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Hi Wondering if anyone on tamoxifen has had issues with weight gain. Or other side effects

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/989735/

Discussion: Did you gain weight on Tamoxifen? What helps?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 1, 2024

Thank you . I appreciate this as someone trying to lose weight due to blood clot...

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Discussion: Wait time from diagnosis to surgery

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 3, 2023

I'm over 60 lbs overweight and was never told that. I had a recent lumpectomy with...

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Discussion: overweight and breast cancer

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 23, 2025

@dbamos1945 thank you so much for your incredibly kind words. Reading your message brought tears to...

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Discussion: The in-between life and death cancer

Support Group: Cancer: Managing Symptoms

Posted: Mar 28 2:16pm

@teresawhite I felt the same way. My surgery was more than a year ago. It took...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1542245/

Discussion: Bilateral Mastectomy Scars Healing Timeline

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 3 5:53pm

@kensiejames I started letrozole in July 2025 and have noticed the common side effect of more...

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Discussion: Letrozole later onset side effects

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: 6 days ago

I stopped anastrocele 6 months ago and o have an excessive weight gain is this a...

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Discussion: Completed 5 years of anastrozole. Withdrawal symptoms? Side effects?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 26, 2023

@ellenveragilmor My hair returned similarly, but that also may be because of my age. Many women's...

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Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 23, 2018

Hi @creeder! I was 38( now 66) when I went on tamoxifen for 5 years. When...

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Discussion: Did you gain weight on Tamoxifen? What helps?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 24, 2022

My oncologist also told me that losing weight while on Letrozole (another AI) would be next...

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Discussion: Did you gain weight on Tamoxifen? What helps?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 13, 2024

Update on weight loss medicationI had posted before about my issues losing weight while taking anastrozole....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/993632/

Discussion: Diet restrictions with DCIS diagnosis?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 8, 2024

I've been on Exemestane for about 6 month now and the only problem I've had is...

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Discussion: Exemestane and heart palpations?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 1, 2024

I'm in the same boat. Pus, I'm overweight by nature and so hate how tamoxu makes...

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Discussion: Conflicted on taking medication

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 28, 2023

has anyone experienced weight loss after they have finished the meds? I just wonder if I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1239757/

Discussion: Do aromatase inhibitors (like anastrozole) cause weight gain?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 18, 2025

@saraabrooks This could have been written by me. I know it is so hard to deal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1543622/

Discussion: Anyone take Anastrozole every other day?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 5 7:32pm

I also gained weight since being on anastrozole. My oncologist said it gives you side effects...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/620301/

Discussion: Do aromatase inhibitors (like anastrozole) cause weight gain?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 27, 2021

Is there any consensus that the effects of medications vary as persons lose weight, or are...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/196555/

Discussion: Overmedication with cancer and other conditions

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 18, 2018

I have been on Exemestane for about 9 months and have had no signs of diverticulitis....

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Discussion: Exemestane and Diverculitis?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 5, 2024

@wandall - I take it in the morning with food. So far NO side effects! I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1491364/

Discussion: invasive lobular carcinoma and invasive lobular in situ

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 26 5:50pm

I had taxol/carboplatin for 12 treatments. I gained a pound/week for the last 5 or 6...

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Discussion: Did you gain weight on Tamoxifen? What helps?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 23, 2023

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