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Tamoxifen
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Tamoxifen
Tamoxifen
Drug details
Drug classSelective oestrogen receptor modulator
Conditions linked to this drug
3Listed side effects / symptoms
34- Absence or Loss of Menstruation (Amenorrhoea)
- Appetite Loss (Anorexia)
- Bleeding Between Normal Periods (Intermenstrual Bleeding)
- Blood: Calcium Levels Raised (Hypercalcaemia, Hypercalcemia)
- Blood: Increased Chance of DVT (Blood Clot in the Deep Veins)
- Blood: Platelet Count Low (Thrombocytopenia)
- Cough
- Cramps Leg
- Dizziness
- Endometrial Cancer
- Erection Failure: Impotence
- Eye: Vision Impairment
- Fatigue
- Fluid Retention
- Flushing
- Hair Thinning
- Headache (Cephalgia)
- Hot Flashes (Hot Flushes)
- Libido (Sex Drive) Decrease
- Menstrual Periods Abnormal
- Mind: Depression
- Nausea
- Pain Bone
- Pain Joint (Arthralgia)
- Pain Muscle (Myalgia)
- Pneumonitis (Inflammation Of The Lung Tissue)
- Skin Rash
- Skin: Severe And Serious Skin Rash (Stevens-Johnson Syndrome)
- Skin: Swelling Beneath The Skin (Angioedema)
- Stroke (Cerebrovascular Accident)
- Swelling (Oedema, Edema)
- Vaginal Discharge
- Vein Collapse at site of Injection (Thrombophlebitis)
- White Blood Cell Count Reduced (Leukopenia)
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2This section is educational only. Medicine safety should always be checked with a doctor or pharmacist.