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Tamoxifen side effects are very worrying. Read these studies
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Nov 2 1:29am | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
Wondering if anyone taking Tamoxifen has experienced heartburn and gastric reflux with stomach pain at tines Been Taking for about a year first 3 months 20 mg a day then 10 mg Terrible bone pain and exhaustion hot flashes I stopped for 3 months then tried again decreasing to 5 mg a day less side effects Was doing OK then a couple of months ago Started having hot flashes, getting up every hour to urinate, plus insomnia and the need at times not to recall a word in a sentence I stopped medicine almost 1 month ago finally able to sleep better and less nocturia. Saw oncologist and asked could I take 5 mg every other day or 3 times a week He wants me to try Letrozole 2.5 mg a day Concerned of course regarding bone and joint pain and I have osteopenia He said need to find drug I can take and will check bones in a year
Did not have a chance to ask about the heartburn and now stomach pain Concerned it could be gastritis
Thank you always seem my post so long
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I initially was on Letrozole (AI) and after about 3 months experienced reflux, nausea and severe constipation that was so intractable I had to discontinue taking them. I tried other AIs and every time I wound up with the same unbearable GI distress. I felt I would rather risk the cancer recurring than live with such debilitating dysfunction. After a year my oncologist convinced me to try Tamoxifen at a very low dose- 5 mg. I tolerated it for about a month and then all of a sudden all the GI symptoms recurred with a vengeance. It has been almost two weeks since I stopped taking the drug, and I still am not back to normal, no matter what I am doing in terms of diet, herbs, supplements, laxatives, etc. Previously it took a few weeks for my system to regulate itself after discontinuing the hormone blocker, using all the above measures plus acupuncture. Has anyone who could not tolerate the hormone blockers found any alternative treatment to lower the risk of the cancer recurring?