Evista and heart disease
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I am no longer taking Evista, but while doing some research to see if I wanted to go back on it for my osteopenia, I found some references to a correlation between Evista and ovarian cancer and wondered if that could have had a bearing on my case.
This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/395649'>Evista and Ovarian Cancer</a>.
t know that you should be taking evista and tamoxifen together , but the evista is definitely not a estrogen receptor. And who knows, maybe with them both it will help ward off further cancer problems. Just be careful because both can cause blood clots -- ask about taking lose dose (81 mg) aspirin or 1 mg warfarin to prevent the risk of clots.
P.S. I am in the middle of treatment for another recurrence -- the evista didn't prevent an ovarian recurrence....
Hi,
Hair loss in a known but not highly common side effect of Evista. If you do a search: "Evista and hair loss" you will find numerous references to this side effect.
This link:
http://www.ehealthme.com/ds/evista/hair+loss
indicates that as of Sep. 15, 2013, 17,635 people were reported to the FDA to have side effects when taking Evista. Among them, 259 people (1.47%) have Hair Loss.
Time on Evista when these people had hair loss:
< 1 month 4.35%
1 - 6 months 4.
Has anyone heard of taking Tamoxifen or Evista as a possible step in breast cancer prevention? My doctor has suggested it because I'm in a high risk category. I'm not sure what to do.
Tamoxifin can cause blood clots and uterine cancer. Evista is a little better in the side effects I believe, however everyone is different. I also have ADH(atypical ductal hyperplasia) and it increased my risk from 1.6 to 3.2 which is doubled, so I am considering the same thing. I am also having pathology reviewed by yet another lab to be sure it is not DCIS, which I am sure the other pathology report is no doubt correct. The best thing for you to do is to research. Then make your decision.
I had estrogen positive stage 2 breast cancer eight years ago. I had my overies and breasts removed because I have a family history of breast cancer. I' m currently taking Evista and my estrogen level is the same as a mans. Am I out of the woods yet?
He said that I am at high risk for bc (despite breastfeeding and full-term pregnancies before age 30 and onset of menstruation at age 13 and menopause at 52 and healthy weight, etc.) and that going forward I should be tested every six months with MRI and mammogram, alternately. He also said an oncologist would later discuss prophylactic treatment with tamoxifen or evista (I have osteopenia, and he said evista can be beneficial for that). I am very frightened and anxious.
Hi, I'm ok, but I think about this every day since I found out. It bothers me more than I thought it would. I have no known family history, but my mother died at 60 from complications from uterine cancer. I am post menopausal. When I was 49 my husband died and my periods just stopped suddenly and I had only hot flashes. But they were often and I would get drenched at work. So I took Prempro. I never stopped taking it because every time I tried the flashes came back.
It wasnt untill about 5 years ago I became very fatigued, heart palpatations, major depressive illness, sinus infections every 3 weeks, carpel and ulnar nerve entrapment blah blah blah, i went to my doctor and she looks threw my notes and realized Ive had this high white cell counts for years...she calls it chronic acute inflamatory response.
If you have cancer risks in your family, your risk is obviously elevated. If you have a family history of heart disease, your risk for stroke is also elevated, and therefore your need to adjust for those risks accordingly. If you do not have additional risk concerns, I would say that you might want to seriously consider what might happen if you don't take the medications. In this case, does the risk out weigh the benefit or is it the other way around?
Evista can cause biliary calculus which could 'feed into' conditions that might result in pancreatitis.
t mean that you will also have the same disease and it really counts only if your mother or sister have or had breast cancer.
Keep in mind that very often biopsies done on clustered calcifications return a benign finding, but if unfortunately it does not,then the cancer would be at a very early stage and very curable.
I hope that your biopsy results will be favorable.
Best wishes and good luck!...
The structure of the heart and that includes wall dimensions, chamber size, valves, valve compliance, and heart functionality is evaluated and measured by ultra sound referred to as echocardiogram. A doppler test can be part of the echo examination and it color codes the blood flow through the heart and any backflow is easily identified (regurgitation).
The heart functionality is determined by the percentage of blood pumped with each heartbeat and referred to ejection fraction (EF).
There may be a different perspective for analysis of Marfin disease or a bicuspid aorta valve. These conditions are a tissue disorder and are more vulnerable and there should be no heavy lifting and absolute control of blood pressure.
Thanks for your question and if you have any further questions or comments you are welcome to respond. Take care, and I wish you well going forward.
The rightside vetricle of the heart when enlarged is usually due to pumping againist high resistence of the pulmonary artery and/or lungs. This condition is oftened due to pulmonary artery thrombosis (clot) and/or pulmonary emboli (clots). Thanks for your question, and if you have any further questions or comments you are invited to respond. Keep us informed.
on a Transthoracis Echocardiogram Test I have 3 valves Mitral, Pulmonary and Tricuspid regurgatating trivial and mild in the Tricuspid Valve. Does this mean I have Pulmonary Hypertention? I also had right atrium and right ventricular dilatation on a 2007 and 2008 report. This new report says decreased in size of the right atrium and right ventricular. Does any one knows what that means? How and why would it decreased in size and why would it be dilated in the first place.
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