Hi all,
I've been on Tamoxifen for at least 8 weeks and that's fine - no problems.
Radiotherapy completed about 4 weeks ago but in the last week I've had horrendous indigestion day and night.
I've also been on antibiotics for my tooth of which the 3rd course of Amoxycillin finished Wednesday morning and I've now started on Metronidazole.
It seems too coincidental to me that it's probably the Amoxycillin thats causing the indigestion but I just wondered if anyone else has suffered with it.
I've phoned and left message for the Breast Cancer Nurse to phone me and see what their thoughts are too.
Else I'll ask GP to prescribe a PPI or something as I'm swigging Gaviscon like nobodies business.
Many thanks and hope all is well with you all :-)
I think this is most likely to be the antibiotics if it is new as they play havoc with your gut flora. Good you're discussing with your BCN, but in the meantime you can try probiotics. I drink kefir daily, which really helps. Apparently, lack of oestrogen also wreaks havoc on your gut flora so I find I need to look after it now
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