Has anyone tried tapering off Tamoxifen?

After reading lots of posts about withdrawal side, I decided to use up my remaining Tamoxifen reducing the dose gradually. I did about a week on a 3/4 dose; a week on a half dose; and now I'm taking 1/4 dose daily.

For the past 4 days or so, I've had headaches and seem to putting on almodt a kilo each day!

However, I'm also on a steroid, Prednisolone, and this can cause weight gain.

Has anyone else tried a tapered approach?

  • Hi Pilgrim and welcome to the community.

    I'm sorry about the difficulties you've been having whilst trying to come off Tamoxifen (as you know from the posts you've come across already, it's a tough one to adjust to) but I hope things start to settle down for you soon.

    Hopefully some of our members who have also tried this will be here soon to share their experiences and advice but if you'd like to get some thoughts and input from our cancer nurses they're available on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m.

    Kind regards,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator