activate. 1. To put into existence by official order a unit, post, camp, station, base or shore activity which has previously been constituted and designated by name or number, or both, so that it can be organized to function in its assigned capacity.
What is Nolvadex? Nolvadex is the generic name of Tamoxifen Citrate, a type of drug that is classified as a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) and originally formulated as treatment for some types of breast cancer in both men and women.
Tamoxifen (Nolvadex) has been used for over 40 years to treat breast cancers that are hormone-receptor positive. These breast cancers need the hormone estrogen (and/or progesterone) to grow. Figure 5.9 below shows how tamoxifen works.