Tamoxifen 10mg
With all my odd side effects on 20mg Tamoxifen over the last 2 years I asked my oncologist last year, could I have a break? The answer was no.
Recently I had tachycardia (180 beats per minute) but the interesting thing is to keep it in check I require only 1/4 tab twice a day of 50mg Metoprolol. My GP is astounded it has such an effect on me and says I must be very drug sensitive since my chemo. He said he has had patients take two full tablets a day and it still doesn't regulate their heart properly.
I tried last year taking Escalopram as per my psych doc and couldn't tolerate even half a tab of that as I had diarrhea for weeks with it so we dropped it.
I had been taking a half of a 100mg dose of aspirin as an offset to Tamoxifen giving me vein troubles in my eye and emergency, during my heart episode, told me to increase to a full tablet daily. After a few weeks of it, I have had to reduce it back to a half dose again as I was having deep dark looking bruises coming up for no good reason on my legs and arms. Since reducing it to a half, things have been good again.
I thought to myself, I have been on Tamoxifen religiously at 20mg for exactly two whole years. I have finished menopause and perhaps I don't actually need the full 20 mg any more? So as of a few days ago, I am doing a self trial of half a tablet of Tamoxifen daily. I think my body has been knee jerk reacting to this drug for the last two years so maybe a lesser dose will be a happy medium for my body. At least a box of pills will last twice as long. The Metoprolol box lasts me over 200 days! lol.
Recently I had tachycardia (180 beats per minute) but the interesting thing is to keep it in check I require only 1/4 tab twice a day of 50mg Metoprolol. My GP is astounded it has such an effect on me and says I must be very drug sensitive since my chemo. He said he has had patients take two full tablets a day and it still doesn't regulate their heart properly.
I tried last year taking Escalopram as per my psych doc and couldn't tolerate even half a tab of that as I had diarrhea for weeks with it so we dropped it.
I had been taking a half of a 100mg dose of aspirin as an offset to Tamoxifen giving me vein troubles in my eye and emergency, during my heart episode, told me to increase to a full tablet daily. After a few weeks of it, I have had to reduce it back to a half dose again as I was having deep dark looking bruises coming up for no good reason on my legs and arms. Since reducing it to a half, things have been good again.
I thought to myself, I have been on Tamoxifen religiously at 20mg for exactly two whole years. I have finished menopause and perhaps I don't actually need the full 20 mg any more? So as of a few days ago, I am doing a self trial of half a tablet of Tamoxifen daily. I think my body has been knee jerk reacting to this drug for the last two years so maybe a lesser dose will be a happy medium for my body. At least a box of pills will last twice as long. The Metoprolol box lasts me over 200 days! lol.
