Anastrozole and tart cherry capsules

Hello,  always good to check on things you see on FB.  If you google tart cherry juice study for arthralgia from aromatase inhibitors there is an excellent double blind study on Pub Med.  I cannot send you the link as Macmillan won’t let me as study is from US.  Pub Med is also with National Library of Medicine.  This will help you.  
Take care.  I was on Anastrazole for 3 1/2 years but side effects were too much so now on letrozole.  Doing ok on it but only been a bit over 3 months.  I take my letrozole just before bed and seems to work.  My oncologist suggested it.  Bye for now.

Hi Elizabeth71 

I haven’t taken either of these but I’m sure I remember loratidine being mentioned by moomy  in previous posts elsewhere. Hope you don’t mind moomy! Don’t know about tart cherry. I’m interested in anything that might help with aches and pains but have been wary of supplements in case they might interfere with the Anastrozole which I took for 7 years. Only stopped a couple of months ago. I’m going to look into medicinal mushrooms but will book in to see a nutritionist as I’d like guidance. They’re used in some countries alongside conventional treatments, but not in the UK. 
Will watch this thread with interest!

Love and hugs, HFxx

Thanks for tagging me, HappyFeet1 yes, loratidine (proper Brand name is Clarityn) is used, particularly in the States, for the pain when using the jabs to boost your white cells, filgrastim. they use it a lot for specific blood cancers as chemo for that really hammers white cells. So I came across it for daughter’s treatment, as she had Hodgkins Lymphoma. 

My advice on any non prescribed meds is to check with your team, Elizabeth71 
I checked with the senior pharmacist on CBD oil which I use for arthritis, particularly back pain. she said it was ok but would exacerbate side effects. I replied that as long as they kept me supplied with loperamide, (I’m on Abemaciclib as well as Exemestane) I’d be ok with s/es! 
I do take multi-vit and mineral tabs, and D3. If you ever get prescribed D3 you need to ensure you’ve got Vitamin K too. 

hugs xxx

• I am supplied loratadine via NHS with my monthly abemaciclib so its obviously ok to take. Ive now started taking tart cherry capsules for my very achey joints but I've just started so its too early to tell yet but I'm living in hopes that my knees improve.  Been on anastrozole for round 18 months and really suffering with joint pain.

i have been taking collagen  (cow) and noticed a difference in joints, i read some studies which questioned it, but i do find it helps, i tried fish oil and it didnt

also the brand you are on can make a difference, if you get lots of weird pains ask if there is another brand you can take, i started on letrozole, and was achy but ok, for 3 months (that is the length of prescription) then they gave me a different brand and had weird chest pains and some shooting type pain, they then put me on anastrozole which has been ok, but yes aches, i started the collagen late Dec and notice a difference, i dont necessarily take it every day, but flavourless mixed in coffee and while i still get some night aches my knees and such are much less creaky.

Hiya...I'll look into changing the brand and seeing if that improves things. Ive been on Elavate collagen powder for about a year and my sore wrists have improved a bit but its the knees and ive now been diagnosed with osteoarthritis aargh... thanks for your input and keep on keeping on xxx

Hi. I've seen the posts about tart cherry extract capsules too so I asked my oncologist who checked and said she couldn't find anything against taking it so it might be worth a try. I've been taking it for a few months and although during the day the pain is more manageable, at night and early morning when I get up I'm still suffering. I was on letrozole originally and changed to Exemestane. I've just had a month break from Exemestane and still have joint pain so I'm going to give it another go and if it doesn't improve, they were looking at changing to another type like anastrozole or tamoxifen. 

All the best. x