Tamoxifen Fever?

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I had a 1cm invasive ductal tumor removed in May; clean margins. I am having radiation shortly. I have been on tamoxifen for 6 weeks and at first I had hot flashes, but they've subsided. I have been running a fever though for at least a few weeks now, low grade around 99.6-100.1 or so. I have ruled out any type of infection with my internist. My questions are:

1. Anyone had this happen and does it subside with time? My onc has not seen this.

2. I also had the genomics oncotype test and it was a good outcome. How much am I helping myself with the tamoxifen anyway? Is this going to make a huge difference? My oncologist says "it improves your chances" and that's it; I am a statistician so that's not a great answer for me.

 Also, if there are posts about this on this website, please direct me, I haven't found them!! Thanks so much

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  • longhorn92121
    longhorn92121 Member Posts: 2
    edited August 2011

    I have been on tamoxifen for over a year and have also had a low grade fever of unknown origin! This is also accompanied by extreme fatigue, not just sleepiness, but complete exhaustion. Did you ever figure out what your fever was from? My oncologist says no way it's the tamoxifen but I'm considering taking a 3 month break from it just to see.

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