Hi .. I have been taking Tamoxifen since January and have just started get cramp, for want of a better word, in my calf muscles and my feet.  It wakes me up a couple of times a night with a pain that feels like the muscle is going to burst.  It was quite frightening the first few times.  At least I now know it's probably the medication!  I also suffer from hot flushes regularly - day and night - and then i get so cold I'm shivering.  Friends suggested a lady magnet that you can use for menopausal symptoms but it's not really working for me ...  Best wishes to everyone else experiencing this 

Hi KTT

sorry to hear of your troubles 

is I said in my bio I took tamoxifen for around

8 years not thinking that half of the problems I

had were caused by it. I also think quite a few

of my problems were caused by the menopause 

also. Since stopping the tamoxifen my hot flushesh

have almost stopped, although the knee & calf pain is just as bad but after watching an arrtical on this 

morning with some menopause experts they say 

that in perry menopause you can loose 20%

of your strength so need to build upper & lower 

body strength to get it back & arthritis is where the pain comes from that we get during the early days of tamoxifen taking ..

so we need to build it back up in order to iliminate

The pain

good luck 

Hi, I’ve been on tamoxifen for 8 years now and have been ok until about 6 months ago I’m experiencing leg pain and hot flushes are really bad, weight gain and aching joints.

my problem is I am premenopause so I’m not wanting to come off tamoxifen so I have another 2 years to go but things are getting worse.

Not sure what I can do about these things ?

To apples you can only judge by your pain levelsspeak to your oncologist nurse let them know what’s going on from what I’ve read tamoxifen has benefits of up to 15 years cover when you’ve taken it for 5 years but they are not sure about the amount of extra coverage you get with 10 years as they have only started asking people to take it for 10 years recently take care 

Lindy-Lou x

To apples you can only judge by your pain levelsspeak to your oncologist nurse let them know what’s going on from what I’ve read tamoxifen has benefits of up to 15 years cover when you’ve taken it for 5 years but they are not sure about the amount of extra coverage you get with 10 years as they have only started asking people to take it for 10 years recently take care 

Lindy-Lou x