When did your SE of Tamoxifen start?

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Ozgirl
Ozgirl Member Posts: 11
edited June 2014 in High Risk for Breast Cancer

Hi everyone Smile

I posted this question in the Hormonal Therapy forum but thought I would ask here too.

I am 41 and premenopausal. I have a strong family history of breast cancer and have been prescribed Tamox. I am on Day 4. Can I ask when your SE of Tamoxifen started? As yet, I have not had any other than a bit of joint stiffness. I had read somewhere that younger women do tend to tolerate Tamoxifen better. Would be great to hear others experiences, including when SEs began. Thank you

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  • ssla01
    ssla01 Member Posts: 480
    edited September 2013

    I am 46 and premenopausal. My main side effects have been constipation and hot flashes. They started after about two weeks, but lessened after a couple of months. I notice the joint pain nly occasionally now. I am on the Watson brand. There is a thread here somewhere about the different side effects from the different brands.

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  • ginaf
    ginaf Member Posts: 7
    edited September 2013

    I started tamo July 10th. I am 46 years old and on it for a diagnosis atypical lobular hyperplasa. I have not had one side effect and doing fine. 

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  • leaf
    leaf Member Posts: 8,188
    edited September 2013

    It took me about a month to start getting 'warm flashes'.  But I don't know if that was from Tamoxifen as I was peri-menopausal and it was summer.  I also got benign uterine polyps about every 1.5years, but, again, I don't know if they were from tamoxifen as I had benign uterine polyps before I started tamoxifen too.

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  • Ozgirl
    Ozgirl Member Posts: 11
    edited September 2013

    Hi everyoneSmile

    Thanks for your replies everyone. I think I had my first warm flush yesterday afternoon. Hopefully they stay manageable.

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

    Within 2 months of starting on tamox, I had an horrible yeast infection, but it cleared up with Diflucan and I never had another one in 5 years. I really didn't notice any other SEs with the tamox, except I did end up with ovarian cysts which ruptured (ending in a TAH/BSO and immediate surgical menopause)---apparently a very rare SE (only 11% risk of it), but more common in premenopausal women; so I recommend a yearly transvaginal US to monitor both the uterine lining and the ovaries.  I attribute any of my further SEs to the surgical menopause and not the tamox.

    anne

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