Topic: Tamoxifen
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-08 23:05:36
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The popular antidepressant drug Paxil may interfere with breast cancer treatments, making patients more likely to relapse and die, researchers in Canada reported on Monday.</p><p>Women who took GlaxoSmithKline's Paxil while taking tamoxifen at the same time were more likely to die of their breast ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-08 21:16:53
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Only a small number of U.S. women at high risk of breast cancer have chosen to use the drug tamoxifen to lower that risk, according to a study published Monday.</p><p>In 2005, government researchers found, about 51,500 U.S. women were using ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-08 18:19:29
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study provides more evidence that acupuncture can help ease hot flashes in women with breast cancer who are being treated with the "anti-estrogen" drug tamoxifen. Acupuncture, researchers found, is free of side effects and has a side benefit for some women: an increased sex drive.</p> ...
ArticlesBase | 2010-01-04 00:10:35
Author: Vanessa A. Doctor
I was diagnosed more than a decade ago with infiltrating intraductal breast cancer and I turned down all conventional treatment including chemotherapy, radiation and surgery and chose an alternative route. Avon Breast Cancer Walk Nyc No single or double mastectomy either. And I'm still in excellent health today.
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