why is arimidex bad for a woman

[perfectspecimen]

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[BigEasy]

Assuming a healthy premenopausal woman, it suppresses the natural bodies hormonal balance. Then all kinds of nasty things happen, like osteoporosis <bone demineralization>, reduction of secondary sexual characteristics <breast, hips, and thighs become more masculine and extra abdominal fat deposits>, risk for high cholesterol and abnormal triglycerides increases>, vaginal atrophy, etc., ad nauseam.

What was your thought on why it would be beneficial?

It is used for treatment of certain sex-hormone responsive cancer, with controversy.

 

[Temple]

Vaginal atrophy!?!?!?! That would be enough to make me think twice!!!!!

 

[MS]

I don't think it's that bad for women but rather it doesn't do much for women other than diuresis. Once and for all Arimidex DOES NOT have any affect on ovarian production of estrogen. It only reduces peripheral conversion via aromatase conversion in adipose tissue. This is why it works in post menopausal women (who have no functional ovaries) but doesn't do much by itself in normal premenopausal women. When Arimidex is given to premenopausal women it is usually combined with ovarectomy or other combination drug therapies otherwise it has no significant impact on estrogen levels.