Tamoxifen - has anyone else

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Nichola
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edited June 2014 in Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment
Tamoxifen - has anyone else
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  • Nichola
    Nichola Member Posts: 402
    edited May 2008

    I have been on tamoxifen for nearly 4 months now, and a week after I went on it, I became continuously short of breath. 

    I am now being treated for asthma although my symptoms seem far from normal, as my breathing is persistently that of a childs! 

    I've had all the CT scans etc... all clear, so can't help thinking this has something to do with tamoxifen.  (No family history of asthma).

    Would love to know if anyone else has heard os or experienced this?

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  • ICanDoThis
    ICanDoThis Member Posts: 1,473
    edited May 2008

    I am under active treatment for my asthma (and have been for 20 yrs), and adding tamoxifen did nothing to my symptoms.

    However, it took several months and a number of different drugs (even the "same" drug from different manufacturers) before my allergist and I settled on the right asthma treatment regime for me.

    If you would like the skinny on this, and the whole pulmonary thing, please pm me. Nothing is scarier than not being able to breathe, even cancer

    Sue 

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