Faslodex is a prescription medicine that contains an active ingredient called fulvestrant, which belongs to a group of medicines called estrogen blockers. Faslodex is used alone or in combination with other anticancer medicines to treat certain types of cancers in affected women.

Common side effects

• Injection site reactions such as pain/inflammation
• Loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea
• Headache, weakness, tiredness, numbness/tingling, and/or loss of movement in the leg
• Joint & musculoskeletal pain, back pain, and sciatica
• Hot flushes
• Skin rash
• Urinary tract infections

Inform your doctor before using Faslodex medicine if any of these applies to you:

• Kidney or liver problems
• Low platelet count or bleeding disorders
• Osteoporosis
• Alcoholism.