Topic: Tamoxifen

Popular antidepressant interferes with cancer drug

Reuters US Online Report Health News - 726 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The popular antidepressant drug Paxil may interfere with breast cancer treatments, making patients more likely to relapse and die, researchers in Canada reported on Monday."There is probably a better choice of antidepressants for women taking tamoxifen but (any change) ...
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Some antidepressants may risk breast cancer return

AP News - 979 days ago
Some antidepressants interfere with tamoxifen, raise risk of breast cancer's returnBreast cancer survivors risk having their disease come back if they use certain antidepressants while also taking the cancer prevention drug tamoxifen, worrisome new research shows.About 500,000 women in the United States ...
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Study: Drug combos may raise breast cancer risk

AP Features - 980 days ago
Breast cancer survivors risk having their disease come back if they use certain antidepressants while also taking the cancer prevention drug tamoxifen, worrisome new research shows.About 500,000 women in the United States take tamoxifen, which cuts in half the chances of a ...
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Tamoxifen for BP?

About.com - 1390 days ago
Tamoxifen, an anti-estrogen drug, has been an active player on the field of breast cancer treatment for more than 20 years. Dr. Manji has demonstrated that both these drugs bring about "very selective changes in protein kinase C in areas of the ...