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Dovely
Dovely Member Posts: 91
edited December 2018 in Hormonal Therapy - Before, During, and After

Is anyone taking Biotin while on Tamoxifen? If so, how much are you taking and do you feel like it's effective? I just started Tamoxifen 3 weeks ago with no SE's yet but I want to try to prevent any possible hair shedding.

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  • sloyd66
    sloyd66 Member Posts: 202
    edited December 2018

    Hi Dovely,

    Yes I been taking Biotin since I started Tamoxifin in 2014. It has helped for the most part. I was told do not take no more then 5000mg. I've been doing 1000mg a day, I pretty much lost my eyebrows more so then my hair on my head. But it has helped. I'm still taking it.

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  • SimoneRC
    SimoneRC Member Posts: 419
    edited December 2018

    Hi Dovely!

    I take 2500 mg Biotin daily. On AI, not Tamoxifen. So far, so good with my hair. Fingers crossed!

    How are you doing?

    Merry and Happy and HEALTHY to you!

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  • Dovely
    Dovely Member Posts: 91
    edited December 2018

    Hi Simone, I'm doing great! Happy holidays to you as well 😊


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  • AliceBastable
    AliceBastable Member Posts: 3,461
    edited December 2018

    I'm starting Tamoxifen next week, so I started taking 1000 mg biotin about a week ago. I may double it if my already-thin hair starts shedding more. When I was going over my meds list with a pharmacist to check for any possible problems, she gave an emphatic nod to the biotin with Tamoxifen. I figure it can't hurt.

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  • Rah2464
    Rah2464 Member Posts: 1,647
    edited December 2018

    I started the 5000 mcg daily right before I started Tamoxifen. I have completed five months on the tamo and while I did initially shed, that has slowed and my remaining hair is very resilient and actually looks better than it had in a while. Although definitely thinner on top but not too bad.

    I do communicate when having blood draws that I take it. I guess it can impact some blood assays relating to thyroid values so you want them to know up front.

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