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Supplements for Aromasin pain?

Page last modified on: October 14, 2008
Question from MaryT: Are there any vitamins or herbal supplements that would help the bone and joint pain that is a side effect of Aromasin? Thank you.
Answers —Gary Deng, M.D., Ph.D.: I do not know of any herbs or supplements that may help with joint and bone pain from aromatase inhibitors because we do not know exactly why these patients are having this type of pain, let alone what would counteract that.
Beth DuPree, M.D., F.A.C.S.: In patients that have significant bone and joint pain, I have occasionally found that switching to another aromatase inhibitor may help decrease the side effects. I'm not sure whether this is a placebo effect or if this is truly due to a difference in the drugs, as they all act by the same mechanism

On Wednesday, July 18, 2007, our Ask-the-Expert Online Conference was called Vitamins and Herbal Supplements. Gary Deng, M.D., Ph.D. and moderator Beth Baughman DuPree, M.D., F.A.C.S. answered your questions about how to safely and sensibly incorporate vitamins and supplements into your diet.

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Gary Deng, M.D., Ph.D. is an internist and researcher with the Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He is a principal investigator or co-principal investigator in several NIH-funded research projects in the Integrative Medicine Service.

Beth Baughman DuPree, M.D., F.A.C.S.Beth Baughman DuPree, M.D., F.A.C.S. is a general surgeon. Her clinical practice is located at Holy Redeemer Hospital and St. Mary Medical Center.

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