Hi, I’ve read on a different thread that someone had gastritis and seemed to think it was down to tamoxifen. I was wondering if this is common with people who’ve had chemo and tamoxifen? I’ve had about 3 ‘sessions’ since chemo finished and i started tamoxifen. My Dr assures me it’s gastritis, and did an ultrasound just to make sure cos I was worried (as we do!).
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Hi Smiler
,I have had gastritis since starting tamoxifen,but don’t know whether it was caused by the tamoxifen or possibly the chemo.My doctor says that tamoxifen doesn’t cause gastritis ,but I think I was reacting to the lactose in the tablets,because I have a milk allergy.I never knew before that I had a problem with lactose because my reaction was to the protein part of the milk.the research I’ve done on the internet says that lactose intolerance and milk protein allergy are entirely different and not likely to be present together (it didn’t say why)
apparently nolvadex is a form of tamoxifen that doesn’t contain lactose so I am going to give it a try.I stopped taking tamoxifen for a short while recently to see if the gastritis would settle down and it did .in fact I had to stop because the symptoms were so intolerable,it was a struggle every day to eat and drink enough and I was losing weight continually.(every time I told the doctors about this they just ignored it which still makes me angry,only when I stopped taking it they started to listen)I should be able to get novladex soon so will let you know how it goes
Hi Looking lovely, thanks for replying,sorry to hear you are suffering but have to say I’m relieved i’m not the only one! I’ve just had a few sessions since finishing chemo but really don’t know what to do with myself when it happens, I get a feeling of pains across my chest and my stomach feels like lead and terrible feeling of indigestion, do you get similar? My BC nurse said chemo does take it’s toll on the gut so could be that but will be interested to hear how you find nolvadex. I have an appointment in Aug with my onc so may ask him about it.
take care
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Hi Smiler,
I found that my symptoms started during chemo,but the tamoxifen seemed to make them worse when I started it .generally very uncomfortable when I eat or drink …My doctor said they might do endoscopy(I hope not)now the symptoms have settled down,but only because I stopped taking tamoxifen.I really didn’t have any choice,?lol anyway hope we can find a solution,maybe nolvadex will be better.look after yourself
just heard that I can’t get nolvadex after all as it is not yet licensed where i am so it’s surgery or radiotherapy for me instead