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Combining Arimidex and Faslodex okay?

Page last modified on: November 20, 2008
Question from HKlaus: Is it advisable to combine Arimidex and Faslodex, i.e., are any preliminary results available from the two ongoing international trials?
Answer —Jennifer Griggs, M.D., M.P.H.: The ongoing study that you refer to is a test of Arimidex (chemical name: anastrozole) compared to Arimidex plus Faslodex (chemical name: fulvestrant). This is a great study, and we await the results eagerly. At this point, no preliminary results are available, and I have not recommended the combination of these two drugs unless people are part of this clinical study. Although it seems like it would make sense that the two drugs together would be better than either alone, common sense is not always borne out when we have the actual data.

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