Pharmacology Annotation: Raloxifene

Raloxifene is a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM). A SERM will act in some tissues by acting like estrogen but “selectively” have anti-estrogen qualities in others. What is marketed as Evista, Raloxifene is used to help prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Interestingly enough Evista can also be used to treat breast cancer as breast cancer […]