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Topic: Tamoxifen - has anyone else

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  • Posted on: May 13, 2008 01:01 pm, edited May 13, 2008 01:03 PM by Nichola
Nichola wrote:

I have been on tamoxifen for nearly 4 months now, and a week after I went on it, I became continuously short of breath. 

I am now being treated for asthma although my symptoms seem far from normal, as my breathing is persistently that of a childs! 

I've had all the CT scans etc... all clear, so can't help thinking this has something to do with tamoxifen.  (No family history of asthma).

Would love to know if anyone else has heard os or experienced this?


Dx 11/28/2007, 1cm, Stage IIIb, Grade 1, 0/10 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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ICanDoThis
Joined: Apr 2008
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May 13, 2008 01:34 pm ICanDoThis wrote:

I am under active treatment for my asthma (and have been for 20 yrs), and adding tamoxifen did nothing to my symptoms.

However, it took several months and a number of different drugs (even the "same" drug from different manufacturers) before my allergist and I settled on the right asthma treatment regime for me.

If you would like the skinny on this, and the whole pulmonary thing, please pm me. Nothing is scarier than not being able to breathe, even cancer

Sue 


Dx 12/28/2007, IDC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 1, 0/3 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-

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