Hi, just wondering if anyone epxerienced a sore throat on tamoxifen? I started it 5 months ago and for the last month I have had a consistent sore throat, it doesn’t feel viral as I had no cold or flu symptoms and the doctor didn’t think it was either. Just wondering if this is a side effect or just something random! Thanks.
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Morning bug1,
Can i suggest you contact your cancer team nurse, im sure she will be able to help/advise on whether its meds related or not. In the meantime, im guessing youve tried a warm honey and lemon drink followed by paracetamol to help ease the soreness. Maybe a salt water mouth gargle, good antiseptic (old wives solution) but it may help too.
The meds im on do cause hoarseness, sore throat, i do the above, its helped me immensely.
Hope you mange to ease the discomfort you are in soon.
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I had a sore tickly throat for a couple of weeks while on tamoxifen, never turned into a cold. It wore off after a while and was one of the milder symptoms I experienced, I’d even forgot about it until I saw your post. Can’t offer much advice unfortunately as, due to many other symptoms and little long term benefit, I stopped taking it. If I just had the tickly throat, I’d of put up with it most probably.
Interesting thanks! Its been 6 weeks now so I’m a bit fed up. Can I ask what other symptoms you had and what helped you make the decision to stop taking it? Only if you feel comfortable answering of course.
Lol, pretty much all the symptoms you can get off it I had, its a long list. What bugged me most was brainfog, dizziness, nausea and depression - like an actual cloud following me around. It really slowed my thought processes down so I would not have been able to do my job.
Decision to come off based on low risk of recurance as G1, also her 2 +, which wasn’t treated so if any stray cells didn’t get zpaaed by RT, they could just grow via the her 2 regardless of being on tamoxifen.