Is myopathy a side effect of AROMASIN ? ( FactMed.com )

About this FactMed analysis covering adverse side effect reports of AROMASIN patients who developed myopathy.

FactMed provides MD-approved analysis to help both patients, researchers, and physicians accurately assess the risk profile for more than 20,000 different pharmaceutical products. The below report offers compiled information from Food & Drug Administration and FactMed user submissions. Between January 2004 and October 2012, 43 individuals taking AROMASIN reported myopathy to the FDA. A total of 4431 AROMASIN drug adverse event reaction reports were made with the FDA during this time period. Often the FDA only receives reports of the most critical and severe cases; these numbers may therefore underrepresent the complication rate of the medication.

FDA Research Report

Introduction This page is designed to help you determine the relationship, if any, between AROMASIN and myopathy. In doing so, we compare AROMASIN with other drugs that cause myopathy, to help you evaluate whether or not AROMASIN causes myopathy. Likewise, this page shows the most highly-reported side effects of AROMASIN, so you can see if myopathy ranks among AROMASIN's most well-known side effects.

Summary Statistics
Reports of AROMASIN causing myopathy: 43
Reports of any side effect of AROMASIN : 4431
Percentage of AROMASIN patients where myopathy is a reported side effect: 0.9704%

FDA reports of any drug causing myopathy : 3605
Average percentage for all medicated patients where myopathy is reported as a complication: 0.0226%

Physician opinion on AROMASIN as adverse event culprit:

Overall opinion for all reports of this drug:

Most frequent diagnoses/indications for prescribing AROMASIN:

BREAST CANCER ( 1609 patients )
BREAST CANCER FEMALE ( 209 patients )
BREAST CANCER METASTATIC ( 176 patients )
BREAST CANCER RECURRENT ( 53 patients )
ILL-DEFINED DISORDER ( 43 patients )
DRUG USE FOR UNKNOWN INDICATION ( 37 patients )
LUNG NEOPLASM ( 34 patients )
NEOPLASM MALIGNANT ( 32 patients )
HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY ( 15 patients )
METASTASES TO BONE ( 13 patients )
PRODUCT USED FOR UNKNOWN INDICATION ( 13 patients )
BREAST CANCER STAGE I ( 8 patients )
PROPHYLAXIS ( 8 patients )
ANTIOESTROGEN THERAPY ( 8 patients )
ADJUVANT THERAPY ( 7 patients )
BONE NEOPLASM MALIGNANT ( 7 patients )
CHEMOTHERAPY ( 7 patients )
NEOPLASM PROPHYLAXIS ( 6 patients )
HORMONE THERAPY ( 6 patients )
OFF LABEL USE ( 6 patients )
BREAST CANCER IN SITU ( 6 patients )
BREAST CANCER STAGE IV ( 5 patients )
BREAST CANCER STAGE III ( 4 patients )
HYPERCALCAEMIA OF MALIGNANCY ( 4 patients )
OVARIAN CANCER ( 3 patients )
AROMATASE INHIBITION THERAPY ( 3 patients )
BREAST NEOPLASM ( 3 patients )
BLOOD OESTROGEN INCREASED ( 3 patients )
HORMONE SUPPRESSION THERAPY ( 3 patients )
BREAST CANCER STAGE II ( 3 patients )
BONE NEOPLASM ( 3 patients )
WOUND ( 2 patients )
BREAST DISORDER ( 2 patients )
CANCER IN REMISSION ( 2 patients )
METASTASIS ( 2 patients )
ENDOMETRIAL CANCER ( 2 patients )
TUMOUR MARKER INCREASED ( 2 patients )
HORMONE LEVEL ABNORMAL ( 2 patients )
CANCER HORMONAL THERAPY ( 2 patients )
MASTECTOMY ( 2 patients )
SARCOMA ( 2 patients )
METASTATIC NEOPLASM ( 2 patients )
ENDOMETRIAL CANCER METASTATIC ( 1 patients )
NEOPLASM ( 1 patients )
POSTMENOPAUSE ( 1 patients )
LUNG DISORDER ( 1 patients )
PREMEDICATION ( 1 patients )
LUNG NEOPLASM MALIGNANT ( 1 patients )
CONDITION AGGRAVATED ( 1 patients )
SURGERY ( 1 patients )
BREAST CANCER MALE ( 1 patients )
MULTIPLE MYELOMA ( 1 patients )
ADENOCARCINOMA ( 1 patients )
PHARYNGITIS STREPTOCOCCAL ( 1 patients )
LEUKAEMIA ( 1 patients )
BREAST LUMP REMOVAL ( 1 patients )
POSTOPERATIVE CARE ( 1 patients )
BLOOD OESTROGEN ( 1 patients )
METASTASES TO LIVER ( 1 patients )
THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURE ( 1 patients )
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Drugs with high FDA adverse event association with myopathy:

LIPITOR (517 patients)
ZOCOR (480 patients)
ASPIRIN (474 patients)
SIMVASTATIN (410 patients)
FOSAMAX (309 patients)
PREDNISONE (241 patients)
CRESTOR (239 patients)
ZOMETA (201 patients)
PREDNISOLONE (199 patients)
LASIX (177 patients)
FUROSEMIDE (162 patients)
ZETIA (153 patients)
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE (144 patients)
PREDNISONE TAB (139 patients)
LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM (138 patients)
VIOXX (130 patients)
ALLOPURINOL (125 patients)
DEXAMETHASONE (124 patients)
INSULIN (120 patients)
COUMADIN (118 patients)
CYCLOSPORINE (113 patients)
ATENOLOL (112 patients)
ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM (110 patients)
NORVASC (108 patients)
CLARITHROMYCIN (107 patients)
AMBIEN (104 patients)
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL (103 patients)
LISINOPRIL (99 patients)
NOROXIN (98 patients)
DECADRON (97 patients)
OMEPRAZOLE (97 patients)
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE (96 patients)
SORAFENIB (RAF KINASE INHIBITOR) (95 patients)
GABAPENTIN (94 patients)
SYNTHROID (94 patients)
LAMIVUDINE (90 patients)
AMLODIPINE (90 patients)
RAMIPRIL (89 patients)
NEXIUM (88 patients)
PRILOSEC (87 patients)
METHYLPREDNISOLONE (85 patients)
WARFARIN SODIUM (83 patients)
ZIDOVUDINE (82 patients)
ALBUTEROL (82 patients)
LANSOPRAZOLE (80 patients)
MEK INHIBITOR (DIHYDROXYPROP-DIFLU-METHOXYPHEN-CYCLOPROPA-SULFAMI) (80 patients)
PROTONIX (79 patients)
ACETAMINOPHEN (77 patients)
FOLIC ACID (77 patients)
MULTI-VITAMINS (75 patients)
XANAX (75 patients)
COZAAR (73 patients)
NEURONTIN (73 patients)
REMICADE (71 patients)
REVLIMID (69 patients)
HUMIRA (68 patients)
AMIODARONE HCL (67 patients)
FLONASE (65 patients)
CELEXA (64 patients)
FERROUS SULFATE TAB (64 patients)
ATORVASTATIN (64 patients)
AMLODIPINE BESYLATE (64 patients)
SPIRONOLACTONE (63 patients)
MAGNEVIST (62 patients)
VYTORIN (62 patients)
ZOLOFT (61 patients)
PEPCID (60 patients)
PROGRAF (60 patients)
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE (59 patients)
VICODIN (59 patients)
ADVAIR DISKUS 100/50 (59 patients)
ULTRAVIST 150 (59 patients)
PLAVIX (59 patients)
METHOTREXATE (58 patients)
COLCHICINE (58 patients)
AREDIA (57 patients)
OXYCONTIN (57 patients)
LYRICA (57 patients)
DIDANOSINE (56 patients)
ENALAPRIL MALEATE (55 patients)
HEPARIN SODIUM INJECTION (55 patients)
TAMOXIFEN CITRATE (55 patients)
ACYCLOVIR (52 patients)
FENOFIBRATE (52 patients)
PRAVASTATIN (52 patients)
CLONAZEPAM (51 patients)
ITRACONAZOLE (51 patients)
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE (51 patients)
DIGOXIN (49 patients)
SEBIVO (49 patients)
TOPROL-XL (49 patients)
LORAZEPAM (48 patients)
DILTIAZEM (48 patients)
LORTAB (48 patients)
ELAVIL (47 patients)
DIFLUCAN (47 patients)
METOPROLOL TARTRATE (46 patients)
ATIVAN (46 patients)
VELCADE (45 patients)
ALENDRONATE SODIUM (45 patients)
VITAMIN D (45 patients)
KLOR-CON (45 patients)
PRAVACHOL (45 patients)
WELLBUTRIN (44 patients)
TRICOR (44 patients)
DARVOCET-N 100 (44 patients)
PERCOCET (44 patients)
RAPAMUNE (43 patients)
ASCORBIC ACID (43 patients)
LEVAQUIN (43 patients)
AROMASIN (43 patients)
DIAZEPAM (43 patients)
ZANTAC (43 patients)
GEMFIBROZIL (41 patients)
CELEBREX (41 patients)
OXYCODONE HCL (41 patients)
ABACAVIR (40 patients)
LEXAPRO (40 patients)
NIFEDIPINE (40 patients)
RADIATION THERAPY (39 patients)
ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID SRT (39 patients)
ACIPHEX (39 patients)
METFORMIN HCL (39 patients)
IRON (39 patients)
ALTACE (39 patients)
TACROLIMUS (38 patients)
EFAVIRENZ (38 patients)
ZYPREXA (38 patients)
ZYRTEC (38 patients)
LESCOL (37 patients)
[THERAPY UNSPECIFIED] (37 patients)
METOPROLOL (37 patients)
GLEEVEC (37 patients)
PANTOPRAZOLE SODIUM (36 patients)
FOSAMAX PLUS D (36 patients)
PROPRANOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE (36 patients)
EFFEXOR (36 patients)
AMIODARONE (36 patients)
CEFTRIAXONE (36 patients)
HERCEPTIN (35 patients)
THALIDOMIDE (35 patients)
FUSIDIC ACID (35 patients)
SINGULAIR (35 patients)
IBUPROFEN (35 patients)
SPIRIVA (35 patients)
LOSARTAN POTASSIUM (35 patients)
VANCOMYCIN (35 patients)
WARFARIN (34 patients)
PERIDEX (34 patients)
BISOPROLOL (34 patients)
HYZAAR (34 patients)
SIROLIMUS (34 patients)
SOLU-MEDROL (34 patients)
ALPRAZOLAM (34 patients)
CO-TRIMOXAZOLE (34 patients)
AMITRIPTYLINE HCL (34 patients)
COREG (34 patients)
VITAMINS (UNSPECIFIED) (33 patients)
ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID (33 patients)
AZATHIOPRINE (33 patients)
ZOFRAN (33 patients)
CALTRATE +D (33 patients)
PROTEINASE INHIBITORS (33 patients)
CARTIA /USA/ (33 patients)
NIASPAN (33 patients)
PANTOPRAZOLE (33 patients)
MEGESTROL ACETATE (32 patients)
COMPAZINE (32 patients)
ADENOSINE (32 patients)
ALDACTONE (32 patients)
LANTUS (32 patients)
GASMOTIN (32 patients)
PROZAC (32 patients)
ARIMIDEX (31 patients)
AVELOX (31 patients)
FENTANYL (31 patients)
CALCIUM (UNSPECIFIED) (31 patients)
PAXIL (31 patients)
GLIPIZIDE (31 patients)
FLUCONAZOLE (31 patients)
ARANESP (31 patients)
CLARITIN (31 patients)
DILAUDID (31 patients)
NEUPOGEN (31 patients)
AVANDIA (31 patients)
B12 ^RECIP^ (30 patients)
K-DUR (30 patients)
CALCIUM CARBONATE (30 patients)
CELLCEPT (30 patients)
METFORMIN (30 patients)
CLOPIDOGREL (30 patients)
TRAMADOL HCL (30 patients)
REQUIP (29 patients)
CARVEDILOL (29 patients)
GLUCOPHAGE (29 patients)
FLOMAX (29 patients)
ZESTRIL (29 patients)
MIRTAZAPINE (29 patients)
TIAZAC (29 patients)
CAPECITABINE (29 patients)
KETEK (29 patients)
NICORANDIL (29 patients)
VERAPAMIL (29 patients)
CYMBALTA (28 patients)
RALTEGRAVIR (28 patients)
LOVASTATIN (28 patients)
CALCIUM (28 patients)
ACTOS (28 patients)
MICARDIS (28 patients)
DILTIAZEM HYDROCHLORIDE (28 patients)

Most common side effects for patients taking AROMASIN:

PAIN (759 patients)
ANXIETY (665 patients)
ARTHRALGIA (639 patients)
OSTEONECROSIS OF JAW (609 patients)
BONE DISORDER (591 patients)
FATIGUE (551 patients)
OSTEONECROSIS (522 patients)
METASTASES TO BONE (502 patients)
DYSPNOEA (479 patients)
INJURY (449 patients)
OSTEOARTHRITIS (424 patients)
BACK PAIN (422 patients)
TOOTH EXTRACTION (401 patients)
PAIN IN JAW (399 patients)
ASTHENIA (368 patients)
DEPRESSION (367 patients)
ANAEMIA (362 patients)
OSTEOMYELITIS (360 patients)
WEIGHT DECREASED (316 patients)
HEADACHE (312 patients)
DIZZINESS (312 patients)
PLEURAL EFFUSION (309 patients)
ANHEDONIA (306 patients)
HYPERTENSION (306 patients)
FALL (306 patients)
BONE PAIN (304 patients)
OEDEMA PERIPHERAL (297 patients)
IMPAIRED HEALING (296 patients)
DIARRHOEA (292 patients)
PAIN IN EXTREMITY (292 patients)
NAUSEA (286 patients)
SPINAL OSTEOARTHRITIS (285 patients)
PYREXIA (275 patients)
HYPOAESTHESIA (260 patients)
CHEST PAIN (255 patients)
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS (253 patients)
ABDOMINAL PAIN (252 patients)
INSOMNIA (240 patients)
CONSTIPATION (239 patients)
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION (236 patients)
NEOPLASM MALIGNANT (234 patients)
METASTASES TO LIVER (231 patients)
DEATH (229 patients)
PRIMARY SEQUESTRUM (228 patients)
INFECTION (225 patients)
ATELECTASIS (223 patients)
NEUROPATHY PERIPHERAL (216 patients)
PARAESTHESIA (215 patients)
GASTROOESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (214 patients)
PNEUMONIA (214 patients)
GAIT DISTURBANCE (211 patients)
MALAISE (207 patients)
OSTEOPENIA (206 patients)
OSTEOPOROSIS (204 patients)
TOOTH LOSS (202 patients)
PURULENT DISCHARGE (197 patients)
BONE LESION (196 patients)
HEPATIC STEATOSIS (193 patients)
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROTRUSION (190 patients)
SWELLING (187 patients)
ERYTHEMA (185 patients)
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (180 patients)
MYALGIA (177 patients)
LUNG NEOPLASM (171 patients)
DECREASED APPETITE (170 patients)
DYSPHAGIA (170 patients)
URINARY TRACT INFECTION (170 patients)
VOMITING (170 patients)
BRONCHITIS (166 patients)
DEFORMITY (165 patients)
GENERAL PHYSICAL HEALTH DETERIORATION (164 patients)
HOT FLUSH (162 patients)
TOOTHACHE (159 patients)
RASH (158 patients)
OSTEOSCLEROSIS (158 patients)
ALOPECIA (157 patients)
TOOTH DISORDER (155 patients)
METASTASES TO SPINE (154 patients)
BONE DEBRIDEMENT (153 patients)
COUGH (150 patients)
HYPOKALAEMIA (143 patients)
BREAST CANCER (143 patients)
SYNCOPE (142 patients)
HYPERLIPIDAEMIA (140 patients)
DENTAL CARIES (140 patients)
HAEMORRHOIDS (139 patients)
MUSCULAR WEAKNESS (139 patients)
CHOLELITHIASIS (138 patients)
WEIGHT INCREASED (135 patients)
CONFUSIONAL STATE (135 patients)
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM PROGRESSION (134 patients)
ARTHRITIS (134 patients)
SINUSITIS (134 patients)
OSTEITIS (133 patients)
VISION BLURRED (131 patients)
NECK PAIN (130 patients)
HIATUS HERNIA (129 patients)
PRURITUS (129 patients)
SCOLIOSIS (127 patients)
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (127 patients)
DIVERTICULUM INTESTINAL (127 patients)
DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (125 patients)
JOINT SWELLING (123 patients)
MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN (123 patients)
LYMPHADENOPATHY (121 patients)
CHRONIC SINUSITIS (119 patients)
DECREASED INTEREST (116 patients)
BREAST CANCER METASTATIC (116 patients)
DEHYDRATION (115 patients)
DYSPNOEA EXERTIONAL (115 patients)
HYPOPHAGIA (114 patients)
METASTASES TO LUNG (113 patients)
CARDIAC FAILURE CONGESTIVE (111 patients)
MUSCLE SPASMS (110 patients)
STOMATITIS (109 patients)
RIB FRACTURE (108 patients)
FISTULA (108 patients)
GINGIVAL SWELLING (108 patients)
TOOTH FRACTURE (107 patients)
PULMONARY EMBOLISM (106 patients)
MITRAL VALVE INCOMPETENCE (106 patients)
ACTINOMYCOSIS (105 patients)
NEPHROLITHIASIS (105 patients)
NEOPLASM PROGRESSION (105 patients)
SWELLING FACE (105 patients)
COMPRESSION FRACTURE (105 patients)
TOOTH INFECTION (103 patients)
PHYSICAL DISABILITY (103 patients)
CATARACT (103 patients)
CELLULITIS (103 patients)
ASTHMA (103 patients)
METASTASES TO CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (102 patients)
CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERISATION (101 patients)
SPINAL COMPRESSION FRACTURE (101 patients)
BURSITIS (100 patients)
CONDITION AGGRAVATED (99 patients)
DEBRIDEMENT (98 patients)
SPINAL COLUMN STENOSIS (98 patients)
TOOTH ABSCESS (97 patients)
EXPOSED BONE IN JAW (96 patients)
INFLAMMATION (96 patients)
HERPES ZOSTER (96 patients)
TENDERNESS (95 patients)
SEBORRHOEIC KERATOSIS (95 patients)
DISABILITY (95 patients)
LYMPHOEDEMA (94 patients)
BLOOD CHOLESTEROL INCREASED (93 patients)
RENAL CYST (92 patients)
SCAR (91 patients)
JAW DISORDER (90 patients)
DYSGEUSIA (90 patients)
GASTRITIS (90 patients)
CYST (89 patients)
AMNESIA (89 patients)
LOOSE TOOTH (88 patients)
NIGHT SWEATS (88 patients)
SEQUESTRECTOMY (88 patients)
THROMBOCYTOPENIA (87 patients)
DISCOMFORT (87 patients)
CARDIOMEGALY (87 patients)
PERIODONTITIS (87 patients)
PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURE (86 patients)
DISEASE PROGRESSION (86 patients)
EXOSTOSIS (86 patients)
MUSCULOSKELETAL CHEST PAIN (86 patients)
CHILLS (86 patients)
JAW OPERATION (86 patients)
KYPHOSIS (85 patients)
RECTAL HAEMORRHAGE (85 patients)
ORAL PAIN (85 patients)
PALPITATIONS (84 patients)
EAR PAIN (84 patients)
CONTUSION (83 patients)
GINGIVITIS (83 patients)
BLOOD ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE INCREASED (83 patients)
TACHYCARDIA (82 patients)
MASS (80 patients)
MUSCULOSKELETAL DISCOMFORT (80 patients)
ABDOMINAL PAIN UPPER (79 patients)
HYPOTENSION (79 patients)
TRANSIENT ISCHAEMIC ATTACK (79 patients)
BONE SCAN ABNORMAL (78 patients)
TRICUSPID VALVE INCOMPETENCE (78 patients)
ARTHROPATHY (78 patients)
OEDEMA (78 patients)
MOUTH ULCERATION (76 patients)
DYSURIA (76 patients)
LUNG INFILTRATION (75 patients)
OROPHARYNGEAL PAIN (75 patients)
ABSCESS JAW (74 patients)
ENDODONTIC PROCEDURE (74 patients)
MIGRAINE (74 patients)
BLOOD GLUCOSE INCREASED (74 patients)
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LESION (73 patients)
NEUTROPENIA (72 patients)
LIVER FUNCTION TEST ABNORMAL (72 patients)
GINGIVAL PAIN (71 patients)
DYSPEPSIA (71 patients)
VAGINAL HAEMORRHAGE (71 patients)
DRY MOUTH (71 patients)
BLOOD CREATININE INCREASED (70 patients)
ORAL CAVITY FISTULA (70 patients)
HYPOTHYROIDISM (69 patients)
HYPOAESTHESIA ORAL (69 patients)
OSTEOLYSIS (69 patients)
URINARY INCONTINENCE (69 patients)
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME (69 patients)
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS (68 patients)
EXCESSIVE GRANULATION TISSUE (67 patients)
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (67 patients)

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Recent FactMed Activity for AROMASIN

Issue	Description / Topic	Timestamp
QUESTION PNEUMONIA	My patient is suffering from extensive pneumonia and is in ICU stable and with very little recovery in last 5 days, suffering from breast cancer metastases , as per onco aromasin is safe to administer .Any advice as atleast we can start some therapy for Ca.	2015-03-18 22:53:55
QUESTION DEHYDRATION	ucan aromasin cause dehydration	2015-05-22 12:18:33
QUESTION DEHYDRATION	ucan aromasin cause dehydration	2015-05-22 12:18:34
QUESTION LIPASE INCREASED	Has anyone on aromasin treatment had an increase in lipase level?	2015-05-26 19:46:53
QUESTION TEETH BRITTLE	Have been taking aromasin for one year and have experienced a couple of broken teeth. Coincidence or cause?	2015-07-04 23:36:16
QUESTION TEETH BRITTLE	I am on Aromasin for the last year and a half. In regards to questions about brittle teeth, I am 99.9% sure that Aromasin causes brittle teeth, I am a registered nurse in practice for 39 years now and don't usually jump to any conclusions regarding any health complaints not studied. I am now 61 years and have always had strong healthy teeth. Since on Aromasin I have had the common side effects but now have two broken teeth. My dentist always said I had healthy teeth. Off to dentist on Friday which I'm not looking forward to as I have never had major problems before. I am so convinced this is the cause of Aromasin. I am done Aromasin next May but really wondering if all these terrible side effects are really worth it!!!!	2015-08-04 21:37:11
QUESTION MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS	I'm on Aromasin for almost 2 years. The side affects have become worse and seems to suggest Multiple Sclerosis. Given Aromasin to treat breast cancer. Problems walking,increasing joint problems,memory problems, IBS ? Some people suggest M.S. Involved?	2015-09-18 16:48:28
QUESTION PRIMARY SEQUESTRUM	Bone exposure on lingual of mandible?	2015-09-22 09:44:49
QUESTION DRY MOUTH	I have had gums bleed . My teeth hurt gums and roof of mouth and tongue sore. Does this drug cause you to loose teeth. Also I am loosing hair , multiple joint pains. Hands really hurt. ?	2015-10-13 17:08:30
QUESTION SYNOVITIS	I have been on Aromasin for ten months and have experienced pain in hips and knees within a few months of starting it. But I recently developed synovitist and was wondering if there has been similar reactions to the Aromasin	2015-11-04 15:08:18
QUESTION VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY	I switched to Aromasin over a year ago. it's been a year from H---. Had to quit for about 8 months due to side effects and now back on for 2 months. Same side effects. In this year, I have been almost unable to walk without help, joint, muscle & bone pain. jaw pain turned into TMJ, loss of hair, unable to sleep and my hemoglobin went from 15.4 down to 10.2, have low B-12 and vitamin D. I had to BEG to have a Vitamin B-12 and D test done. No-one does these routinely. I also wish my doctor at Mayo Clinic would have mentioned these side effects. I have 3 years left to take these killer pills. What is worse? cancer or the pills?	2016-02-17 14:47:54
QUESTION CHANGE OF BOWEL HABIT	Am on exemestane and have changed bowel habits and pain in left side -is this related to the drug	2016-05-10 06:39:52
QUESTION ANOSMIA	I developed Anosmia after four years of exemestane. Has the loss of smell been linked to exemestane? In addition to anosmia, I developed severe carpal tunnel within two months of starting the drug in 2004, eventually leading to surgery. I was 51. My oncologist took me off the drug after four years because my dexa scans were excellent, that was 2008. In 2012, I had a minor fall from my bicycle and shattered my R hip requiring an emergency total hip replacement. This was about a year after my dexa scan indicated a small area of osteopenia on my right hip. The Anosmia began a few years after completing my four-year regimen and after eight years, I have almost no sense of smell. Luckily my sense of taste is fine. I took an aromatase inhibitor rather than Tamoxifen because I am Factor V Leiden. No chemo or radiation, just exemestane.	2016-07-02 23:40:25
QUESTION PAIN IN JAW	I've have had mestasized breast cancer to the hip area . I was on zometa for a few years n I had a dentist pull a tooth which caused me to have Oncosis of the jaw . I am fine now with that but still have a area with OMJ . So now I have been taken off of the zometa a few yrs ago and now about 2 1/2 months ago I have been put on this Aromasin I have noticed I have a cough now all day long which doesn't hurt me but the biggest question is I've been having jaw bone pain again n I take ibuprofen for the severe pain it calms it down but it's every 2 hours n I'm very concern about takin so much of the ibuprofen but I can't take this jaw pain it's awful . My oncologist is on vacation so I don't no if I should stop taking the aromisin .or what can I do to help me with this awful pain . Please help me to answer this .	2016-08-15 10:48:40
QUESTION RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS	Can examestane cause spinal arthritis	2017-01-06 11:14:36
QUESTION PAIN IN JAW	I have be on exemestane for only six weeks and after two weeks I awake each morning with jaw tightness and mild pain along with my right pinkie and ring finger locked up. After 15 minutes of arising, both conditions dissipate, but never fully go away. Now I am having a Sporadic dental pain disputes my dentist recently stating my teeth are fine. Am I gave med related side effects and will they get worse?	2017-02-12 19:20:17
QUESTION COMPRESSION FRACTURE	After 3 1/2 years I was taken off arimidex (aromasin). May of 2016 I began having pain in my back. It was bad and sent me to the orthopedic office. They could see a compression fracture on the X-ray and asked me when I'd fallen. I had not. I am on a blood thinner and could only take Tylenol for pain. Skipping all the way to October, 2016, I had continued with on and off bad back pain. It was debilitating at times. It's a horror story in my opinion. The extreme horrid pain was increasing and I had a PET scan and 3 MRIs in the range of 4 weeks time. More compression fractures. A bone marrow and bone biopsies were taken. After eliminating a lot of possible situations, the doctors felt I was suffering from damage from arimidex. I was taken off it right then. I'd like to say I hadn't been hindered with back pain for the first 3 years, to speak of. I went on to have one kyphoplasty on L3. And at the same time I continued to have more fractures - and they have all been of the vertebrae. They started me on zometa in attempts to strengthen the bones by stopping the calcium from being pulled out of my vertebrae. Has anybody else had Extreme pain from this same symptom? Compression fractures? I lost 4 inches of height from these blankity fractures. I was 5' 9" and within the 6 months I lost that much. It hurts to try to stand straight from the kyphosis. Thank you for reading this. I'm 69 years old. My dexascan I had this past September was Good. Meanwhile the spinal vertebrae were looking like swiss cheese. HELP Jan FL63	2017-04-17 15:47:32
QUESTION RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS	I started having joint swelling in 2 fingers 5 days after taking Aromasin. Then developed several bumps on hand and finger. Onco felt in Aromasin. He stopped it. Had blood work 4 days after stopping it and crp and esr normal but anti CCP =139 (normal <20). This test is sensitive for rheumatoid arthritis. Can Aromasin cause anti CCP or is this really RA? Thank you.	2017-05-06 22:05:40
QUESTION CARTILAGE INJURY	I have been on Aromasin since March 2014 in the last 2 years had lots of muscular pain including sleepless nights , an MRI showed severe cartilage damage on my knees and so on I never had knee troubles before , it all began with Aromasin .	2017-05-14 20:10:53
CONCERN CARDIAC FAILURE CONGESTIVE	I had stage 1 breast cancer diagnosed in 2015. I had a lumpectomy and a 6 week course of radiation. The ONC started me on tamoxifen which caused such a discharge that It as like a continuous period. I became so raw and sensitive that I discontinued it. He them put me on Aramosin. I was on it for about 3 weeks and began to have a funny feeling in my chest. I had been to my primary doctor just 3 weeks before for a script renewal and had no problem.I made an appt with him to have a check up. My heart was skipping a beat. My doctor is sure it is from the medication, but he scheduled me for a cardiac visit in a couple weeks. On top of that I had been having cramps like you would experience when having a period. i am 78 and know that is not the case. About a week after the skipped beats, I began to have a problem with blood coming from the urethra. I did some research and both of the conditions can occur when taking Aromasin. I called my ONC and after some discussion with his triage nurse who argued that both these were not caused from the medication I suggested that she had better do some additional research before she so lightly dismisses my concerns, it was suggested that I stop the medication for 2 weeks.but wanted me to get a pelvic ultrasound. I declined until after I have been off the medication for 2 weeks. it has been 4 days now and the bleeding is subsiding and the skipped heart beat is also subsiding. This is not a coincidence. I am however going to keep the cardiologist appt just as a safety measure. This is an insidious medication and I am very upset that nothing was said about the heart issue since 26% of women report having some kind of heart problem	2017-06-26 15:07:57

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