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The drug Tamoxifen is used around the world to help treat breast cancer. But it’s also causing women a lot of grief!

Like many cancer-treatment drugs, Tamoxifen comes with several possible side effects. The most common ones are menopausal symptoms—specifically, hot flashes. No matter how old or young you are, this drug can have you running for the freezer. Approximately 50–75 percent of women on the drug experience hot flashes. Because it works by blocking the effects of estrogen, it can trick the body into believing it’s hit menopause, though most of the time it doesn’t bring on permanent menopause in younger women. (more…)