for arimadex. I found the info back in 2005. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Diagnoised 7-7-05 IDC Grade 1 Stage 1 ER+PR Her2-Neu-non aggressive