Guest guest Posted March 16, 2003 Report Share Posted March 16, 2003 I do not produce estrogen due to pituitary tumor -my endocrinologist says that is why I now have osteoporotic bones like 80 year old yet I am only 27 ----- Original Message ----- From: " Dr. Marasco " <mmarasco@...> < > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 5:14 PM Subject: Re: ESTROGEN? > Neither does a so called " lack " of estrogen. > > > > I was reading something interesting about the drug tamoxifen... > > Tamoxifen is an anti estrogen drug given to breast cancer prone > women to > > block the uptake of estrogen hormones... if lack of estrogen was > the cause > > of osteoporosis then you would think that tamoxifen would cause > bone density > > loss > > ~Tamoxifen does not cause bone loss at all > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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