Brody has previously written about this wonder drug, supporting its use as a preventative measure for women not yet diagnosed with breast cancer. We wonder why she so easily dismisses the fact that thousands of women who take tamoxifen later develop uterine or endometrial cancer. Many hay fever sufferers understand the predicament of inhaling nose sprays. Use it too often and there is a rebound effect. What once works to relieve symptoms, ends up making the original problem worse.
Tamoxifen works in much the same way.
Tamoxifen users are warned not to continue its use for more than 18 months. Jane is excited that she is going to use it for five years. IGF-I is the only hormone in nature that is identical between two species of animal. Both have 70 amino acids in the same exact gene sequence. For years, Brody has misled her female readers by endorsing the one substance outside of the human body containing enormous and inappropriate quantities of this powerful growth hormone.