Alternative to Tamoxifen other than AI

Posted by luckbme @luckbme, 1 day ago

I had lumpectomy and radiation for invasive ductal carcinoma stage 2. Went through both very easily. Then I was told to start Tamoxifen. Nothing easy there. I'm miserable so taking a break after two and a half months. I should not take AI because of osteoporosis. And I've read that Tamoxifen results are all the way from 40% to 80% effective to keep cancer from recurring. Which is it? And surely there are other similar drugs to Tamoxifen? Anyone?

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worried1111 | @worried1111 | 15 hours ago

Hormone therapy keeps cancer down by 50%. If your chance of recurrence is 70% then tamoxifen will reduce your recurrence to 35%. If your chance of recurrence is 2% then it reduces it to 1%. However, I have heard that 1/4 cup of ground flax seed daily is more efficacious than tamoxifen! It should be organic and ground with a coffee grinder prior to eating. I have been testing my CA 15-3 after 2 months of flax and an AI and mine reduced fr 32 to 20.