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v-ness · 11-13-2011, 08:26 PM

hi - i got my first hot flash right in the chemo chair, first chemo. that was 2 yrs ago now. i searched around the web and found a study on Oxybutynin in which 75% of the women were helped by it. it's a med usually prescribed for bladder issues, so it is drying. i guess that's why it works on hot flashes. anyway, i started on it and went from about 30 hot flashes a day to about 3-4. you should drink a lot of water to keep yourself hydrated if you try it. i've been on it for a year, i guess, and i can't imagine how life would be without it. valerie

11-13-2011, 08:26 PM	#16
v-ness Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western ma Posts: 280	Re: When do the hot flashes stop????!! hi - i got my first hot flash right in the chemo chair, first chemo. that was 2 yrs ago now. i searched around the web and found a study on Oxybutynin in which 75% of the women were helped by it. it's a med usually prescribed for bladder issues, so it is drying. i guess that's why it works on hot flashes. anyway, i started on it and went from about 30 hot flashes a day to about 3-4. you should drink a lot of water to keep yourself hydrated if you try it. i've been on it for a year, i guess, and i can't imagine how life would be without it. valerie __________________ 8/09 - IDC 1.8 cm triple positive, lumpectomy left breast 10/09 began chemo (taxotere & carboplatin) and weekly herceptin. 1/21/10 finished chemo, continued on herceptin every 3 weeks until 10/2010. 2/10 began 7 wks of radiation 6/10 mom dies of primary peritoneal ovarian cancer 8/10 got my last remaining ovary out 10/10 mammogram all clear 3/11 MRI shows 5 'spots' in right breast, largest 1 cm unidentifiable on US needle biopsy proved the largest to be old inflamed cyst -phew! 7/10 switched to Arimidex 8/9 switched to Femara - allergic to arimidex Femara made me lose hair quickly so switched to Aromasin Aromasin made my hair fall out too and the bone pain was too much. back on Tamoxifen 1/2013. blood clot from trains and planes 5/2014 so on coumadin per onco for as long as i am on tamoxifen tamoxifen was supposed to be up with my 5 yrs in may but my boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer so i am staying on tamoxifen indefinitely because i want some ammo against BC, given the stress. lost my husband in only 10 wks in 2007 to stage 4 esophageal cancer. cancer's screwing with another man i love 2/2016 - 6yrs in remission, off tamoxifen and off coumadin - yay!