Patient/caregiver was instructed upon therapeutic uses of tamoxifen as follows: Tamoxifen is a medication that belongs to a class of drugs that selectively bind to estrogen receptors located in different body tissues and modulate or alter their function. After binding to the estrogen receptors, depending on the target tissue involved, tamoxifen can have both estrogenic and antiestrogenic effects. Anovulation in women Appropriate release of sex hormones from the hypothalamus and pituitary glands is needed for [...]

Patient/caregiver was instructed upon tamoxifen and mechanism of action as follows: Tamoxifen is a medication that belongs to a class of drugs that selectively bind to estrogen receptors located in different body tissues and modulate or alter their function. This group of drugs are called selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs). Tamoxifen is mainly used in the treatment of estrogen responsive breast cancer in men and women, apart from other treatment modalities, such as, surgery, radiation, [...]