Is it normal to have daily pain two or more years post chemo? Could Tamoxifen be a cause of pain?

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I was diagnosed in 2009, completed 6 rounds of taxotere & carboplatin, one year of Herceptin and am now on Tamoxifen. I wake up in pain on most days. Some days are better than others. Could the pain be residual pain from chemo? (I had pretty severe bone pain and aches during chemo). Or perhaps a side effect from Tamoxifen?

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Medication Side Effects, Chemotherapy Side Effects, Long Term Side Effects, Side Effects, Pain, Breast Cancer Side Effects, Nolvadex (Tamoxifen)

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CancerQuest (Organization (Verified) ) - 09 / 15 / 2011

Breast cancer survivors can have pain that lasts for several years after treatment. There are many factors that play into this, including the type of treatment (surgery and chemo) and the use of hormonal drugs like tamoxifen. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21656272). You don't say where the pain is, but generic versions of tamoxifen have been associated with joint pain (arthralgia). Interestingly, the brand name drug (Nolvadex) does not seem to cause those symptoms(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20347307). The other hormonal drugs,called aromatase inhibitors, are also associated with arthralgia (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21249443).

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