Tamoxifen
Tamoxifen Side Effects May Lead To Cancer Lawsuits
Tamoxifen Side Effects Injury Lawsuits. Post-menopausal women who are prescribed Tamoxifen to combat breast cancer face a greater risk of recurrence if they have a specific genetic variation federal health advisers warned on October 18, 2006 A panel of FDA advisers strongly suggested the agency change Tamoxifen's label to warn … [Read more...] about Tamoxifen Side Effects May Lead To Cancer Lawsuits
HRT Use Linked to Increased GERD Risk
HRT Use Increases GERD. Women taking hormones to relieve menopause symptoms and women taking SERMs—selective estrogen receptor modulators—to treat breast cancer and osteoporosis, have a higher risk of developing symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to a study in the current issue of Archives of Internal … [Read more...] about HRT Use Linked to Increased GERD Risk
Tamoxifen Label Recurrence Risk
Tamoxifen Label Should Include Risks. A panel of experts told the Food and Drug Administration Wednesday that the label of cancer drug Tamoxifen should be changed to include evidence that certain women with estrogen-related breast cancer may be at higher risk for recurrence of the disease. Tamoxifen is designed to block estrogen … [Read more...] about Tamoxifen Label Recurrence Risk
Panel Suggests Adding Drug Label Warning
Post-menopausal women who take tamoxifen to treat breast cancer face a greater risk of recurrence if they have a specific genetic variation, federal health advisers said Wednesday in recommending that a warning be added to the drug's label. Recent studies have found tamoxifen does not work as well in women with breast cancer who … [Read more...] about Panel Suggests Adding Drug Label Warning
Tamoxifen Stroke Risk
Breast-Cancer Drug May Cause Stroke. The breast cancer drug tamoxifen appears to increase a woman's risk of having a stroke, although the overall risk is small, according to a systematic review of nearly 25 years worth of clinical trials of the drug. Doctors say the finding should not stop breast cancer patients from … [Read more...] about Tamoxifen Stroke Risk
Tamoxifen Drug Warning
Cancer Drug Tamoxifen Safety Warnings. Health officials are warning older women who are taking the drug tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer that it may put them at increased risk of cancer of the uterus, stroke and blood clots in the lungs. "These risks apply specifically to elderly women on the drug and not to younger … [Read more...] about Tamoxifen Drug Warning
