This medicine is called Tamoxifen 20 mg Tablets but will be referred to as Tamoxifen throughout this leaflet. What is in this leaflet: 1. What Tamoxifen is and what it is used for. 2. What you need to know before you take Tamoxifen. 3. How to take Tamoxifen. 4. Possible side effects. 5. How to store Tamoxifen. 6.

The name of your medicine is Tamoxifen 20 mg Tablets (referred to as Tamoxifen in this leaflet).Your medicine comes as a tablet containing the active ingredient tamoxifen which is an ANTI-OESTROGEN. It is used in the treatment of breast cancer. Some tumours are dependent on female sex hormones, oestrogens, in order to grow.

Tamoxifen Tablets are used to treat breast cancer. Tamoxifen Tablets also to treat infertility in women caused by a failure to produce and release eggs (ovulate) properly. Tamoxifen Tablets can also reduce the risk of developing breast cancer occurring in those women who have an increased likelihood of developing breast cancer (your risk).

Package leaflet: Information for the patient Nolvadex®-D 20mg tablets (tamoxifen citrate) Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine because it contains important information for you.

Tamoxifen belongs to a group of medicines called ‘anti-oestrogens’. It is also used to treat infertility in women caused by failure to produce and release eggs (ovulate) properly. Tamoxifen can also reduce the risk of developing breast cancer occurring in those women who have an increased likelihood of developing breast cancer (your risk).

Tamoxifen blocks oestrogen from reaching the cancer cells. This means the cancer may grow more slowly or stop growing altogether. Your clinical team has prescribed for you a treatment which includes the hormonal therapy tamoxifen. Treatment: Tamoxifen tablets are taken ONCE a day continuously until your doctor tells you otherwise.

Nolvadex contains a medicine called tamoxifen, which belongs to a group of medicines called ‘anti-oestrogens’. What Nolvadex is used for. Nolvadex is used to treat breast cancer. Nolvadex can also be used to treat infertility in women caused by a failure to produce and release eggs (ovulate) properly.

Visit the electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC) to download a Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) for more detailed information. The leaflet lists all known side effects.

Tamoxifen blocks the effect of estrogen produced by your body and decreases the growth of hormone sensitive tumours. Tamoxifen may also have anti -cancer effects not related to the hormone estrogen. It is a tablet that you take by mouth.

Tamoxifen reduces but does not stop the risk of developing breast cancer. If you want to know more about how to decide whether tamoxifen is right for you, there is more information for patients on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence website.