Ahill 

I was out on clonodine for flushes work immediately and no affects to report hun 

hiw are you anyway long time no speak xxx 

Hello, I take venlafaxine for the hot flushes. I was offered clonodine but went with venlafaxin to help with my mood. Generally it is working very well and I don't feel as anxious/ moody. My daughter has just changed from sertraline to venlafaxine but this is for depression. However she was having sleepless nights, headaches etc so ask about venlafaxin or clonodine. Best wishes, Jane.

Hi Ahill,

I am sorry to hear that you seem to have developed some side-effects to the Sertraline. As Lara and Corlaid have indicated, there are other medicaments which can help with the night sweats. Was this prescribed by your breast care team or by your GP? Contact whoever it was and let them know how you are feeling and I'm sure that they will change it.

If the dry mouth persists, you can get a spray to help with this. There is also a salivary stimulant, in the form of a gel pastille. I still use both of these 14 years after my 2 bouts of breast cancer.

Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

They did offer clonodine as well but it’s just so many tablets. 

im good thanks how are you. I’m still shattered from radio. I start zometa soon and heard some horror stories but it’s all to stop the dreaded c coming back x 

Maybe I’ll ask to switch. I’ll call them next week. The sertraline is defo the culprit for the sleeplessness and headaches and mouth so maybe I need to stop it. X

It was at the drs. I’ll call them. I’ll also order a dry mouth spray thank you x

Hi Ahill,

Do call them. The spray I had was called Glandosane, but I found the Salivix Pastilles more effective, in that the moisture lasted a little longer.

Please let us know how you get on with them.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Ahill is anastrazole and xolacex a hormone treatment ? And what is zormeta ? 

Ahill 

ok I understand better now as I’m on tamoxifen but I’m 49 , how are you finding the side effects of these , hsve they pushed you in to early menopause, I found tamoxifen has been not to bad a few flushers but these are now solved thankfully but I was on the tablets around 8 to9 months before effects started but I feel they are minor to what I was expecting x