from tamoxifen to femara

Katherine-Anne
Katherine-Anne Member Posts: 3
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
after more then a year of hotflashes the doctor
said I am in memopause. So I have been switched to femara from tamoxifen. Has anyone else had this switch ??? What kind of side effects do you have ????

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  • cruf
    cruf Member Posts: 908
    #2
    Hi! I had 5 years of Tamoxifen with 5 years of Hot Flashes. I changed over to Femara 3 mos. ago and the hot flashes got worse(if that's possible!) and I now have joint pain. Not fun but I guess better than having BC again. I see the surgeon on Tues. and I'll see what he thinks. Maybe I could take something to releive the discomfort. I've tried Advil, Motrin and Celebrex and none of them helped.I've actually stopped tennis for the winter to try to feel better but I will continue to walk on the treadmill and do some mild exercises. I am a PT and very active all day so just want to feel more comfortable to make work easier. Good luck to you. You can contact me here if you want to ask more questions. I will be willing to help you as much as I can. HUGS!! Cathy
  • Katherine-Anne
    Katherine-Anne Member Posts: 3
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    cruf said:

    Hi! I had 5 years of Tamoxifen with 5 years of Hot Flashes. I changed over to Femara 3 mos. ago and the hot flashes got worse(if that's possible!) and I now have joint pain. Not fun but I guess better than having BC again. I see the surgeon on Tues. and I'll see what he thinks. Maybe I could take something to releive the discomfort. I've tried Advil, Motrin and Celebrex and none of them helped.I've actually stopped tennis for the winter to try to feel better but I will continue to walk on the treadmill and do some mild exercises. I am a PT and very active all day so just want to feel more comfortable to make work easier. Good luck to you. You can contact me here if you want to ask more questions. I will be willing to help you as much as I can. HUGS!! Cathy

    Hi Cathy, yes I noticed the hot flashes had gotten worse and I have only been taking the femara for 3 weeks. Just when they started to get better. How about sleep .... any change there??? I go to sleep but just a very light sleep. I have a job and house to take care of and ned some sleep. Good Luck at the dr. Thanks
    for your help . PS. are you itchy from the new med. ???? Thanks again ........... Kathy
  • cruf
    cruf Member Posts: 908
    #4
    Katherine-Anne said:

    Hi Cathy, yes I noticed the hot flashes had gotten worse and I have only been taking the femara for 3 weeks. Just when they started to get better. How about sleep .... any change there??? I go to sleep but just a very light sleep. I have a job and house to take care of and ned some sleep. Good Luck at the dr. Thanks
    for your help . PS. are you itchy from the new med. ???? Thanks again ........... Kathy

    Hi Kathy! I haven't slept well since starting Tamoxifen so can't say Femara has caused that. I think part of it is that I have Night sweats and spend the night taking covers off then back on all night.I'm also uncomfortable with joint discomfort which seems worse at night(of course!). I am itchy but have been on my back for several years. What a nuisance!Hope this helps some. HUGS!! Cathy
  • Katherine-Anne
    Katherine-Anne Member Posts: 3
    #5
    cruf said:

    Hi Kathy! I haven't slept well since starting Tamoxifen so can't say Femara has caused that. I think part of it is that I have Night sweats and spend the night taking covers off then back on all night.I'm also uncomfortable with joint discomfort which seems worse at night(of course!). I am itchy but have been on my back for several years. What a nuisance!Hope this helps some. HUGS!! Cathy

    Hi Cathy, I have the same trouble with the night sweats. The hot flashes with the femara seem worse then with tamoxifen I guess my body was getting used to it. Of course you know a hot flash will come at the wrorse time. I am a waitress and get them while I am taking an order or talking to someone. You have been a big help.
    Thanks hugs to you to . One more question??? did you have weight gain from it. thanks again sorry to be a pest. hugs
  • livin
    livin Member Posts: 318 Member
    #6
    Hi Kathy, I was on tamoxifen for 4and1/2 years then switched to Femara. Well I had more hot flashes and weight gain with the tamoxifen then Femara. I went on Femara May 2004 so its been a year. The Hot flashes wasn't to bad with the tamoxifen but evident. Femara maybe 1 or 2 a week?

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