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My friend is on tomoxifen and Effexor. She gets a rapid pulse and shortness of breath. She is wIting to get results from a scan. Did anyone else ha e this

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I am on tamoxifen and get shortness of breath, particularly when bending and stretching such as pegging out washing, and walking uphill, even on a gentle slope. I think it is a side effect of tamoxifen as it is mentioned in the information leaflet

I get a rapid pulse, when I use cardio machines at gym I sometimes get a warning on the screen of machine I'm using that my heart rate is high! so I have to slow right down but I find it doesn't take much to get it there! it is a side effect unfortunately.

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Nixh

Same here, rapid pulse, takes an age to calm down after cardio exercise :( was worried it was damage from the radiotherapy, but as on Tamoxifen I think it's that.

I get the aches and pains in legs etc too especially after exercise but ironically is better generally the more I exercise.... have to keep thinking it's the lesser of two evils!

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