Raloxifen hydrochloride, a second-generation Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator (SERM) in the Raloxifene hydrochloride benzothiophene family. On September 13, 2007, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration approved Evista for reduction in the risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women with and Raloxifene hydrochloride without osteoporosis. It has also been approved as a potent stand-alone osteoporosis treatment. Raloxifene is used …