Re: Tamoxifen and Hot Flashes

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Hi Kelley

You are getting the sweats because the Tamoxifen is doing it's job~ you will

have fluctuating waves of estrogen going around your body and this causes the

menopausal symptoms. You probably would be facing these symptoms anyway come the

menopause. I was told it was the fluctuation in circulating estrogen that

causes the symptoms not purley because it is lower than usual after all when

women are post menopause and the estrogen is no longer made in the ovaries women

do't get the symptoms. But remember estrogen is also made in the adrenal glands

that sit on top of the kidneys but nothing like the amount the ovaries make. You

could research having your ovaries ablated, this is where you are given

radiation to them and they no longer produce estrogen, however estrogen is

stored in fat as well so there will always be an amount inside, ablation won't

mean you can come off the Tamoxifen. And when I say fat I mean body fat of any

description, very thin women also have a certain

amount of fat somewhere. Check out and research well before considering and see

if there is anyone else who has had ablation and is on Tamoxifen and see what

side effects they have.

I tried every tablet, pill, capsule, liquid in the book to prevent the sweats

and nothing worked ~ money wasted. Keep some wet wipes in the fridge at home and

at work.

Good luck

kelleyglass wrote:

During my chemotherapy (Jan-Apr 2006) I suffered hot flashes,

occasionally. Usually the flashes were pretty intense, but didn't

last long. I got use to sleeping without covers.

I started taking Tamoxifen in July, and now the hot flashes are like

clock work: I get about two dozen per day, and about one third of

those are intense. Infact, they get so intense I break out in a

dripping sweat all over my body. I have a small fan on my desk at

work which I use whenever I feel the hot flash coming on.

Its October and here in NW NJ it gets very chilly at night. We use

a woodstove to heat our home. I usually can't stand the cold

weather and in years past I make sure the woodstove has lots of wood

burning in it to keep the house warm. Now I can't wait for the

winter! I sleep with my window opened every night, without covers,

and I still wake up during the night with intense hot flashes

covered in sweat.

Is anyone else who takes Tamoxifen suffering with hot flashes? I'm

42, was pre-menopausal prior to my cancer and treatments and now am

in a sort of post-menopausal state (or perhaps I am going through

menopause - I can't seem to get any doctor to tell me what's going

on!).

If you take Tamoxifen and suffer hot flashes, what do you do to

combat them? I have heard about Remifemin (black cohosh), but you

have to take that twice a day and you don't start feeling any effect

of it for at least 4 weeks. Is there anything more efficient that a

person can take that does not counteract the Tamoxifen?

Kelley

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Hi Kelley

You are getting the sweats because the Tamoxifen is doing it's job~ you will

have fluctuating waves of estrogen going around your body and this causes the

menopausal symptoms. You probably would be facing these symptoms anyway come the

menopause. I was told it was the fluctuation in circulating estrogen that

causes the symptoms not purley because it is lower than usual after all when

women are post menopause and the estrogen is no longer made in the ovaries women

do't get the symptoms. But remember estrogen is also made in the adrenal glands

that sit on top of the kidneys but nothing like the amount the ovaries make. You

could research having your ovaries ablated, this is where you are given

radiation to them and they no longer produce estrogen, however estrogen is

stored in fat as well so there will always be an amount inside, ablation won't

mean you can come off the Tamoxifen. And when I say fat I mean body fat of any

description, very thin women also have a certain

amount of fat somewhere. Check out and research well before considering and see

if there is anyone else who has had ablation and is on Tamoxifen and see what

side effects they have.

I tried every tablet, pill, capsule, liquid in the book to prevent the sweats

and nothing worked ~ money wasted. Keep some wet wipes in the fridge at home and

at work.

Good luck

kelleyglass wrote:

During my chemotherapy (Jan-Apr 2006) I suffered hot flashes,

occasionally. Usually the flashes were pretty intense, but didn't

last long. I got use to sleeping without covers.

I started taking Tamoxifen in July, and now the hot flashes are like

clock work: I get about two dozen per day, and about one third of

those are intense. Infact, they get so intense I break out in a

dripping sweat all over my body. I have a small fan on my desk at

work which I use whenever I feel the hot flash coming on.

Its October and here in NW NJ it gets very chilly at night. We use

a woodstove to heat our home. I usually can't stand the cold

weather and in years past I make sure the woodstove has lots of wood

burning in it to keep the house warm. Now I can't wait for the

winter! I sleep with my window opened every night, without covers,

and I still wake up during the night with intense hot flashes

covered in sweat.

Is anyone else who takes Tamoxifen suffering with hot flashes? I'm

42, was pre-menopausal prior to my cancer and treatments and now am

in a sort of post-menopausal state (or perhaps I am going through

menopause - I can't seem to get any doctor to tell me what's going

on!).

If you take Tamoxifen and suffer hot flashes, what do you do to

combat them? I have heard about Remifemin (black cohosh), but you

have to take that twice a day and you don't start feeling any effect

of it for at least 4 weeks. Is there anything more efficient that a

person can take that does not counteract the Tamoxifen?

Kelley

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[Guest guest]

Hi Kelley

You are getting the sweats because the Tamoxifen is doing it's job~ you will

have fluctuating waves of estrogen going around your body and this causes the

menopausal symptoms. You probably would be facing these symptoms anyway come the

menopause. I was told it was the fluctuation in circulating estrogen that

causes the symptoms not purley because it is lower than usual after all when

women are post menopause and the estrogen is no longer made in the ovaries women

do't get the symptoms. But remember estrogen is also made in the adrenal glands

that sit on top of the kidneys but nothing like the amount the ovaries make. You

could research having your ovaries ablated, this is where you are given

radiation to them and they no longer produce estrogen, however estrogen is

stored in fat as well so there will always be an amount inside, ablation won't

mean you can come off the Tamoxifen. And when I say fat I mean body fat of any

description, very thin women also have a certain

amount of fat somewhere. Check out and research well before considering and see

if there is anyone else who has had ablation and is on Tamoxifen and see what

side effects they have.

I tried every tablet, pill, capsule, liquid in the book to prevent the sweats

and nothing worked ~ money wasted. Keep some wet wipes in the fridge at home and

at work.

Good luck

kelleyglass wrote:

During my chemotherapy (Jan-Apr 2006) I suffered hot flashes,

occasionally. Usually the flashes were pretty intense, but didn't

last long. I got use to sleeping without covers.

I started taking Tamoxifen in July, and now the hot flashes are like

clock work: I get about two dozen per day, and about one third of

those are intense. Infact, they get so intense I break out in a

dripping sweat all over my body. I have a small fan on my desk at

work which I use whenever I feel the hot flash coming on.

Its October and here in NW NJ it gets very chilly at night. We use

a woodstove to heat our home. I usually can't stand the cold

weather and in years past I make sure the woodstove has lots of wood

burning in it to keep the house warm. Now I can't wait for the

winter! I sleep with my window opened every night, without covers,

and I still wake up during the night with intense hot flashes

covered in sweat.

Is anyone else who takes Tamoxifen suffering with hot flashes? I'm

42, was pre-menopausal prior to my cancer and treatments and now am

in a sort of post-menopausal state (or perhaps I am going through

menopause - I can't seem to get any doctor to tell me what's going

on!).

If you take Tamoxifen and suffer hot flashes, what do you do to

combat them? I have heard about Remifemin (black cohosh), but you

have to take that twice a day and you don't start feeling any effect

of it for at least 4 weeks. Is there anything more efficient that a

person can take that does not counteract the Tamoxifen?

Kelley

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Hi Kelley, my primary doctor put me on effexor xr for my depression but it

also helps with hot flashes. I was like you too now the chemo-flashes are

down to about 4 or 5 a day.

-- Tamoxifen and Hot Flashes

During my chemotherapy (Jan-Apr 2006) I suffered hot flashes,

occasionally. Usually the flashes were pretty intense, but didn't

last long. I got use to sleeping without covers.

I started taking Tamoxifen in July, and now the hot flashes are like

clock work: I get about two dozen per day, and about one third of

those are intense. Infact, they get so intense I break out in a

dripping sweat all over my body. I have a small fan on my desk at

work which I use whenever I feel the hot flash coming on.

Its October and here in NW NJ it gets very chilly at night. We use

a woodstove to heat our home. I usually can't stand the cold

weather and in years past I make sure the woodstove has lots of wood

burning in it to keep the house warm. Now I can't wait for the

winter! I sleep with my window opened every night, without covers,

and I still wake up during the night with intense hot flashes

covered in sweat.

Is anyone else who takes Tamoxifen suffering with hot flashes? I'm

42, was pre-menopausal prior to my cancer and treatments and now am

in a sort of post-menopausal state (or perhaps I am going through

menopause - I can't seem to get any doctor to tell me what's going

on!).

If you take Tamoxifen and suffer hot flashes, what do you do to

combat them? I have heard about Remifemin (black cohosh), but you

have to take that twice a day and you don't start feeling any effect

of it for at least 4 weeks. Is there anything more efficient that a

person can take that does not counteract the Tamoxifen?

Kelley

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Hi , I dont take Tamo. but I am on aromisin. I am in menop. and get hot

flashes and break out in sweats. I tried the black cohosh but I just got tired

of having to take so much and waiting for it to work. The doc gave me lunesta to

help me sleep through the night. At least now I get a good nights sleep. I have

tried some antidepressants for the hot flashes and sweats but they didn't agree

with. So I just tough it out during the day. I keep a glass of water and a

something to fan myself when I feel one coming on. The summer was very hot and

unbearable where I live and I am enjoying the nice fall weather we are having

now. I think my gas bill we be very nice this winter. lol good luck

Tamoxifen and Hot Flashes

During my chemotherapy (Jan-Apr 2006) I suffered hot flashes,

occasionally. Usually the flashes were pretty intense, but didn't

last long. I got use to sleeping without covers.

I started taking Tamoxifen in July, and now the hot flashes are like

clock work: I get about two dozen per day, and about one third of

those are intense. Infact, they get so intense I break out in a

dripping sweat all over my body. I have a small fan on my desk at

work which I use whenever I feel the hot flash coming on.

Its October and here in NW NJ it gets very chilly at night. We use

a woodstove to heat our home. I usually can't stand the cold

weather and in years past I make sure the woodstove has lots of wood

burning in it to keep the house warm. Now I can't wait for the

winter! I sleep with my window opened every night, without covers,

and I still wake up during the night with intense hot flashes

covered in sweat.

Is anyone else who takes Tamoxifen suffering with hot flashes? I'm

42, was pre-menopausal prior to my cancer and treatments and now am

in a sort of post-menopausal state (or perhaps I am going through

menopause - I can't seem to get any doctor to tell me what's going

on!).

If you take Tamoxifen and suffer hot flashes, what do you do to

combat them? I have heard about Remifemin (black cohosh), but you

have to take that twice a day and you don't start feeling any effect

of it for at least 4 weeks. Is there anything more efficient that a

person can take that does not counteract the Tamoxifen?

Kelley

[Guest guest]

My sister is taking Remifemin - not with Tamoxifen, as she has not developed

breast cancer, but her doctor told her it is safe to take with Tamoxifen. I

haven't asked my doctor yet, I intend to do so very soon. I have done some

research on it, and Remifemin is suppose to be safe to take with Estrogen

blockers because it doesn't increase Estrogen production.

I can only find relief when I have air blowing on me, especially if it is cold

air. I sleep with the window opened, and we still have our air conditioner in

our family room window (even though the wood stove is usually burning).

Sometimes I feel like my brain is cooking, it gets so bad. If I can manage to

stave it off when I feel it coming on, it usually goes away pretty quickly. But

there are about four times during the day when I get really wicked flashes that

leave me feeling exhausted and baked.

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My sister is taking Remifemin - not with Tamoxifen, as she has not developed

breast cancer, but her doctor told her it is safe to take with Tamoxifen. I

haven't asked my doctor yet, I intend to do so very soon. I have done some

research on it, and Remifemin is suppose to be safe to take with Estrogen

blockers because it doesn't increase Estrogen production.

I can only find relief when I have air blowing on me, especially if it is cold

air. I sleep with the window opened, and we still have our air conditioner in

our family room window (even though the wood stove is usually burning).

Sometimes I feel like my brain is cooking, it gets so bad. If I can manage to

stave it off when I feel it coming on, it usually goes away pretty quickly. But

there are about four times during the day when I get really wicked flashes that

leave me feeling exhausted and baked.

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[Guest guest]

My sister is taking Remifemin - not with Tamoxifen, as she has not developed

breast cancer, but her doctor told her it is safe to take with Tamoxifen. I

haven't asked my doctor yet, I intend to do so very soon. I have done some

research on it, and Remifemin is suppose to be safe to take with Estrogen

blockers because it doesn't increase Estrogen production.

I can only find relief when I have air blowing on me, especially if it is cold

air. I sleep with the window opened, and we still have our air conditioner in

our family room window (even though the wood stove is usually burning).

Sometimes I feel like my brain is cooking, it gets so bad. If I can manage to

stave it off when I feel it coming on, it usually goes away pretty quickly. But

there are about four times during the day when I get really wicked flashes that

leave me feeling exhausted and baked.

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