Options for medication side effects (muscle & joint pain)

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MarcieS
MarcieS Member Posts: 1
edited October 2020 in Hormonal Therapy - Before, During, and After

I am on Letrozole and experience the muscle and joint pain. I have trouble sleeping at night because my hips and legs hurt as well as my fingers. In the mornings it can sometimes be very hard to grip a coffee cup or to get around the first 30 minutes from the muscle and joint pain. Was wondering what others have done that helps. I take claratin but it doesn't seem to do anything. I have tried Cryotherapy and like it wondered what other options where out there.

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  • moth
    moth Member Posts: 4,800
    edited October 2020

    I think you might want to ask the mods to move your post to the hormonal treatments forum. There is lots of discussion and tips about this topic there

    Hope you find relief

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  • Valentine214
    Valentine214 Member Posts: 43
    edited October 2020

    Accupuncture worked wonders for me.

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  • Castigame
    Castigame Member Posts: 752
    edited October 2020

    I am 50 and overweight. Been on Arimidex a few days short of 3 yrs.

    For me walk (3miles per day average) multivitamin, and epsom salt bath sat and Sunday(2.3times per week because vacation means additional epsom bath)

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  • buttonsmachine
    buttonsmachine Member Posts: 930
    edited October 2020

    MarcieS, sometimes a change to a different kind of hormone medicine can alleviate some of your symptoms. I found that Tamoxifen or Faslodex were more tolerable for me than Aromatse inhibitors, maybe your MO can recommend another hormone drug you can try. Best wishes to you.

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  • exbrnxgrl
    exbrnxgrl Member Posts: 12,424
    edited October 2020

    I’ve run through all three AI’s Hoping for fewer se’s. No luck, sigh. Walking and moving really helps.During the working day three Advil tide me over. I the evening cannabis is my friend (I live in a legal state).

    Castígame, is your username in Spanish? If so, I appreciate the dry humor. If not, my apologies for reading too much into it!

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  • Lilir
    Lilir Member Posts: 58
    edited October 2020

    I have been on Zoloft 25mg for years due to PMS. It worked perfectly for me. When I received my cancer diagnosis, my primary increased my dose to 50mg.

    After some research, I found that Zoloft may effect Tamoxefen metabolism. I had planned on increasing my dose to 100 upon starting Tamoxefen.

    Good news is that Effexor has no effect on Tamoxefen and can alleviate some of the symptoms.

    I am planning on switching.

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