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Vitamin E and hotflashes

pattimc
pattimc CSN Member Posts: 431
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Many of you have said that you take a Vitamin E supplement to ward off hot flashes. What is the dosage that you are taking?

I'll check with my onco before I start, but was curious what most of you are doing.

Blessings to all!!

Patti
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  • TraciInLA
    TraciInLA CSN Member Posts: 1,994 Member
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    Hi, Patti -
    With my gynecologist's blessing, I started taking the same dosage that cindycflynn on this board mentioned: 1 400-IU pill, morning and night, so 800 IU per day total. 400 IU seems to be the standard dosage for a Vitamin E tablet -- I just bought the generic ones from the drugstore.

    I've been taking it for about 3 weeks, and will also check with my oncologist when I see him this week, to make sure he concurs with my gynecologist. I do think it's helping me sleep longer most nights without waking up from hot flashes as often, but it definitely hasn't eliminated them entirely.

    I specifically asked my gynecologist how long I should take it before really being able to evaluate how it's working for me. She said that, after about two weeks, it would probably be working as well as it's going to for me.

    Hope that helps,

    Traci
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  • Ritzy
    Ritzy CSN Member Posts: 4,381 Member
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    TraciInLA said:

    Hi, Patti -
    With my gynecologist's blessing, I started taking the same dosage that cindycflynn on this board mentioned: 1 400-IU pill, morning and night, so 800 IU per day total. 400 IU seems to be the standard dosage for a Vitamin E tablet -- I just bought the generic ones from the drugstore.

    I've been taking it for about 3 weeks, and will also check with my oncologist when I see him this week, to make sure he concurs with my gynecologist. I do think it's helping me sleep longer most nights without waking up from hot flashes as often, but it definitely hasn't eliminated them entirely.

    I specifically asked my gynecologist how long I should take it before really being able to evaluate how it's working for me. She said that, after about two weeks, it would probably be working as well as it's going to for me.

    Hope that helps,

    Traci

    Be sure and run this by your
    Be sure and run this by your oncologist first, but, it seems that Vitamin E has helped some.


    Sue :)
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  • Eil4186
    Eil4186 CSN Member Posts: 949
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    Never worked for me.

    Never worked for me.
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  • karinna
    karinna CSN Member Posts: 42
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    Vit E
    I also take 2 gel tabs (400 IU each), one morning and one night. I still have alot of hot flashes and sweats but it is even worse if I stop the E.
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  • cindycflynn
    cindycflynn CSN Member Posts: 1,132 Member
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    I'm trying it
    After my oncologist suggested up to 800IU daily. I started toward the end of my chemo before I started rads, but then my rads onco didn't want me taking it during rads so I stopped during that time. Have been back at it for the past 2 1/2 weeks, and maybe because I'm now on Tamoxifen it doesn't seem to be quite as effective as it was before.

    I'll give it a little more time, but I'm also going to talk to my doc about alternatives when I see her next week.

    If your doc okays itn it's worth a shot since side effects are minimal.

    Good luck,
    Cindy
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