Anastrozole alternative?
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booneman77
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aromasin... or letro, but its pretty harsh
mcr
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i am only on anastrozole
will this side effect be there with other AIs?
no, never taken steroids. i am on anastrozole to combat high E2 caused by years of being on finasteride. even after quitting finasteride years ago my hormone levels remained abnormal (normal-low T, high E2)
mcr
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well don't feel too bad. i am seeing an andrologist and even he is at a loss as to why this is happening, and doesn't know what we can do other than AI
finasteride is a poison, i wish i'd never touched it
booneman77
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have you tried any other ai's like aromasin or letrozole?
mcr
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the other thing i've taken was tamoxifen but it was a few years ago to try to deal with the gyno, but it was too late so i had gyno surgery
do all AIs cause moonface? the reason i thought it was an allergy was because my nose is plugged - a tell-tale sign
booneman77
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mcr
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what could it be? because i am DEFINITELY not imagining this
other side effect i'm noticing is that my face became quite oily as well
booneman77
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mcr
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yes, it's a prescription, got it from the pharmacy
is this another thing that should be blood tested? what can i take for cortisol?
Mcballz
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Definetly Aromasin.
It's superior in a number of ways.
It doesn't have a negative impact on colesterol levels.
There is a lot less estrogen rebound because it's a suicide inhibitor. Adex can be broken from the estrogen releasing it free once again so there will be a greater rebound.
And I've also heard it increases IGF1.
I haven't dug into the validity or science of that one but it seemed like a reliable source.
CatSnake
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it doesn't raise IGF1. none of the AIs or SERMs do.
"Plasma IGF-I decreased significantly (−13 ± 11%; P = 0.008) "
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Mcballz
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Good call, thanks for telling me. I thought that sounded like bro science.
Well thank god for mk677 then.
Thank God for it anyways. I'm feeling great on it.
mcr
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48, reference for the test is 39
this test is even years after stopping finasteride AND while on 1mg anastrozole every other day (for 15 days). before the anastrozole, the E2 was 57. my E2 should normally be around 20
after the test the dose was bumped up to every day
mcr
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why did the doctor prefer to prescribe adex instead?
Mcballz
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Don't know for sure.. But if I had to guess it's probably because Aromasin is a lot stronger than adex. And you don't need something that strong.
But doctors never seem to consider splitting pills an option. I guess I can understand it doesn't seem reliable or practicle from a doctors stand point.
The Aromasin brands I saw only came in 25mg dosages. That would be way too much for you. It's meant to crash estrogen levels for breast cancer patients to keep the tumor from growing.
But it would be better to take a 1/4 of Aromasin EOD then 1mg of adex EOD.
(Just an example)
I have a little scale, so I can empty out a capsule and record the weight. Then divide it by 4 or what ever I need.
The emptied contents of My 1mg Adex capsules weigh .44 total.
So I weigh out .11 when I want .25mg of adex.