FEMARA Film Coated Tablet 2.5 Milligram

Country: Ireland

Language: English

Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)

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Active ingredient:

LETROZOLE

Available from:

PCO Manufacturing

Dosage:

2.5 Milligram

Pharmaceutical form:

Film Coated Tablet

Authorization date:

2009-12-11

Summary of Product characteristics

                                SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Femara 2.5mg film-coated tablets
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Active substance: letrozole
Each film-coated tablet contains 2.5mg letrozole.
Excipients: contains lactose.
For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Film-coated tablet
_Product imported from the UK:_
Film-coated tablet, dark yellow, round, slightly biconvex with beveled edge. One side bears the imprint “FV”, the other
“CG”.  
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Adjuvant treatment of postmenopausal women with hormone receptor positive early breast cancer.
Extended adjuvant treatment of hormone-dependent early breast cancer in postmenopausal women who have
received prior standard adjuvant tamoxifen therapy for 5 years.
First-line treatment in postmenopausal women with hormone_-_dependent advanced breast cancer.
Advanced breast cancer in women with natural or artificially induced postmenopausal status after relapse or
disease progression, who have previously been treated with anti-oestrogens.
Efficacy has not been demonstrated in patients with hormone receptor negative breast cancer.
4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
Adult and elderly patients
The recommended dose of Femara is 2.5 mg once daily. No dose adjustment is required for elderly patients.
In the adjuvant setting, it is recommended to treat for 5 years or until tumour relapse occurs. In the adjuvant setting,
clinical experience is available for 2 years (median duration of treatment was 25 months).
In the extended adjuvant setting, clinical experience is available for 4 years (median duration of treatment).
In patients with advanced or metastatic disease, treatment with Femara should continue until tumour progression is
evident.
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