raloxifene
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What is raloxifene?
Evista 60 mg Tab
Drug Name: RALOXIFENE ORAL
Other Brand Names: Evista
Uses: Raloxifene is used to prevent and treat bone loss (osteoporosis) in women after menopause. Maintaining strong bones by slowing bone loss helps to reduce the risk of fractures. Raloxifene may also lower the chance of getting a certain type of breast cancer (invasive) in women after menopause. This drug is different from hormones (including estrogens and progestins). It works by acting like estrogen (as a selective estrogen receptor modulator or SERM) in some parts of the body. Raloxifene helps to preserve bone mass, but it does not affect the breast and uterus like estrogen or relieve symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes. This medication is not recommended for use in women before menopause. It should not be used in children. This medication should not be used to prevent heart disease.
Posts on raloxifene (73)
I had a mastectomy 7 years ago, took Tamoxifen for 5 years. I had been on an estrogen patch...
- Feb 29, 2008
My sister has Stage !V and has undergone both chemo and radiation for a metasticized lump i...
- Jan 21, 2007
Hi. My Oncologist is starting me on Raloxifen, aka Evista. I am premenopausal, and receiv...
Background: My wife diagnosed 22 Dec '05---56 yrs old, Post Men.,IDC,1.4cm tumor(20% of whi...
- Apr 13, 2010
I was diagnoised with E/P positive invasive breast cancer. Lymphnodes clear and had five w...
ADH found on stereotactic biopsy, which led to surgical biopsy. LCIS found. Oncologist op...
I am 59 year old woman.2weeks ago in followup they found 5*7mm mass and in coreneedle biops...
Are there any studies that show that the osteoporosis drug Evista affects the liver? Recent...
- Oct 19, 2012
can arimidex and raloxifene be taken together for greater results?
I heard on the Today Show that there is a new drug that has been shown to be very effective...
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