Xeloda 500 mg

Description Of Xeloda 500mg

Xeloda 500mg pill is a medicine used for treating cancer. Xeloda 500mg Tablet is an anti-metabolite used for chemotherapy for treating patients suffering from various cancers. Xeloda 500mg pill is used for treating breast, colon or rectal, pancreatic, gastric, ovarian, oesophageal. It comes as a tablet, which is consumed after having food.

Xeloda 500mg Chemical Name

Capecitabine

Xeloda 500mg Manufacturer

Roche India

Uses of Xeloda 500mg

Xeloda 500mg Tablet is used in the treatment of breast cancer.

What is Xeloda 500mg?

Xeloda 500mg Tablet is an anticancer medicine which is used in the treatment of colorectal and breast cancer. It should be used only under the supervision of a qualified healthcare professional. It may cause grave liver and kidney injury if taken in high quantities. Close monitoring of blood cell count is necessary while receiving this drug.

How Xeloda 500mg working?

Xeloda 500mg Tablet is an anticancer medication. It works by interfering with the promotion of genetic material (DNA and RNA) of the cancer cells. This slows the growth of cancer cells and eventually kills them.

How is Xeloda 500mg used?

Take this drug in the dose and duration as advised by your health care physician. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Xeloda 500mg pill is to be taken with food.

Xeloda 500mg Indications

Take Xeloda 500mg Tablet as advised by the health care physician. Do not consume larger quantities than prescribed. Do not miss any scheduled dose. Consult the doctor immediately if you experience any undesirable effects. Do not stop taking the medicine without consulting your health care physician.

Dosage

Xeloda 500mg

Contraindication Of Xeloda 500mg

• History of  grave and unexpected reactions to fluoropyrimidine therapy,
• Hypersensitivity to capecitabine or to any of the excipients listed in section 6.1 or fluorouracil,
• In patients with known completive absence of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD)
• During pregnancy and lactation,
• In patients with severe leukopenia, neutropenia, or thrombocytopenia,
• In patients with severe hepatic impairment,
• In patients with severe renal impairment,

Adverse effects

• Diarrhea
• Abdominal pain
• Hair loss
• Low white blood cell count
• Blurred vision
• Headache
• Dry mouth
• Increased sensitivity of the skin to sunlight

Precautions And Warnings

Xeloda 500mg pill is Insecure to use during pregnancy. There is positive Deposition of person fetal  danger, but the benefit from use in pregnant female may be acceptable despite the insecurity, for instance in life-threatening condition. Please consult your doctor.

Xeloda 500mg pill is unsafe to use during lactation. Data suggests that the medicine may cause toxicity to the baby, or the mother is suffering from a condition in which breastfeeding is not advisable.

Xeloda 500mg pill should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Xeloda 500mg Tablet may be require. Please consult your doctor. Use of Xeloda 500mg pill is not recommended in patients with severe kidney disease.

Storage

Do not store above 30°C.