Despite this knowledge there is a paucity of detailed data on hair changes over the course of ai therapy.
Aromatase inhibitors side effects hair loss.
The main and most often complained about side effects are.
A survey of 868 patients receiving endocrine therapy with an aromatase inhibitor or tamoxifen found hair loss in 22 4 and hair thinning in 31 8.
Other aromatase inhibitors ais includes drugs such as anastrozole arimidex and exemestane aromasin.
Hot flashes and night sweats.
The first two weeks were tough the usual side effects joint pain especially in hands and feet nausea hair loss weight gain vision change etc.
However hair thinning has been reported.
Vaginal dryness or itching hot flashes and night sweats.
Estrogen loss due to these products may lead to hair thinning or hair loss.
Joint and muscle pain.
Joint pain bone loss bone fractures lowered libido hair loss thinning weight gain hot flashes and sleep issues to name a few.
By the time i increased to two pills i also upped the cbd to one capsule in the morning and one in the evening.
In general complete hair loss does not occur with aromatase inhibitors like femara.
These side effects are documented to be reasons that patients discontinue their ai therapy and have been shown to be associated with a decrease in quality of life.
Hair loss and thinning have been reported by breast cancer patients treated with aromatase inhibitors ais.
Generally speaking and maybe even mildly comforting to know then again maybe not the side effects of all three ais are similar.