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Yes you can but they probably would put a younger person on tamoxifen first because they handle it better. Throwing your body prematurely hits pretty heavy when your body isn’t ready for it. Personally, I wasn’t menopausal yet when they found my cancer - I was only 44 but I am currently on an aromatase inhibitor due to the fact that I’m very high risk for cancer regression and my radiation had to be delayed. However, I personally, do not have any obnoxious symptoms from it but an occasional very mild hot flash. I was way worse on chemo - pretty much sweated out of my shirts when they’d hit. But I am also put into early menopause with Lupron probably just the same as everyone else unless I decide to get a hysterectomy or oophorectomy. Which I might do anyway because it showed I have a 3cm cyst on one of my ovaries and I’m not planning on having any more babies.
Yes, but only after the ovaries have been shut down. This is done with a monthly injection of Eligard, Lupron or Zoladex.
Aromatase inhibitors are not recommended for premenopausal women. These medications can only effectively block estrogen production in fat cells but cannot stop the ovaries from producing estrogen. For this reason, they are most effective and typically only prescribed after menopause, when the ovaries have naturally stopped Show Full Answer
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