Tamoxifen
Hi lovely ladies ,
I'm due to start Tamoxifen any day now and am after any tips with regards to when to take it ?
Would love to know your thoughts as to what you think is best .
Many thanks
Sophie xx
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Hi Sophie,
I started taking Tamoxifen just over a week ago. I am taking my at night, after dinner with a glass of water. So far, so good. I really haven't had any side effects. Good luck. Sally xx
I take mine in the morning, I take a few lots of medication so its easy to do it at that time.
In the first couple of weeks I had terrible nausea so if you have any meds for that keep them handy, that waned and now its just the flushes. For that I wear layed clothing, I sleep with a pedestal fan on me and have a little hand fan at work on my desk.
Good luck with it all.
Donna
- I take mine at night( although I have been doing a lot of complaining lately about hot flushes) immediately before my evening meal.I take it with a large glass of water,and I have an alarm set in my phone,to remind me! If it wasn't for the alarm,I would have missed over half of the tablets I reckon!!Like Deanne,I had a bit of nausea for the first. few days,but then it went away.All the best.xoxRobyn
- I take mine at night( although I have been doing a lot of complaining lately about hot flushes) immediately before my evening meal.I take it with a large glass of water,and I have an alarm set in my phone,to remind me! If it wasn't for the alarm,I would have missed over half of the tablets I reckon!!Like Deanne,I had a bit of nausea for the first. few days,but then it went away.All the best.xoxRobyn
My oncologist suggested I "eased"onto Tamoxifen by taking a quarter of a tab for a few days then half a tab for a week then onto the full tablet.There are many brands of Tamoxifen but I found "Genox"brand to be the most agreeable for me.Once I tried another brand and I came out in a face rash and had a bad headache. Good luck, Tonya xx
My oncologist suggested I "eased"onto Tamoxifen by taking a quarter of a tab for a few days then half a tab for a week then onto the full tablet.There are many brands of Tamoxifen but I found "Genox"brand to be the most agreeable for me.Once I tried another brand and I came out in a face rash and had a bad headache. Good luck, Tonya xx
Hi,
I take mine in the morning as for me I am more likely to remember. I do set a reminder on my phone just to make sure that I remember.
Helen.
Hi,
I take mine in the morning as for me I am more likely to remember. I do set a reminder on my phone just to make sure that I remember.
Helen.
Hi,
I take mine in the morning as for me I am more likely to remember. I do set a reminder on my phone just to make sure that I remember.
Helen.
I take it at night but others who take it in the morning have just as few side effects so it probably does not really matter. I did have some nausea initially (1st week) but this settled. I think being anxious probably made this a bit worse but it is hard not to worry when starting something different.
Touch wood I have had very few side effects but I truly think the exercise helps with this. If I cannot exercise even for one day my mood just plunges, I get more tired and notice more aches and pains! Good luck with it. Deanne xxx
