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Tamoxifen or Letrozole???
Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone has an opinion or any knowledge regarding tamoxifen and letrozole. I have just started taking tamoxifen around a month ago but then my oncologist realised he hadn...
Thank you for your quick response. Vaginal dryness seems to have happened anyway since chemo
, definitely a pain in the vagina!! I'm seeing my GP next week and will ask about having a bone density scan as oncologist didn't seem to think necessary which seems crazy when you are taking a drug that could reduce bone density, so maybe if I have that and results are good, fingers crossed, then maybe I should try Letrozole. My oncologist is pretty laid back about everything and there seems to be so many contradictions in advise between GP and oncologist, an example, my GP said a aspirin every day (quarter of I think) and vitamin c both help protcect against breast cancer but my oncologist says vitamin c will give me kidney stones and doesn't recommend aspirin. Arhhh so hard who to trust and googling just makes it worse!!!
, definitely a pain in the vagina!! I'm seeing my GP next week and will ask about having a bone density scan as oncologist didn't seem to think necessary which seems crazy when you are taking a drug that could reduce bone density, so maybe if I have that and results are good, fingers crossed, then maybe I should try Letrozole. My oncologist is pretty laid back about everything and there seems to be so many contradictions in advise between GP and oncologist, an example, my GP said a aspirin every day (quarter of I think) and vitamin c both help protcect against breast cancer but my oncologist says vitamin c will give me kidney stones and doesn't recommend aspirin. Arhhh so hard who to trust and googling just makes it worse!!!