Melatonin

Sunflower64
Sunflower64 Member Posts: 166
edited June 2014 in Complementary and Holistic Medicine and Treatment

Hi girls,

i started taking melatonin to help me sleep better. my body aches soooooooooooo bad it keeps me up at night. can i take melatonin with tamoxifen? not sure. why does my body hurt so bad?

my onco thinks it is menapause and lack of estrogen. what do you all think? i exercise and it helps a little but not a lot!  i only took a half pill last night and it helped a little. will try whole pill tonight.

please help,

diane

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  • NatsFan
    NatsFan Member Posts: 3,745
    edited March 2010

    I take melatonin with Femara, but I ran it by my onc first.  I don't know about melatonin with tamoxifen, so you may want to call your onc first.  I've been taking just the 3mg pill and it works like a charm.  Also, my onc cleared me to take a 325mg aspirin or an aleve nightly to help with the aches so I sleep better.  It really helps. Joint and muscle pain is a common side effect of AIs like Femara, so maybe it's the same with tamoxifen.  I'm sure some of the ladies here on tamoxifen will chime in with the answers soon.

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  • Ruthy81674
    Ruthy81674 Member Posts: 67
    edited April 2010

    Hi Diane,

    When I was undergoing radiation at a large cancer center in Houston, my oncologist and radiation specialist told me melatonin was fine to take. They said it had even been linked to a decreased incidence of breast cancer. Hope you feel better soon,

    Ruthy

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  • Husband11
    Husband11 Member Posts: 2,264
    edited April 2010

    I've never found any contraindication of using melatonin with tamoxifen, and some research suggests it may enhance the effectiveness of tamoxifen.  I'm not a Doctor or anything, but i do a lot of reading on the subject because my wife is a BC patient, HR+ and on tamoxifen.

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  • Janeluvsdogs
    Janeluvsdogs Member Posts: 242
    edited June 2010

    I've been having really vivid dreams on melatonin. Does it ever go away as your body adjusts?

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  • Husband11
    Husband11 Member Posts: 2,264
    edited June 2010

    I found my body adjusted and the vivid dreams lessened.  If I take a week off the melatonin, and go back on, it starts again. I think the impact of it on sleep quality quickly wears off, not to say there aren't other benefits.

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  • SusieMTN
    SusieMTN Member Posts: 795
    edited June 2010

    I take melatonin in a product called Tranquil Sleep by Natural Factors, works great!  Just started Tamox. so don't know if that could cause the aching.  I have arthritis so I have to take Advil and Tramadol, it sucks but better than being in a lot of pain. 

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  • gena
    gena Member Posts: 15
    edited June 2010

    I have abeen taking melatonin for over a year and have not had any aches or pains.  Very vivid dreams at first, but not anymore.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited June 2010

    melatonin is perfectly safe to use with tamoxifen. My oncologist has always said my aches and pains are more from the lack of estrogen from my surgical menopause, rather than the tamoxifen, but my pcp and gyn both said that the meds certainly contribute to it too. (I took tamox for 5 years and now take evista). I've been taking melatonin--3 mg an hour before sleeping---- for several years now.

    Anne

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