Anastrozole - Amarox Brand

Hi Louise42 welcome to the forum. This situation  is becoming a long standing issue for us all with different brands  and there are several threads discussing these. It s not fair that we are subjected to this random supply but as you say people can ask for different brands. I hadnt heard of the one you refer to so thank you for sharing this with us all.   

I am okay on Amarox , I have the brand on my prescription. I tried KEY , was horrendous., shows that we are all different! 

I am with you, Boots is running out of stock on Accord and Amarox is horrible. Weight gain, bloating, hot flushes, bone ache - all these side effects I have been facing from Amarox

The coatings of different brands make a difference to side effects. I have teva as a brand specific prescription as a result of awful side effects from a different one. Definitely recommend sticking to one brand if it suits you and having it prescribed specifically for you

Hi Niya 

I researched Anastrozole tablet coatings when I was on them (I'm 7 years post diagnosis now) and I had Consillient once - OMG, it was horrendous!, hence the research.  Accord and Teva have the same coatings and I therefore got my doctor to change the prescription slip to say "Accord or Teva Only".  So if Boots are running out of Accord (it happened during my time too!), then request Teva instead of the Amarox.

Kindest Wishes, Lesley

Thank you so much this is really helpful 

Has anyone tried Sun Brand . I was on Amorex doing ok but within two days of starting Sun Brand I turned into this old woman absolutely full of aches and pains . Trying without success to get hold of Amorex  or any other option but without success . 

Sorry to hear this. I am currently on the Sun brand for the first time, and seem OK. But, I suffered with the Amarox - I rang the GP and they were able to issue another brand, and my repeats are now marked 'not Amarox.' 

What I have started doing, is using a new brand only after I've got a few of the previous brand in hand, so that I can switch back if I have to ask for a new prescription.

Hope you get sorted soon.

https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drugs/anastrozole/medicinal-forms/

Hi Gidge 

Have a look at this link above.  It details the price of the tablets available (so at this point stick to the NHS ones at a similar price to Amorex and then Google the coatings of each brand. (I searched for "ingredients of anastrozole brand" and found patient information leaflets and such like. 

 Do the Aromax first, then write down what's in their coatings and then check against all the other brands.  Hopefully that way you will find the other ones that are the same as your Aromax from different brands.

This is what I did when I was given Consillient and reacted badly to it and found out that Accord and Teva were the same, so I stuck to those 2 brands only.  Even if they have the same ingredients, it's the amount of that particular ingredient that can make a huge difference.

Hope this helps 

Best wishes, Lesley