Land: USA
Språk: engelska
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CAPECITABINE (UNII: 6804DJ8Z9U) (CAPECITABINE - UNII:6804DJ8Z9U)
AvKARE, Inc.
CAPECITABINE
CAPECITABINE 150 mg
PRESCRIPTION DRUG
Abbreviated New Drug Application
CAPECITABINE - CAPECITABINE TABLET, FILM COATED AVKARE, INC. ---------- HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESCRIBING INFORMATION THESE HIGHLIGHTS DO NOT INCLUDE ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO USE CAPECITABINE TABLETS USP SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY. SEE FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION FOR CAPECITABINE TABLETS USP. CAPECITABINE TABLETS USP, FOR ORAL USE INITIAL U.S. APPROVAL: 1998 WARNING: CAPECITABINE-WARFARIN INTERACTION _SEE FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION FOR COMPLETE BOXED WARNING._ PATIENTS RECEIVING CONCOMITANT CAPECITABINE AND ORAL COUMARIN-DERIVATIVE ANTICOAGULANTS SUCH AS WARFARIN AND PHENPROCOUMON SHOULD HAVE THEIR ANTICOAGULANT RESPONSE (INR OR PROTHROMBIN TIME) MONITORED FREQUENTLY IN ORDER TO ADJUST THE ANTICOAGULANT DOSE ACCORDINGLY. ALTERED COAGULATION PARAMETERS AND/OR BLEEDING, INCLUDING DEATH, HAVE BEEN REPORTED DURING CONCOMITANT USE. • • RECENT MAJOR CHANGES Dosage and Administration (2) 10/2014 Warnings and Precautions (5.1, 5.2, 5.5, and 5.7) 10/2014 INDICATIONS AND USAGE Capecitabine Tablets USP are a nucleoside metabolic inhibitor with antineoplastic activity indicated for: • • • DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION • • • • • • DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS • CONTRAINDICATIONS • • OCCURRENCE: WITHIN SEVERAL DAYS AND UP TO SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER INITIATING CAPECITABINE THERAPY; MAY ALSO BE SEEN WITHIN 1 MONTH AFTER STOPPING CAPECITABINE PREDISPOSING FACTORS: AGE> 60 AND DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER ADJUVANT COLON CANCER (1.1) Patients with Dukes' C colon cancer METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER (1.1) First-line as monotherapy when treatment with fluoropyrimidine therapy alone is preferred METASTATIC BREAST CANCER (1.2) In combination with docetaxel after failure of prior anthracycline-containing therapy As monotherapy in patients resistant to both paclitaxel and an anthracycline-containing regimen Take capecitabine tablets with water within 30 min after a meal (2) Monotherapy: 1250 mg/m twice daily orally for 2 weeks followed by a one week rest period in 3-week cycles (2.1) 2 Adjuvant treatment is recommended for a total o Läs hela dokumentet