Generic Exemestane brand Aromasin 25 mg Tablet Side effects
Aromasin belongs to a group of medicines known as aromatase inhibitors. These medicines interfere with a substance called aromatase, which is needed to make the female sex hormones, oestrogens, especially in postmenopausal women. Reduction in oestrogen levels in the body is a way of treating hormone dependent breast cancer. Aromasin is used to treat hormone dependent early breast cancer in postmenopausal women after they have completed 2-3 years of treatment with the medicine tamoxifen. Aromasin is also used to treat hormone dependent advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women when a different hormonal drug treatment has not worked well enough. Possible side effects Very common: may affect more than 1 in 10 people Depression Difficulty sleeping Headache Hot flushes Dizziness Feeling sick Increased sweating Muscle and joint pain (including osteoarthritis, back pain, arthritis and joint stiffness) Tiredness A reduction in the number of white blood cells Abdominal pain Elevated level