Introduction
Capecitabine 500mg tablets is a drug that is used to treat colon, rectum, and breast cancers alone or in combination with other drugs.
Capecitabine 500mg tablets are a type of drug known as an “antimetabolite. Capecitabine 500mg tablets is not a cytostatic medicine; it is only after it has been taken by the body that it is turned into an active anti-cancer treatment (more in tumour tissue than in normal tissue). Because it is oral chemotherapy, many patients prefer it.
The length of your capecitabine 500mg tablets treatment is determined by the nature of your sickness and your personal response to treatment. It is usually given in a number of treatment cycles, each of which lasts 21 days. Capecitabine 500mg tablets is taken for 14 days and then given a 7-day break. You should take this drug for the entire period that your doctor has suggested.
Uses of Capecitabine 500mg Tablets (Capekast)
- Colon Cancer
- Rectum Cancer
- Breast Cancer
Benefits of Capecitabine 500mg Tablets (Capekast)
It reduces the risk of Colon Cancer
It reduces the risk of Rectum Cancer
It reduces the risk of Breast Cancer
Common side effects of Capecitabine (Capekast)
Capecitabine 500mg tablets have a few typical side effects that have been observed in people who have been given the medication, including:
- Change in ability to taste food
- Stomach pain
- Weakness
- Upset stomach
- Constipation
- Loss of appetite
- Increased thirst
- Unusual tiredness
- dizziness
- headache
- Hair loss
- skin rash
- Back Pain
- Joint Pain, Muscle Pain
How to use Capecitabine (Capekast)
Before you start taking capecitabine 500mg tablets, and each time you get a refill, read the Patient Information Leaflet if one is available from your pharmacist. If you are facing any problem regarding your health talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
Take this medication by mouth, generally twice a day, as instructed by your doctor. Within 30 minutes after a meal, swallow the pills whole with a full glass of water (8 ounces/240 millilitres).
The tablets should not be crushed or split. If you’re having problems taking the tablets whole, seek assistance from your doctor. Your doctor may prescribe this drug as part of a therapy cycle. Follow your doctor’s directions to the letter.
How Capecitabine (Capekast) works
Capecitabine 500mg tablets is an anticancer medicine. This drug is transformed to 5-fluorouracil inside the body (chemical). This substance inhibits the creation of genetic components (RNA and DNA) in cancer cells, halting their development. The development of cancer cells is delayed, and they eventually die as a result.
Packing of capecitabine 500mg tablets
5 x 10 Tablets.
Safety Advise
Alcohol (SEEK THE ADVICE OF YOUR DOCTOR)
Pregnancy (SEEK THE ADVICE OF YOUR DOCTOR)
If this medication is taken during pregnancy or if the patient becomes pregnant while taking it, the patient should be informed of the potential risk to the baby.
Breast-feeding (SEEK THE ADVICE OF YOUR DOCTOR)
According to a small quantity of human data, the drug could enter breast milk and harm the baby. Don’t take Capecitabine if you’re breastfeeding or pregnant.
Driving (UNSAFE)
Kidney (SAFE IF PRESCRIBED)
Liver (CAUTION)
FAQs
Q. What are the side effects of Capecitabine?
Capecitabine’s side effects include stomach pain or upset stomach, constipation, loss of appetite, and a change in food flavour.
Increased thirst, unexpected weariness or weakness, dizziness, headache, hair loss, skin rash, back, joint, or muscle discomfort are all possible side effects.
You may also have red, puffy, itchy, or teary eyes, as well as difficulty falling or staying asleep. If any of these symptoms are severe and last for a long time, contact your doctor.
Q. Does Capecitabine make you tired?
Yes, Capecitabine might make you sleepy and weak. These are two of the most prevalent side effects of the drug. As a result, using Capecitabine could impair your ability to drive or operate machinery.
Q. What are the serious side effects of Capecitabine?
capecitabine 500mg tablets can cause diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, mouth sores, swelling, discomfort, redness, or peeling of the skin on the palms and soles of the feet, among other serious side effects.
Fever, chills, sore throat, or other indications of infection may also occur, as well as swelling of the hands, feet, ankles, or lower legs, chest pain or pressure, rapid heartbeat, yellowing of the skin or eyes, as well as dark urine.
If you are facing any of these symptoms, call your doctor.
