Tamoral 20 mg (Tablet)
Unit Price: ৳ 15.00 (3 x 10: ৳ 450.00)
Strip Price: ৳ 150.00
Medicine Details
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Generic | Tamoxifen citrate |
| Company | Techno drugs ltd |
| Also available as |
Indications
- Breast cancer treatment
- Infertility treatment
Pharmacology
- Non-steroidal drug
- Triphenylene based drug
- Oestrogen antagonist
- Oestrogen agonist
- Bone mineral density maintenance
Dosage & Administration
- 20 mg daily for breast cancer
- 20 mg daily on specific days for anovulatory infertility
- Dose escalation for infertility
- Flexibility for irregular cycles
Interaction
- Co-administration with coumarin type anticoagulants
- Co-administration with cytotoxic agents
- Increased risk of thromboembolic events
Contraindications
- Pregnancy
- Hypersensitivity to the product or its ingredients
Side Effects
- Hot flushes
- Vaginal bleeding
- Vaginal discharge
- Pruritus vulvae
- Tumour flare
- Gastrointestinal intolerance
- Headache
- Light-headedness
- Fluid retention
- Alopecia
- Skin rashes
- Erythema multiforme
- Stevens Johnson syndrome
- Bullous pemphigoid
- Hypersensitivity reactions
- Angio-oedema
- Hypercalcaemia
- Platelet count falls
- Visual disturbances
- Corneal changes
- Retinopathy
- Increased incidence of cataracts
- Uterine fibroids
- Endometrial changes
- Cystic ovarian swellings
- Leucopenia
- Anaemia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Neutropenia
- Thromboembolic events
- Liver enzyme level changes
- Fatty liver
- Cholestasis
- Hepatitis
- Elevation of serum triglyceride levels
- Pancreatitis
Pregnancy & Lactation
- Pregnancy avoidance
- Use of nonhormonal contraceptive methods
- Careful examination before treatment
- Risks to the fetus
- Lactation considerations
Precautions & Warnings
- Suppression of menstruation
- Increased incidence of endometrial cancer
- Prompt investigation of abnormal gynaecological symptoms
- Reporting of abnormal symptoms
- Incidence of second primary tumors
- Clinical significance of observations
Therapeutic Class
- Hormonal Chemotherapy
Storage Conditions
- Store between 20-25°C
- Protection from light