Femara better than Arimidex?

[Adaptek]

http://www.femara.com/ has a whole bunch of info on Femara (letrozole) and it compares it to Nolvadex and Arimidex (anastrozole).

They have some graphs and charts etc.. The also have some studies like the one below.

----- Taken from Website ---------

Superior Suppression of Plasma Estrogen Levels

FEMARA significantly reduced plasma levels of both estrone sulfate and estrone. Levels of estradiol were not lowered significantly.
Patients switched after 6 weeks of therapy with anastrozole 1.0 mg to FEMARA 2.5 mg consistently achieved a further suppression of estrogens during the following 6 weeks
Conversely, patients switched after 6 weeks of therapy with FEMARA 2.5 mg to anastrozole 1.0 mg experienced an increase in estrogen levels during the following 6 weeks
The clinical significance of these findings has not been established.

------ End Quote ------

Now my question is for bodybuilders is Femara a better choice than Arimidex? I am planning my cycle and need to get the anti-estrogens. I am also going to be using GH so I have been looking at Femara because it increases IGF-1 levels whereas Arimidex decreases these levels. This could lower the effectiveness of the GH.

Please give advice.... thanks

Peace

 

[sicklydiesel]

Here's a link to a good post by Zyg on triedia about femara and aromasin and how they might be better than arimidex.



http://www.triedia.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8484

 

[Adaptek]

bump

 

[manny78]

sounds like we'll have to switch to Femara !!!

 

[Adaptek]

i need some FEMARA

 

[DaMan]

wk 4.5 of 500mg upjohn cyp and 500mg tt eq and 0 bloat, femara 2.5mg eod.

 

[Zyglamail]

wk 4.5 of 500mg upjohn cyp and 500mg tt eq and 0 bloat, femara 2.5mg eod

Good to hear, I plan on using it myself next cycle.

 

[DaMan]

Good to hear, I plan on using it myself next cycle.

FYI, tho, here's something that bothered me:

I started taking the femara at week 0 and began my cycle on week 1. After being on juice for 14 days I took my E2 levels and found that I had an estradiol level of 1.3! (range for males is 0.5-1.5). Now I don't know what my baseline is, so that doesn't say a lot, but I was expecting it to be lower. Although I have no sides to complain about...

I will take my E2 *AND* E1 (this time) *AND* IGF1 again at week 8 and will keep ya updated, shoot me an email in case I forget.

fyi - another guy I talked to on bolex had values close to 0 on 750mg test, that's why I'm a bit surprised.

 

[Zyglamail]

Good info DaMan, please do keep us posted on blood work.