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jennyzim
10 years agoMember
Side effects of tamoxifen
Hi I'm about to start tamoxifen after 6 months of chemo and 6 weeks of radiotherapy. To my dismay I've just found out that tamoxifen can lead to hair loss and thining. I'm only just starting to get a...
Kim_R
10 years agoMember
Hi Jenny,
I have been on tamoxifen for six months. Hair has grown back very thick and curly (horrors!) so Tamoxifen hasn't had that side effect on me.
The other effects that annoy me the most are dizziness, metal confusion and dry blurry eyes. I am hoping these sort themselves out soon. When you have one treatment after the other it is hard to know which it is you have the side effects from?! Chemo brain still who knows?
I hope soon your hair is blowing in the wind.
Kim