Patient/caregiver was educated on how to take Anastrozole as follows: Take this medication as ordered by your physician, for the duration prescribed without fail. Take the medication dose at the same time, every day, to avoid forgetting the intake of medication. Do not change the dose and frequency on this medication without consulting your doctor. Taking the medication at regularly spaced intervals help maintain appropriate blood levels of anastrozole needed to derive the desired beneficial [...]

Patient/caregiver was instructed upon therapeutic uses and mechanism of action of Anastrozole as follows: Aromatase is an enzyme in the human body, helping with conversion of precursors of estrogens to estrogens. Excessive exposure to estrogen in women is considered to be an important factor stimulating the growth of established tumors along with development of new tumors in the breast tissue. Estrogen in women act on the estrogen receptors in the breast tissue and contribute to [...]