Xeloda 500mg Tablet

Short Description

Xeloda 500mg Tablet is used in the treatment of cancer of breast, colon, and rectum.

Dosage Form

Tablet

Introduction

Xeloda 500mg Tablet should be taken with food within 30 minutes after eating a meal. Your doctor will decide what dose is necessary and how often you need to take it. This will depend on what you are being treated for and may change from time to time. You should take it exactly as your doctor has advised. Taking it in the wrong way or taking too much can cause very serious side effects. It may take several weeks or months for you to see or feel the benefits but do not stop taking it unless your doctor tells you to.

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

Side Effects

vomiting weakness nausea abdominal pain diarrhea

Breastfeeding Warning

Xeloda 500mg Tablet is unsafe to use during breastfeeding. Data suggests that the drug may cause toxicity to the baby.

Pregnancy Warning

Xeloda 500mg Tablet is unsafe to use during pregnancy as there is definite evidence of risk to the developing baby. However, the doctor may rarely prescribe it in some life-threatening situations if the benefits are more than the potential risks. Please consult your doctor.

Interacting Medicines

Allopurinol Acenocoumarol Fosphenytoin Phenytoin

Xeloda 500mg Tablet is an anticancer medication. Inside the body, this medicine gets converted into 5-fluorouracil (chemical). This chemical hampers the synthesis of genetic materials (RNA and DNA) in the cancer cells, thereby interferes with their growth. This slows down the growth of cancer cells and eventually kills them.

Xeloda 500mg Tablet is used alone or in combination with other medicines for the treatment of colon, rectum or breast cancers. It is oral chemotherapy hence it is preferred by many patients. It should be taken within 30 minutes after eating a meal. The dose and the number of treatment cycles needed will depend on the type and stage of cancer that is being treated.