Dear Lil,
Indeed how true. HOw we all look to the quality of life, each day,
without the necessity of taking any drug. thank you for your reply. I
had you in mind when I posted this. Be well young lady.
God Bless You,
marty auslander
First let me thank you for the below article Marty. The thing is that
this drug also has more serious side effects than we
rarely read about from medical news; but sure hear about them from
people who have taken the drug. Remember a few
year's back when I caused such a controversy regarding this drug? Can
we ever forget it, right? I was left permanently
disabled, one can call it the trickle down effect. Being allergic to
the drug, doctors not listening to my complaints, it left me
almost for dead. The trickle down effect meaning first one problem,
then another develops and so on. I have on other
forums met people with very similar problems; so I am truly not alone in
what I am saying; however it sure felt that way for
some time. I would be amiss if I did not caution people about this
drug. The final decision is up to the individual; but in
order to make a good decision one must have all the facts to weigh
before they make that decision. We must always keep
in mind that quality of life is equally as important as life itself.
Love you people, lillian
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----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Auslander
To: Medical On Line Forum
Cc: Vicky McLean ; Amy Freund ; Carol Sloan ; Bonnie Cohn ;
Jeanne Kissinger
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 6:33 AM
Subject: [MOL] About Tamoxifen
Good Morning All,
Thought the following information may be of some use. Pls take
heed on
this one.
file:///C|/windows/temp/nscomm40/tmp/tmp4/edt1.htm
God Bless You All,
marty auslander
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#1 Breast Cancer Tamoxifen Drug Increases Risk of Uterine
Cancer,Hot Flashes, and Blood Clots
Tamoxifen, the drug name for a synthetic estrogen compound that
blocks natural
estrogen from binding with receptor sites in breast tissue, has
recently been
recommended as a prevention measure for women in the high risk
area for breast
cancer. But research indicates that it is also potentially
dangerous and may cause
uterine cancer.
A just-completed nine-year study in Sweden found that Tamoxifen
increases the
possibility of developing uterine cancer by more than five times.
Twenty-three of
the 1,372 patients in the study developed uterine cancer when
taking the drug,
compared with only 4 who took a placebo instead. Another study
conducted by a
health institute produced similar results after 6.8 years of
follow-up research.
Roughly one million American breast-cancer patients are being
treated with
Tamoxifen. It is now recommended for all pre-menopausal women
with
hormone-positive cancers; for most postmenopausal women with
breast cancer;
and a growing number of women with hormone-negative cancers.
Tamoxifen was originally hailed as a breakthrough drug because by
blocking
estrogen, it kept breast receptors free from an unwanted build-up
of this hormone.
Estrogen has been linked to many types of female cancers. But
many alternative
practitioners have found that an excess of estrogen in
relationship to
progesterone (another female hormone) is partly responsible for
the onset of
breast and uterine cancer.
Three years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) formally
designated
Tamoxifen a carcinogen. In response to WHO’s announcement, the
National
Cancer Institute and Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, which makes the
drug,
aggressively lobbied State of California regulators to keep them
from adding
Tamoxifen to their list of carcinogens, according to Science
News, a mainstream
publication. That was seen by man as open evidence of a
government agency,
chartered to find a cure for cancer, flagrantly colluding with a
drug company to
keep a known carcinogen on the market and prevent the public from
learning of its
dangers.
During the menstruation cycle, estrogen causes uterine cells to
reproduce rapidly.
Progesterone, at a specific intervals of the cycle, regulates
estrogen’s effects and
causes the uterine lining to mature for a potential fetus. But as
women age, many
experience an estrogen dominance as progesterone levels decline.
Without
progesterone’s moderating influence, estrogen causes unabated
cell proliferation
in the uterus and breasts, which contributes to the high
incidence of these cancers
in pre- and postmenopausal women.
Estrogen’s natural balancing hormone–progesterone– is a more
effective
cancer-fighting compound than synthetic estrogen blockers. In his
book, What
Doctors May Not Tell You About Menopause, John R. Lee. M.D.,
cites a 1995
study that examined the use of topical progesterone to control
the growth of breast
cells in premenopausal women scheduled for breast surgery. The
women who
used progesterone cream had dramatically reduced cell
proliferation compared to
the women who used the placebo or estrogen creams.
Dr. Lee recommends a saliva or urine test to determine if
progesterone
supplementation would be beneficial. He also recommends herbs and
foods that
contain phytoestrogens (plant hormones similar to estrogen) that
block the
adverse effects of the body’s estrogen. Soybeans, for example,
are rich in
phytoestrogens as are the traditional "female" herbs dong quai,
licorice, and wild
yam. But, Dr. Lee warn
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