Synonyms for tamoxifen
təˈmɒk sə fən, -ˌfɛnta·mox·ifen

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1. estrogen antagonist, tamoxifennoun

   an antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer

   Synonyms:
   estrogen antagonist

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1. Nikita Shah:

   Patients willsay I started taking tamoxifen and I gained 40 pounds, but that’s probably a combination of hormonal and lifestyle changes they’re going through. Tamoxifen can cause some fluid retention, and it could maybe cause a 2- or 3-pound weight gain, but beyond that there are probably other things going on as well.

2. Nikita Shah:

   The way tamoxifen works is you’re depriving your cancer cells of estrogen, which is their nutrition, so that will only work for the cancers that are estrogen-fed or progesterone-fed.

3. Dorothy Hamill:

   I discussed it with my doctor, and … we both decided that I would go off of the Tamoxifen, and I’m feeling better all the time, i’m very lucky that so far, so good.

4. Nikita Shah:

   But that’s probably a combination of hormonal and lifestyle changes they’re going through. Tamoxifen can cause some fluid retention, and it could maybe cause a 2- or 3-pound weight gain, but beyond that there are probably other things going on as well.

5. Nikita Shah:

   If a woman becomes post-menopausal during those five or 10 years she’s on tamoxifen, we will switch her to this other group of drugs that is 20 to 25 percent more effective.