Země: Malta
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Malta Medicines Authority
FLUTAMIDE
Generics UK Limited Station Close, Potters Bar, Herts, EN6 1TL, United Kingdom
L02BB01
FLUTAMIDE 250 mg
TABLET
FLUTAMIDE 250 mg
POM
ENDOCRINE THERAPY
Withdrawn
2006-11-10
KEEP ALL MEDICATION OUT OF THE REACH AND SIGHT OF CHILDREN. BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR MEDICINE PLEASE READ THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY. This leaflet contains a summary of the information about your medicine, Flutamide Tablets 250 mg. YOUR MEDICINE Your medicine is in the form of a tablet. Each tablet contains 250 mg of the active ingredient Flutamide. Each tablet also contains microcrystalline cellulose, lactose, maize starch, sodium lauryl sulphate, silica and magnesium stearate. Flutamide Tablets 250 mg are available in blister packs of 84 tablets. Your pharmacist will dispense the number of tablets prescribed by your doctor. Product Licence Holder and Manufacturer: Generics [UK] Limited, Station Close, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 1TL. WHY DO YOU NEED TO TAKE YOUR MEDICINE ? Your tablet contains Flutamide, which belongs to a group of medicines called anti-androgens. Flutamide blocks the effect of testosterone in the body. This effect can help to treat cancer of the prostate. Flutamide is usually taken with another medicine that decreases the levels of testosterone, or after castration. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO BEFORE TAKING YOUR MEDICINE ? YOU MUST TELL YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE TAKING YOUR MEDICINE IF: • you have taken a medicine containing Flutamide before and suffered an unusual or allergic reaction to it • you have heart disease • you have been told that your liver or kidneys do not work properly • you are taking Warfarin (to "thin" the blood) • you are already taking any other medicine. This product contains lactose. If you have been told by your doctor that you are intolerant to some sugars, consult your doctor before taking this medicine. If you are already taking any other medicine tell your doctor or pharmacist. DO NOT TA Přečtěte si celý dokument
Page 1 of 6 SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1. NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Flutamide Tablets 250mg 2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTATIVE COMPOSITION Flutamide Tablets contain Flutamide 250mg. For excipients see 6.1 3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Tablets. Yellow biconvex tablets marked ‘FT’ score ‘250’ on one side with a ‘G’ on the reverse. 4. CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1. THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Flutamide Tablets 250mg are indicated for the treatment of advanced prostatic carcinoma in which suppression of testosterone effects is indicated. Flutamide Tablets 250mg may be used in combination with an LHRH agonist, both on commencement of treatment or as an adjunctive therapy in patients already receiving an LHRH agonist. Flutamide Tablets 250mg may also be used in surgically castrated patients. 4.2. POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION Adults and the Elderly: One tablet three times daily. The tablets are to be taken preferably after meals. When Flutamide tablets are used as initial treatment with an LHRH agonist, a reduction in severity of the flare reaction may be achieved if treatment with Flutamide is initiated before the LHRH agonist. Consequently, it is recommended that treatment with Flutamide should commence at least three days before the LHRH agonist. In patients with impaired liver function, long-term treatment with Flutamide should only be initiated after careful assessment of the individual benefits and risks. Flutamide 250 mg tablets should be administered with caution in patients with impaired renal function. 4.3. CONTRA-INDICATIONS Flutamide Tablets 250mg are contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to any of their components. Page 2 of 6 4.4. SPECIAL WARNINGS AND SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS FOR USE Flutamide may be hepatotoxic a Přečtěte si celý dokument