I stared at the bottle for 2 weeks before I put one of the Tamoxifen pills in my mouth. After reading all of side effects others had suffered, I was terrified to start taking it. I have been on Tamoxifen for a little over 2 months now and have experienced no side effects. I had hot flashes before and I still get them occasionally, but I also take Calcium/Magnesium supplements, which keeps them at bay.

I have mild side effects- started late October 2014. I take it at 9:30pm I have an occasional mild hot flash and sometimes my ankles hurt. I retain water a little easier than before and the first few weeks I had a mild but nagging headache. They've since subsided. So far so good. Nothing unbearable. Oh! My skin is dryer but I was oily before so not horrible.

Usually start [[treatment:tamoxifen:540f562a[[phone:8608758280000445]] 2:]] weeks after radiation per my MO

I'm also worried about the side effects of Tamoxifen, will be getting done with with radiation here in 2-weeks. How soon do they have you start Tamoxifen ?? what is the side-effects ??

The one I experience that is horrible is vaginal dryness, extreme. Makes sex difficult. Started out with hot flashes but the eased off.