High Cholesterol

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crzyldyamy
crzyldyamy Member Posts: 6
edited March 2019 in Hormonal Therapy - Before, During, and After

I've been on Arimidex for 2 1/2 years now. My Cholesterol is high. Have any of you experienced this with Arimidex? If so, were you able to lower it with diet?

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  • Meow13
    Meow13 Member Posts: 4,859
    edited March 2019

    Do you take fish or krill oil supplement? My doctor has me doing that for cholesterol slightly high.

    Diet and exercise definitely brought my cholesterol down but it did not help my mother. She has to take medication to lower hers.

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  • MamaOz
    MamaOz Member Posts: 432
    edited March 2019

    yes mine shot up too and Im not happy about it

    My heart dr does not want me on a statin yet says my ratio is ok. But its scary. I just started taking coq 10

    And exersizing more but between the high cholesterol and my vergiing osteoporosis because of the lack of estrogen(arimidex).. its disheartening


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  • KBeee
    KBeee Member Posts: 5,109
    edited March 2019

    Mine went up by 60 points on Letrozole. I have brought it down 30 points with diet changes

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  • wallan
    wallan Member Posts: 1,275
    edited March 2019

    Mine is up too.

    GP says not to worry about it. Just change diet.

    wallan

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  • vlnrph
    vlnrph Member Posts: 1,632
    edited March 2019

    This is a known class effect. I did not mind taking a statin, hoping to take advantage of the presumed anti-inflammatory action however required 200mg of coenzyme Q daily to keep muscle aches at bay.

    I also began a more vigorous exercise routine and took fish oil but family history/genetic tendency meant those efforts were insufficient to reach numerical goals. Diet had been modified previously...

    Now, with metastatic disease, the lipid panel has been dropped from my list of health concerns!

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