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| 5/14/2012 | I had a bilateral masectomy over a year ago, followed by chemo.I'm taking the drug tamoxifen and will be for the next four years. Is coughing a side effect of this? I cough all the time especially at night and when I eat. I also always am clearing my throat. I tried some other drugs besides tamoxifen but they had other side effects like really bad joint pain but I'm tired of coughing all the time. Has anyone else had this same problem and does it ever go away? I'm 47 years old. | ||
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| 5/14/2012 | coughing is not a known side effect of hormonal therapies. so its important to make your medical oncologist aware as he/she may need to do some other diagnostic tests to determine the cause. Important to get this checked out. | ||
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