DEAR DR. GOTT: I am hoping that since there seems to be almost an epidemic of breast cancer diagnoses and now plenty of women are taking the drug Tamoxifen, that you can address an issue. I browsed your topics online and didn’t find anything about it.

I was diagnosed and treated for invasive breast cancer (small and no lymph node involvement) late 2010. I am 52 years old and at the time wasn’t experiencing menopause. After a lumpectomy and approximately seven weeks of radiation, I am hoping this is all behind me. In March 2011, I started taking Tamoxifen, which I understand is protocol for non-menopausal women and I will continue to take it daily for five years. I have read and talked to my doctors about some of the side effects, such as hot flashes and leg cramps. The hot flashes have come, as has (it seems) menopause. [Read more...]