Femara 2.5mg tablets

Χώρα: Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο

Γλώσσα: Αγγλικά

Πηγή: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Δραστική ουσία:

Letrozole

Διαθέσιμο από:

Waymade Healthcare Plc

Φαρμακολογική κατηγορία (ATC):

L02BG04

INN (Διεθνής Όνομα):

Letrozole

Δοσολογία:

2.5mg

Φαρμακοτεχνική μορφή:

Oral tablet

Οδός χορήγησης:

Oral

Kατηγορία:

No Controlled Drug Status

Τρόπος διάθεσης:

Valid as a prescribable product

Περίληψη προϊόντος:

BNF: 08030401

Φύλλο οδηγιών χρήσης

PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER:
FEMARA® 2.5MG TABLETS
(letrozole)
The name of your medicine is Femara 2.5mg Tablets, but will
referred to as Femara throughout the remainder of the leaflet.
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS
MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
•
Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
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If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or
pharmacist.
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This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass
it on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of
illness are the same as yours.
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If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
This includes any possible side effects not listed in this
leaflet. See section 4.
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET
1. What Femara is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you take Femara
3. How to take Femara
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Femara
6. Contents of the pack and other information
1. WHAT FEMARA IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
WHAT FEMARA IS AND HOW IT WORKS
Femara contains an active substance called letrozole. It belongs
to a group of medicines called aromatase inhibitors. It is a
hormonal (or “endocrine”) breast cancer treatment. Growth of
breast cancer is frequently stimulated by oestrogens which are
female sex hormones. Femara reduces the amount of oestrogen
by blocking an enzyme (“aromatase”) involved in the production
of oestrogens and therefore may block the growth of breast
cancer that needs oestrogens to grow. As a consequence
tumour cells slow or stop growing and/or spreading to other parts
of the body.
WHAT FEMARA IS USED FOR
Femara is used to treat breast cancer in women who have gone
through menopause i.e cessation of periods.
It is used to prevent cancer from happening again. It can be used
as first treatment before breast cancer surgery in case immediate
surgery is not suitable or it can be used as first treatment after
breast cancer surgery or following five years treatment with
tamoxifen.
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