Description
Capecitabine is a specific nucleoside metabolic inhibitor with antineoplastic activity indicated for:
- Adjuvant Colon Cancer: Patients with Dukes’ C colon cancer.
- Patient With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: First-line as monotherapy when treatment with fluoropyrimidine therapy alone is preferred.
- Metastatic Breast Cancer: In combination with docetaxel after failure of prior anthracycline containing therapy.
- As monotherapy in patients resistant to both paclitaxel and an anthracycline-contain.
FAQ's
How does Capecitabine work in the body?
Capecitabine is converted into 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), and cells metabolize it into 5-fluoro-2’-deoxyuridine monophosphate and 5-fluorouridine triphosphate, which stops cell making and damage the repairing of DNA and cancer cells need to make DNA to grow and multiply.
What are the other ingredients in medicine containing Capecitabine?
Capecitabine is the active ingredient and other inactive ingredients: are anhydrous lactose, croscarmellose sodium, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate.
What are the uses of Capecitabine 500 mg tablet?
Capecitabine is used in the treatment of Colorectal Cancer, Breast Cancer and Gastric Cancer (off-label in the USA).
Who should not take Capecitabine?
Patients who are allergic to the ingredients of the medicine should not take Capecitabine. Patients with severe kidney problems.
From where i can buy Capecitabine?
- Capecitabine price is low if you buy generic brand over Innovator, You can buy it from any authorized whole seller after getting prescription from a qualified doctor. It is always better to check the credential of the whole seller/supplier/exporter before buying the product.
- The buyer should check the existing law in their home country before importing the product.