Christine_Marie
12 years agoMember
Menopause clinic & dealing with tamoxifen side affects :)
Hello to everyone:) hope you are all traveling well.....
I had my appointment at the menopause clinic the other day, I saw 2 doctors there, one was to talk to me about how I was feeling on tamoxifen & about menopause & how I was coping after my hysterectomy & the other doctor talked about treating tamoxifen side affects & organising a bone density scan for me.....she also did a breast check & blood pressure & all good:):):)
She has prescribe me with the drug called clonidine which is used for menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes, she thinks it could also be helpful for my sore feet that I have every morning which I have never had before taking tamoxifen....it has less side affects than venlafaxine & gabapentin....
Clonidine is also used for nerve pain as well, so I am going to give it a try because I have a lot of neck pain as well, due to severe facet joint arthropathy & displacement, it's like that saying kill 2 birds with one stone....it also means I can come off Celebrex which doesn't really work for me.........
The doctor said it can take up to 2 to 7 days for my body to get used to it & it works for some & not others... It doesn't get rid of Nausea though:(:(which I'm still having everyday.....she said I may have to change my treatment if tamoxifen doesn't settle down.....
What I would like to ask & hopefully get some feed back on.....has anyone else on here tried clonidine before???
Take care
Christine:)x