Raloxifene

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azlisa
azlisa Member Posts: 18
edited June 2014 in High Risk for Breast Cancer

Has anyone had any experience or info on Raloxifene. The oncologist I saw stated that this would be better for me than tamoxifen since I still have my uterus. He stated that using tamoxifen and if you have your uterus could raise risk in Endometrial cancer. He stated that this other medication was less risk if you still have your uterus.

Thanks, Liss

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited August 2013

    Hi Liss,

    There's some helpful information from the main Breastcancer.org site's page on Evista (chemical name: raloxifene), including benefits of the drugs and side effects to expect.

    We hope this helps!

    --The Mods

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2013

    lisa--I took tamoxifen for 5 years and now I have been on Evista for over 4 years. (I am high risk due to LCIS dignosis and family history of ILC (my mom).  I tolerated both meds well, really with very minor SEs. (hot flashes mainly). I wanted to be proactive in reducing my overall risk of invasive bc. feel free to PM me if you'd like to talk.

    anne 

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  • auntienance
    auntienance Member Posts: 4,216
    edited August 2013

    Lisa, I took evista for 10 years to prevent osteoporosis. I had mainly hot flashes (which were nothing compared to femara.) I had few problems with it.

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  • azlisa
    azlisa Member Posts: 18
    edited September 2013

    thanks for information, I will be meeting with my onocolgist on the 11th of October after having my open excisional biopsy on both breasts on the 10th. Little nervous over it but otherwise feeling good. Wish me luck!

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  • suedeere727
    suedeere727 Member Posts: 2
    edited January 2014

    Hi: Was wondering if you experienced any side effects from Raloxifene (Evista)? I am currently doing radiation and go 2-6-14 to see my oncologist with regards to which drug I will begin and he has suggested Raloxifene.

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