Most important things to ask your doctors and how to get the best possible care.
Tamoxifen is one of the older hormone-manipulating agents and has been in use for over two decades.
This drug is potent Estrogen Receptor Manipulator and is used in treatment of Hormone sensitive tumors such as Breast cancer in both early stages of the disease as an adjuvant treatment and in patients with metastatic disease. Tamoxifen comes in 10 and 20 mg tablets and the normal daily dose is one tablet twice daily. Some patients tolerate a dose of 20 mg at bed time much better. Recent studies have shown that Tamoxifen can prevent breast cancer development in high risk women. It is imperative that patients relay any side effects or problems to their medical oncologists.