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What is Tamoxifen?

Tamoxifen is an oral selective estrogen receptor modulator which is used in breast cancer treatment, and is currently the world's largest selling breast cancer treatment. It is used for the treatment of early and advanced breast cancer. It is undergoing trials in ALS/MND under Prof Ben Brooks. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Breast Cancer 18 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 14 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
DCIS (Ductal carcinoma in situ) 4 1 Efficacy_major
post breast cancer 3 0
Invasive Lobular Carcinoma 3 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 3 0

See all 37 patients currently taking Tamoxifen

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 1
Mild
 4
None
 2

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Tamoxifen

Brain fog 1
Weight gain 1
Hot flashes 1
Headaches 1
Stomach upset 1
Nausea if taken on empty stomach 1
See all 7 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  10 mg/5 mL daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 2 x 10 mg/5 mL daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 28 Number of Patients: 28 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Tamoxifen (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 7   Other: 44%
Side effects too severe 5   Side effects too severe: 31%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 19%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 13%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 13%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 6%

See all 16 patients who’ve stopped taking Tamoxifen

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Tamoxifen

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Tamoxifen

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Tamoxifen

Always
 6 75%
Usually
 1 13%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 13%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Tamoxifen

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 13%
A little
 3 38%
Not at all
 4 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Tamoxifen

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 33%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 4 67%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.