Hi can any1 help me my mother inlaw has been taking tamoxifen for 6weeks an has just started radiotherapy last week she’s has bad nausea an sickness can any1 recommend anything to help? x
Hi Jules,
It’s hard to know what is causing your M-in-L’s nausea, but it could be the Tamoxifen, in which case it may help to take it with food e.g. at a meal time. Otherwise a lot of people find ginger (biscuits or gingerbeer) and/or carbonated water help with nausea. If she mentions this to the hopsital, they may well give her some anti-sickness medication. Hopefully things will soon settle down for her and she will feel better.
I’m sure she is very grateful for your support.
Hi Thanx very much al suggest the ginger biscuits to her she’s in anti sickness tablets but there not helping but she’s just started them so we will c… An she’s going to try taking her tamoxifen at nite with food so fingers crossed she’s also got ulcers in her mouth not nice at all but hopefully things will settle down x
I was around 3 months into taking tamoxifen when I started having very bad nausea, had lots of tests etc and also had anti nausea tablets which didn’t work either. Phoned my bcn and she said to take the tamoxifen after a full meal, started doing that and 3 days later the dreadful nausea stopped, hope this helps xx
Thanx will pass that on Hope ur doing gd aswell x