Brand Names

Category

• Antineoplastic

Description Drug

Tamoxifen - ta-MOX-i-fen is a drug that blocks the effects of the estrogen hormone in the body. It is using to treat breast cancer in women or men. It may also be using to treat other kinds of cancer, as determined by your family doctor.

Tamoxifen also may be using to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer in women who have a high risk of developing breast cancer. Women at high risk for developing breast cancer are at least 35 years of age and have a combination of risk factors that make their risk of developing breast cancer 1.67% or more over the next 5 years. Your family doctor will help to determine your risk of developing breast cancer.

The following are risk factors that may increase your risk of developing breast cancer:
• If you have close family members - mother, sister, or daughter with breast cancer
• If you have a breast biopsy or if high-risk changes in your breast - s have been found from a breast biopsy
• If you have never been pregnant or if your first pregnancy occurred at a late age
• If your first menstrual period occurred at an early age

The exact way that tamoxifen works against cancer is not known, but it may be related to the way it blocks the effects of estrogen on the body.

Before you begin treat with tamoxifen, you and your family doctor must talk about the good this drug will do as well as the chance of using it.

Tamoxifen is available only with your family doctor's prescription, in the following dosage form:

Oral
• Tablets - USA and Canada

Brand Names

Some commonly using brand names are:

In the USA

• Nolvadex

In Canada

• Apo-Tamox
• Gen-Tamoxifen
• Nolvadex
• Nolvadex-D
• Novo-Tamoxifen
• PMS-Tamoxifen
• Tamofen
• Tamone

Generic name product may be available in the USA