NOLVADEX do you anything about it please?

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my mother is onthis hormone for breast canser is it a good medicine?

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Yes, it is a good drug it has been used since the mid 80's. there are some side effect but they are in low %. every drug has some side effects.
Your mother is most likely ER positive. It is an estrogen receptor blocker. Cancer cells need to eat and estrogen is what they eat so this drugs cuts off their food supply and they die. That is a simple description. Talk to your mothers doctor he can draw you a pictures.

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www.nolvadex.com

Generic name is tamoxifen, it blocks estrogen production.

It's the only anti-estrogen drug for breast cancer that's approved for pre-menopausal women. If your mom is post-menopausal, I would ask her doctor to give her something different.

There are some side effects to Nolvadex, like hot flashes, but you really have to watch for blood clots, especially in the calves. However, I think the benefits probably outweigh the risks with this drug.

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