Re: How long for effects of Arimidex to be felt?

[Guest guest]

> Hi all -

>

> I have been a long time lurker here but I think this is the first

> time I have posted.

>

> I am 57 years old with secondary hypo. I have been on TRT for about

> 3 years and I am currently on 5 g Androgel per day.

>

> Over the past three years, I have had several blood tests with total

> T generally in the range of 600 to 800 and E2 generally in the range

> of 70 to 90.

>

> I have not felt very well over this time. I have had the common

> symptoms of fatigue, depression, weight gain, loss of libido and ED.

> I attributed this to the high E2 level but I had not been able to

> find a doctor willing to treat it.

>

> I recently began treatment as a patient of Dr. Crisler. I am

> taking .25 mg Arimidex every other day. I don't know my present E2

> level but I should be having blood drawn next week.

>

> After about a week of taking Arimidex, I think I am seeing some

> improvement in mood and energy, but there seems to be no change in

> libido or ED. For those of you who have or are taking Arimidex, how

> long did you take the drug before you started to notice some changes?

>

> Jim

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Jim, I take a 1/2 a little arimidex pill every other day, so that is

the same as 1/4 pill a day, double what you are on. I think doctors

prescribe quite conservatively and perhaps your's has done so.

You need to get the estrogen down pretty quickly because yours is

above the normal " range " if I read your post correctly. A week is not

long enough I don't think, they usually like a month on a prescription

before a blood test.

norton

[Guest guest]

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:53:22 -0000, you wrote:

>

>I recently began treatment as a patient of Dr. Crisler. I am

>taking .25 mg Arimidex every other day. I don't know my present E2

>level but I should be having blood drawn next week.

>

>After about a week of taking Arimidex, I think I am seeing some

>improvement in mood and energy, but there seems to be no change in

>libido or ED. For those of you who have or are taking Arimidex, how

>long did you take the drug before you started to notice some changes?

It took several weeks for me to really feel better. My E2 was a lot

lower than yours. (49) I started on a full 1mg tablet a day for the

first week and then went to .5mg daily for a couple weeks. it dropped

to 17. now I do 3 to 4 days a week at .5 mg. No test yet to see where

that puts me. But I feel good.

Results seem to vary widely. Some take one .5mg dose a week and get

low levels others are taking as much a 1mg daily to maintain levels.

It's highly variable. See how the numbers come in and let us know.

[Guest guest]

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:11:58 -0000, you wrote:

> Jim, I take a 1/2 a little arimidex pill every other day, so that is

>the same as 1/4 pill a day, double what you are on. I think doctors

>prescribe quite conservatively and perhaps your's has done so.

>You need to get the estrogen down pretty quickly because yours is

>above the normal " range " if I read your post correctly. A week is not

>long enough I don't think, they usually like a month on a prescription

>before a blood test.

Also don't let your doctor stop once he gets you inside the " normal

range " . You should be shooting for mid range and perhaps slightly

below it to feel good. the upper end of normal could put you at the

top 5 to 10% still.

[Guest guest]

> Hi all -

>

> I have been a long time lurker here but I think this is the first

> time I have posted.

>

> I am 57 years old with secondary hypo. I have been on TRT for about

> 3 years and I am currently on 5 g Androgel per day.

>

> Over the past three years, I have had several blood tests with total

> T generally in the range of 600 to 800 and E2 generally in the range

> of 70 to 90.

>

> I have not felt very well over this time. I have had the common

> symptoms of fatigue, depression, weight gain, loss of libido and ED.

> I attributed this to the high E2 level but I had not been able to

> find a doctor willing to treat it.

>

> I recently began treatment as a patient of Dr. Crisler. I am

> taking .25 mg Arimidex every other day. I don't know my present E2

> level but I should be having blood drawn next week.

>

> After about a week of taking Arimidex, I think I am seeing some

> improvement in mood and energy, but there seems to be no change in

> libido or ED. For those of you who have or are taking Arimidex, how

> long did you take the drug before you started to notice some changes?

>

> Jim

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Jim, I forgot to add that as important as arimdex is to block

estrogen you equally need to get the estrogen out of your body.

I take two " PhytoPharmica " Indolplex with DIM every day, it is highly

absorbable and promotes urinating out the estrogen, this on the advice

of my excellent compounding pharmacy, I also take one Nature's Life

50mg Zinc pill that has 2.5 mg of copper in in, I get both at Wild

Oats Market. I think you need to both block and get estrogen out of

you, go shopping!

norton