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Thread: Oh Nolvadex. . .
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06-08-2011, 07:16 PM #31
My doc said 5 yrs, not 10. So definitely worth talking extensively to your doc. It depends on your doc as well whether or not their mindset is that they don't encourage it for young women w/ no kids / child-bearing years - so I guess that just gives you a range of what to expect, and whether or not you'll need to go out of your way to convince your OB/GYN that you want it vs, just accepting if they say its not an option because you're 'young, child-bearing years'.
Also I don't recall hearing anything about how it had to be inserted during your period. Again ,talk to your doc, and even get a second opinion if you want more info.
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06-09-2011, 01:34 AM #32
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06-13-2011, 09:47 PM #33
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I'm sitting here wondering if this was me. I had the copper one and it was the worst thing I could have ever done for my body. It was painful, periods were way heavier and at one point I developed a very high fever, had chills, shoulder pain, back ache and had to get myself to my doctor fairly quickly. They removed the damn thing and within 2 minutes I felt like I had a 100lbs lifted off my body.
That was just my personal experience...it just didn't work for me and I think it was def. too big for my tiny body. I would have opted for the mirena but I'm sensitive to hormonal bc methods.
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06-14-2011, 05:48 PM #34
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06-14-2011, 09:19 PM #35
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I liked novedex a lot. Was very dissapointed when they got rid of it one of my favorite supplements ever! Why would it be used for birth control though?
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06-14-2011, 09:34 PM #36
Are you talking about Gaspari Novadex or Nolvadex / Tamoxifen citrate? (Just to clarify for anyone reading) the first is an OTC aromatase inhibitor product, the second is a prescription compound, which is a SERM (selective estrogen receptor modulator) used in the treatment of breast cancer in post-menopausal women. They haven't gotten rid of Tamoxifen.
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06-14-2011, 09:35 PM #37
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06-14-2011, 09:37 PM #38
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06-14-2011, 10:37 PM #39
Its called easy marketing for all those supp companies.....duh
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07-09-2011, 12:35 PM #40
I'm back....with more questions!
So its been 7.5 weeks since I've been on 10mg of Nolvadex
I got my first period on schedule no issues....(which was only about 2 weeks after I started to take the Nolva)
But this time, my period has been HELL.
I have never in my life had cramping THIS BAD, to the point where its hard to eat. Yet, my cravings for food have been out of control. But When I sit down to eat, I'm so nauesated its hard.
Has anyone ever experienced this while on Nolva? Is this normal?
Normally my period is just like eh here and gone. But this one I'm having head aches, etc. . . . just curious
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07-09-2011, 07:33 PM #41
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07-10-2011, 01:17 AM #42
Hey girl! Just following up our conversation at the show today for anyone else reading this --- nolvadex can do goofy things when it is interacting w/ your menstrual cycle. Just like your OB/GYN will tell you it can take up to 3 months for your body to acclimate to the modification of estrogen levels as a result of a new birth control pill, Nolvadex may leave your system wondering wtf is going on - if you've been on it for 7 1/2 weeks - you're technically only completing your first complete menstrual cycle with this stuff in your system and it may still be wondering wtf. I've seen it either completely interrupt a cycle (the flow) or enhance all the usual effects (e.g. cramps, etc.) as it interacts w/ your normal cycle. For me usually the first day of a period is the worst and after that things settle down.
I'd suggest tapering off it - if you can't split the dose down to 5 mg/day, you can dose it every other day for a couple of days and then just drop it.
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07-10-2011, 01:39 AM #43
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07-10-2011, 04:59 PM #44
No reason to anyway. But I guess its a good illustration of the whole thing of manipulating hormones. If you look at how much the medical community (doesn't) understand about hormones, you have to assume that it is your own personal experiment every time you play w/ it and you need to be aware of the range of things that have a potential to happen - there's no guarantees - just a set of things we expect understanding the mechanices of these compounds, but mostly just a broad anecdotal collection of things that "typically happen", and then be responsible to "own" the results and know how to "dismount" from the cycle if you need to. Ain't nuttin for free, and hormones aren't like aspirin where you take it and get results right now, or don't take more and the effects stop right now.
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07-23-2011, 01:31 AM #45
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