Letrozole (letrozole) Side Effects, Uses Dosages
Side Effects for Letrozole (letrozole)
Joint and muscle aches, reduced agility. Tired, decreased motivation. Anxiety.
Crippled with pain from neck across shoulders needed pain killers but still unable to function
Aches and pains all over. Causing severe pain in heels of my feet. I sit down to alleviate it, but when I get up, after sitting for only a few minutes, I'm stiff, can't walk and the pain is still there. Very irritable, paranoid, anxious... Tired all the time, but can't get a good, deep sleep at night.
I have to take Letrozole for 9 more years. I don't know if I can do it. It's a question of quality of life as opposed to quantity of life. I would love to have both, but don't know how that will be possible!
Hot flashes, night sweats, severe back pain, difficulty sleeping, irritability, hip pain, memory loss, blurred vision, some hair loss, increased anxiety, sleepiness during day, constipation
Hot flashes are lessening, back pain is worse, constipation is very difficult to treat, in spite of vegetarian diet, with lots of fruit, veggies, fiber. Stool softeners & laxatives don't help much.
pains in hips, hands, knees. Very emotional - cried many times each day - did not realize it was due to medication until, a week or so after I stopped it I realized I was not crying anymore.
LETROZOLE (LETROZOLE): This medication is used to treat certain types of breast cancer (such as hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer) in women after menopause. Letrozole is also used to help prevent the cancer from returning. Some breast cancers are made to grow faster by a natural hormone called estrogen. Letrozole decreases the amount of estrogen the body makes and helps to slow or reverse the growth of these breast cancers. (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)
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