Aromasin^®

Aromasin^® - The brand name drug for the generic drug exemestane. An aromatase inactivator, Aromasin^® binds to aromatase, changing the protein so that it can no longer make estrogen. Aromasin^® is used as an adjuvant therapy for early breast cancer in post-menopausal women, and in treating post-menopausal women with hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer, who have already taken tamoxifen for two to three years. Aromasin^® works by suppressing the natural production of estrogens (estrone and estradiol) in a woman's body, which estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers need in order to grow.

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