Are any of you taking Ibrance and Letrozole having Feet and calf pain?

[BeckyHobson]

I’ve been on these drugs 17 months now and for the past two months I am getting tingling and the feeling of walking on a rocky beach In my feet and my calves hurt? This sensation goes away fairly quickly after walking for a minute and only happens after sitting or lying down for a period of time. Onc doesn’t think this is a side effect of drugs and wants to do an EMG. Anyone else dealt with this one

[Epinto]

Yes I have this happen to me too. I can be sitting on a recliner with my legs lifted and suddenly my calf locks and I feel paralyzed. It can also happen while I am lying down. Try drinking more water and I was told by my internist to drink quinine water.

[BeckyHobson in reply to Epinto]

Thanks! I think tonic water has quinine right?

[Epinto in reply to Epinto]

Yes it does, let's try it! Good luck!

[Hidden]

We did not have Ibrance available in South Africa when I was on Letrozole but after 6 months on Letrozole I also had very sore feet and ankles and a sort of cramp in calves and feet. Oncologist suggested lots of water, and maybe increase salt on hot days - the drug also caused me to perspire very heavily! Hope you come right.

[BeckyHobson in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for that info. That explained the ridiculous perspiration that only affects my head lol. My head starts sweating for no good reason. Can be embarrassing at times. I used a heating pad on my entire left leg last night and it seems to have helped the cramping 👍

Have a great day 💖

[Hidden in reply to BeckyHobson]

yeah that is me too - mowing the lawn is like trying to work underwater in a pool!

[BeckyHobson in reply to Hidden]

Lol 🤣🤣🤣. I feel that!! Laughing with you Friend 💕. What else can we do right?? If I remember, I’ll tie a cold wet towel around my neck before heading out to the yard and that does actually help

[Meadesmith]

I was using cannibis gummies to aid in sleep. After a month I noticed that morning stiffness in my legal ankles and feet was gone.

[BeckyHobson in reply to Meadesmith]

I’m going to ask the doc for a green card or a prescription or whatever it takes to get some of the oil to try. I take 3 gabapentin a day and I’d prefer not to

[Kats2]

Becky

Yes, I experience foot pain, burning sensation

first on top and on the sides of one foot, then, after a few days, the other. It can keep me up at night until I rub cream on the feet and take Oxycodone for the pain.

With my calf, I’ve gotten intense, sharp pain right in the middle of the calf which literally stops me in my tracks when I walk from a sitting position,. It had been so bad that I had an ultrasound done on this area. It came out fine.

Now I’m suffering from pain in the muscle area near my collar bone. I put a Lidocaine patch on this area every 12 hours. It’s helped.

When I see my Oncologist in 2 weeks we’ll talk about all of these aches and pains.

But these pains are REAL. Tell your Onc that.

I got the aches and pains after my 3rd cycle of Ibrance with Letrozole. The Ibrance has lowered my tumor markers, but I sufferthe side effects.

Hang in there Becky. Take your pain killers, etc. Xeloda was good for me, but now I’m dealing with Ibrance. I’ll see what it does for me,

Good luck with your trearments. Kats2

[BeckyHobson in reply to Kats2]

Oh my!! I am so sorry for my super late response. What you described is EXACTLY what I was dealing with before the doc took me off the Letrozole. It was scaring the heck out of me when I got those shooting pains in my calves. I was scared I was going to have a stroke or heart attack or something. The new drug Exemestane/Aromasin is working and I don’t have any of the cramps/pains/numbness any longer.

[Tera987]

Becky, salt may also hurt your legs if this is really the beginning of endema. Try getting some special socks that will help with this. Walking in water also helps and swimming to push out the extra water you are taking in. When in winter you want to put a heat blanket over legs it will hurt after a short period. My new chemotherapy is causing anemia so, feet and hands hard to keep warm. You have to find your spot where you can stand each item. But, sodium in soda and salt make worse. You can go to a Whole Foods store and ask about supplements. I take Claritin and Celebrex for my legs. Water flushes the salt you take in. There are also Lympodema massage therapists that help with these issues. Find a good one.

[BeckyHobson in reply to Tera987]

Hi Tera987,

Thank you for all of your helpful suggestions 👍🏻. It was definitely the Letrozole that was causing the problems. The doc took me off of that and I’ve been taking Aromasin since November and so far no issues like I was having. It was more an issue of myalgia and neuropathy that just kept getting worse and worse. Doc also put me on some drug for the myalgia but that turned me into a zombie so I took myself off that one. Far too many things to do to be sitting on the couch staring at the walls lol.

[Hidden]

I know this is a really old thread, but the site sometimes offers up old threads and I know some women will search on the topic and find this...so I'll add something here...

...the calf/foot spasms occur for me when my potassium is low. It's a pretty clear connection and my docs sometimes prescribe potassium pills, plus I've read here about women who go on IV potassium sometimes. I'm not sure why the treatment lowers potassium, but this is actually a big deal, e.g. if it gets low, it can gravely affect the heart, causing even death.

So spasms like you describe warrant a call to the doc and perhaps lab work at that time to check potassium levels.