What time of day do you take your Tamoxifen?

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Palsomine
Palsomine Member Posts: 16
edited November 2018 in Hormonal Therapy - Before, During, and After

When do you take your Tamoxifen? Day or night and with or with out food. I take mine in the am along with 75mg effexor. Cranky, teary and hot. I have been on the Tamox for one month. Just curious if it makes a difference.?

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  • illimae
    illimae Member Posts: 5,710
    edited November 2018

    I take mine at night, before bed with water (no food) and with glucosamine to help the joints.

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  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 3,044
    edited November 2018

    I have mine with breakfast ...

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  • Veeder14
    Veeder14 Member Posts: 880
    edited November 2018

    I take mine after dinner so there's food in my stomach. I've tried the morning after breakfast to see if I would sleep better but it didn't make a difference. These pills are upsetting my stomach though. Does anyone else have this issue?

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  • Traveltext
    Traveltext Member Posts: 2,089
    edited November 2018

    Itake mine at night, before bed with water (no food). Still no SEs after four years.


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  • gb2115
    gb2115 Member Posts: 1,894
    edited November 2018

    I take mine in the morning. With a full glass of water (as per label instructions). Usually right before breakfast but that's only because of timing before I go to work. Whether or not I have it with food doesn't seem to make a difference, I have no stomach side effects from it. I have other side effects, but that's neither here nor there...

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  • WigLButtz
    WigLButtz Member Posts: 11
    edited November 2018

    I take mine when I wake up at noon (afternoon shift worker) with a spoonful of yogurt and a big glass of water. No terribly negative side effects yet. *knock on wood*

    Veeder - I have been taking it for over a month now and I still get nauseous about an hour after I take it. Never to the point of vomiting, but it has killed my appetite in general. I have not tried taking it at night, because I am really afraid of the nighttime leg cramps and insomnia some people experience.

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  • Chiarara
    Chiarara Member Posts: 44
    edited November 2018

    At the beginning, I took mine in the morning, because it seemed like that might help with the insomnia which was my main side effect. The insomnia resolved with good sleep hygiene, and restricting the amount of time I spend in bed.

    Now I take mine with dinner, after reading this study http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2014/07/18/0008-5472.CAN-13-3156

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