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Uses
Tamoxifen is used to prevent or treat breast cancer and to treat infertility due to absence of ovulation (anovulatory infertility). It is also used to lower a woman's chance of developing breast cancer if she has a high risk (such as a family history of breast cancer).
How it works
Tamoxifen belongs to a group of medicines called anti-estrogens. It blocks the actions of estrogen, a female hormone which is required by certain types of breast cancers to grow.
Common side effects
deep vein thrombosis, genital itching, nausea, calf or thigh pain or swelling in the legs; discomfort in the pelvis such as pain or pressure ; lung or liver dysfunction., Hot flushes, light-headedness, skin rash, leg cramps, changes in vision, discharge or unusual bleeding from your vagina, vomiting, thinning of your hair, fluid retention, changes in your periods, temporary reduction in the number of blood cells, fibroids and cancer, pulmonary embolism, hypersensitivity reactions, bruise, an increased risk of blood clots, bone and tumor pain, headache, weight gain, cysts on the ovaries
