Страна: Австралия
Язык: английский
Источник: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
Exemestane
Sandoz Pty Ltd
Medicine Registered
EXEMESTANE SANDOZ ® 1 EXEMESTANE SANDOZ ® _exemestane film-coated tablets _ CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET This leaflet answers some common questions about Exemestane Sandoz. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or pharmacist. All medicines have risks and benefits. Your doctor has weighed the risks of you taking this medicine against the benefits they expect it will have for you. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT TAKING THIS MEDICINE, ASK YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST. KEEP THIS LEAFLET WITH THE MEDICINE. You may need to read it again. WHAT EXEMESTANE SANDOZ IS USED FOR This medicine is used: to treat breast cancer in women who no longer have their menstrual periods, either naturally due to their age (after menopause) or because they have had their ovaries surgically removed to reduce the risk of recurrence or spreading of the breast cancer when the cancer has not responded or has returned after treatment with another medicine or medicines. It contains the active ingredient exemestane. Exemestane is an aromatase inactivator. It works by significantly reducing the supply of oestrogen to cancer cells. This stops the growth of those cancer cells which need oestrogen, a natural female sex hormone, to grow. ASK YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THIS MEDICINE HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED FOR YOU. Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason. This medicine is not addictive. This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription. BEFORE YOU TAKE EXEMESTANE SANDOZ _WHEN YOU MUST NOT TAKE IT _ DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE IF YOU HAVE AN ALLERGY TO: exemestane Прочитать полный документ
_Product Information _ _Page _ _ _ _Exemestane Sandoz 25mg film-coated tablets _ _10/2012 _ _Sandoz Pty Ltd _ _ _ _Version 04 _ _1 _ PRODUCT INFORMATION EXEMESTANE SANDOZ ® 25MG FILM-COATED TABLETS NAME OF THE MEDICINE _ _ Generic name: Exemestane Chemical name: 6-methylenandrosta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione CAS: 107868-30-4 Empirical formula: C 20 H 24 O 2 MW: 296.4 DESCRIPTION Exemestane is a white to ivory-white powder, which is freely soluble in methylene chloride, sparingly soluble in alcohol and practically insoluble in water. Due to the very low solubility in water, the drug is micronised. Each Exemestane Sandoz 25mg tablet contains 25mg exemestane. Exemestane Sandoz tablets also contain the following inactive ingredients: mannitol, microcrystalline cellulose, crospovidone, sodium starch glycollate (type A), hypromellose, polysorbate 80, colloidal anhydrous silica, magnesium stearate macrogol 400 and titanium dioxide. _ _ PHARMACOLOGY Pharmacodynamics Exemestane is an irreversible, steroidal aromatase inactivator, structurally related to the natural substrate androstenedione. In post-menopausal women, oestrogens are produced primarily from the conversion of androgens into oestrogens through the aromatase enzyme in peripheral tissues. Oestrogen deprivation through aromatase inhibition is an effective and selective treatment for hormone dependent breast cancer _Product Information _ _Page _ _ _ _Exemestane Sandoz 25mg film-coated tablets _ _10/2012 _ _Sandoz Pty Ltd _ _ _ _Version 04 _ _2 _ in postmenopausal women. Exemestane acts by binding irreversibly to the active site of the enzyme causing its inactivation. Such type of inactivation is also known as “suicidal inhibition”. In postmenopausal women, exemestane significantly lowered serum oestrogen concentrations star Прочитать полный документ