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Tamoxifen Citrate
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I ENDED MY PRESCRIBED 5-YEAR PERIOD OF TAKING TAMOXIFEN (100 MG PER DAY) APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO. RIGHT AFTER STOPPING THE MEDICATION, I STARTED EXHIBITING SIGNS OF ELEVATED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF). MY EYE DOCTOR NOTICED THIS DURING MY ANNUAL EYE EXAM, AND THEN SENT ME TO A NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGIST FOR MONITORING. DURING THE LAST 8 MONTHS I HAVE HAD 3 LUMBAR PUNCTURES, HEAD CT SCAN, HEAD MRI, THEN HEAD MRI WITH VENOGRAPHY (TO RULE OUT A BRAIN TUMOR), TWO EYE SURG... View full comment
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