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Re: Femara From: Ang (anonymous@obgyn.net) Mon Jul 4 17:51:19 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Lani: "Disability" Previous message: anonymous@obgyn.net: "Re: Bowel Resection after endo.." At Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Joyce wrote: > >Bump > >At Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Joyce wrote: >> >>I believe there were postings on this drug previously but I can't seem >>to locate them. My RE prescribed this drug to me today and I'd love to >>hear from other who may have tried it. I have severe endometriosis - >>lap last year - and my RE said he won't do more surgery on me because my >>adhesions were too dense. He suggested I take Lupron but I refused >>because of all the horror stories I've read. I've heard that Femara has >>less side effects, but that it is still experimental and not given as a >>first line treatment for endometriosis. He told me to try it for a few >>months, but I'm scared. Any thoughts? My main objectives are to >>alleviate my pain (I suffer from a discomfort that is all the time, not >>just during my periods) and to eventually get pregnant, which is looking >>less likely all the time. >> >>-- >>Joyce >> Hi Joyce, I have a little info on Femara from my own experience taking it as a fertility drug, but I also have Endo. I had the lapro. surgery in January, my husband and I have been trying to conceive since then. I have taken Femara three months in a row.......but only for five days each month...(I don't know what the dosage would be for a non-fertility patient)Apparently it enhances egg production. I didn't have any side effects other than tiredness (not excessive or anything), and diarrea (only for the first day though). My Dr. told me that Femara is usually used for breast cancer patients, but because it slows tumour growth, it's used for Endo. patients as well. So after three months, I'm not pregnant, and my Endo. seems to be getting worse. I haven't seen any improvement in the amount of pain I experience since the lapro. surgery though. Lately my pain seems to be getting more intense, and I think it's starting to happen all the time, not just during my period. So I don't know if the Femara has helped me or not! I think that if it was helping the Endo., that my pain would be improving.........but i've also been told that more or less growths doesn't mean more or less pain.......so who knows!? -- Ang Next message: Lani: "Disability" Previous message: anonymous@obgyn.net: "Re: Bowel Resection after endo.."

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