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Is Evista Intake Safe When Suffering From Breast Cancer Metastasis?
i hve stage four breast cancer metastasis to the bones and i was taking ameridex and now my doctor have change me to evista 60 mg. I was reading on evista and it says on web md that women should not take evista if they have breast cancer mettasis?
Fri, 16 May 2014
Evista also called raloxifene is as effective as tamoxifen in reducing the incidence of breast cancer in postmenopausal women at increased risk. A major adverse effect of tamoxifen is uterine cancer; raloxifene caused fewer cases of uterine cancer.
Common adverse events considered to be drug-related were hot flashes and leg cramps.
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Common adverse events considered to be drug-related were hot flashes and leg cramps.
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DR De
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