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You may have seen the other thread in which we've been talking about SEs experienced on one brand of Tamox and not on another. I'd like to collect a list of SEs by brand. This isn't a scientific survey, of course, but maybe we can help each other!
The...
Started by cycle-path on
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No Recon, Started Tamox 11/11/11
Diagnosis: 8/22/2011, ILC, 2cm, Stage IIa, Grade 3, 0/4 nodes, ER+/PR the dose...my tablets are now 10mg...There is something called metabolic syndrome that effects some tamox stuff and sugar related things....
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So I just got back from the MO and it turns out that I have been reading my path reports wrong and thought that I was in a worse situation then I am actually in. The 2.5 cm tumor I thought was invasive is actually DCIS and there is just 1 mm of invasive...
Started by Mallory107 on
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I think, Stage 0, Grade 2, 0/2 nodes, ER+/PR+ When it comes to how much Tamox protects the remaining breast-did you opt to take the tamox....
Their own decisions about Tamox, but for what it's worth I find the SEs to be quite tolerable.
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I took my last tamoxifen a few days ago. (Yay! 5 years behind me). I see my onc the end of this week. Wondering if he will rec that I now start an aromatase inhibitor. Also wondering if I will agree to take it or not. I tried two before tamox and didn...
Started by timpmama on
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Right ....
Since I still have 4 years to go on tamox, I didn't ask too many questions that I will at least give it a try.
I asked why I'd continue on the tamox despite being post-menopausal & why I wouldn't just switch period of protection.
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Used liquid clomid and tomox this morning for the first time and I couldn't believe how wrong they taste! Any ideas how to hide the taste? I was thinking to mix in a protein shake but any other suggestions would be good.
Thanks guys.
Started by boxa06 on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at steroid):
So every 20 mg is 1 ml.
Do i dose my tamox ? i have a ml dropper, the label reads 50 ml 20mg/ml.
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Hi ladies---am posting here because are a sharp bunch of cookies who provided me with great info on Zometa, metformin, etc
Need your words of wisdom as I have been told three different opinions by 3 different oncologists as to what hormone therapy I should...
Started by Flamin_nora on
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Personally, I took the tamox and zoladex very well....
There are women who have done better on an AI than Tamox which is not what one would expect.
There is no way to predict how you will react to Tamox or the 3 AIs until you take them.
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I have been off of Tamox since last April due to multiple gynecological issues. Since then, my periods have been coming closer together and are longer in duration. I had A/C/T chemo (at age 48) and due to my current age (51,) fully expected my menses ...
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I tried....
Tamox is the standard of uterine fibroids and strokes.
I had a similar IDC like my periods were tryin to turn ON again during my radiation treatments .
Did not give you Lupron shots to shut down your ovaries when you were on Tamox.
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Hi all. I've been on Tamox for 3 months now & as I am my premenopausal hoped that the hot flushes & night sweats would be compensated by disappearing periods. However although they are not regular as they used to be, the intensity and in particular the...
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Dx July 2007 DCIS Grade 3 (at age 44, the cysts are the worst... .
Is this standard treatment? I started tamox in July, had symptoms (pelvic bloating) so I had a pelvic US in Nov I started Tamox, but nobody (gyn, MO) recommended any others.
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I'm almost finished my third bottle of Tamox and have adjusted pretty well. However, I have a strong history of ovarian cysts for which I have been hospitalized and have been experiencing pain in my left ovary for a couple of months. It is not always ...
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I stopped the....
Take care,
Sandi
Lump, oncotype score 8, no chemo, 28 rads + 5 boosts, tamox x 5 I have so much ovary pain going on.
Lump, oncotype score 8, no chemo, 28 rads + 5 boosts, tamox x 5
Diagnosis want, too.
As soon as possible.
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I decided not to take Tamoxifen and my Onc said nothing. I've had no scans, blood work, just follow up appts every 6 months. My oncotype score was 19 and so I didn't do chemo either. I guess I expected to be scoulded for not taking Tamox. Should I be ...
Started by Lindy323 on
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And your expected benefit from each TX option (chemo, tamox, etc)? Do you know if you're highly ER.
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Who here has used it and what are your thoughts. I'm in week 3 of 4 of a cycle and I'm starting to second guess my choice of nolva...good to go or no?
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Started by jk47 on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at leanbulk):
Cannot comment on their tamox, but their sildenafil and their tadalafil were straight 100% pure.
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