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Mary-Lou
Mary-Lou Member Posts: 2,230
edited June 2014 in Life After Breast Cancer

Did anyone else stop all their meds? I think I took um for about 2 years. But the SE's were so bad I couldn't keep on and have any quality of life at all.

I take neurontin, but I have no problems with that.

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited May 2011

    Hi Mary .. if you're talking about AI's and Tamoxifen, yes, I quit taking them a couple of years ago.  I do take lots of other medications.

    Hope all is well with you,

    Bren

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  • AnneW
    AnneW Member Posts: 4,050
    edited June 2011

    I stopped my AIs. Four years after my first cancer, two years after my second. But I had fairly "quiet" cancers both times. And, I had the blessing of my oncologist.

    Quality of life is a big issue. Some AIs won't affect you the way others do.

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  • 208sandy
    208sandy Member Posts: 2,610
    edited June 2011

    I stopped the AIs 18 months after diagnosis - I had tried two of them and I was literally bedridden - so far so good, my PCP was in agreement with quality of life - my onc. less so but has never brought up the subject again - I am presently undergoing scanxiety (onc appointment this coming Tuesday - blood markers fine, us fine, just waiting for results of CT scans) - I feel wonderful and feel like I have my life back.

    To each her own......

    Hugs, Sandy

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