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Xeloda Drug Center
Medical Editor: John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP
Xeloda (capecitabine) is used to treat breast cancer and colon or rectum cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. It is an antineoplastic medication. Common side effects include severe nausea or vomiting, loss of appetite, constipation, tiredness, weakness, back/joint/muscle pain, headache, dizziness, trouble sleeping, skin darkening, or dry/itchy skin.
Dose of Xeloda is calculated according to body surface area. Xeloda tablets are swallowed whole with water within 30 minutes after a meal. Xeloda may adversely interact with folic acid (including multivitamins with folic acid), blood thinners, leucovorin, metronidazole, tinidazole, fosphenytoin, and phenytoin. Discuss all medications you are taking with your doctor. This drug is not recommended for use during pregnancy. It may harm a fetus. It is recommended that men and women use two effective forms of birth control (e.g., condoms and birth control pills) while taking this medication. Since this drug can be absorbed through the skin, women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant should not handle this medication. It is not known if this drug passes into breast milk. Because of possible harm to the nursing infant, breast-feeding while using this drug is not recommended. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
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Xeloda Prescribing Information: Indications & Dosage
Colorectal Cancer
- XELODA (capecitabine) is indicated as a single agent for adjuvant treatment in patients with Dukes' C colon cancer who have undergone complete resection of the primary tumor when treatment with fluoropyrimidine therapy alone is preferred. XELODA (capecitabine) was non-inferior to 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin (5-FU/LV) for disease-free survival (DFS). Physicians should consider results of combination chemotherapy trials, which have shown improvement in DFS and OS, when prescribing single-agent XELODA (capecitabine) in the adjuvant treatme...
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Xeloda Patient Information: Side Effects
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:
- severe diarrhea (more than 4 times per day, or during the night);
- vomiting (more than once in 24 hours);
- nausea, loss of appetite, eating much less than usual;
- weakness, feeling light-headed, hot or dry skin;
- pain, tenderness, redness, swelling, blistering, or peeling skin on your hands or feet;...
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What is Consumer information?
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Xeloda Consumer Information: Uses
Capecitabine is used alone or with other treatments/medications to treat certain types of cancer (e.g., of the breast, colon, rectum). It works by slowing or stopping cancer cell growth and by decreasing tumor size.
HOW TO USE: Read the Patient Information Leaflet provided by your pharmacist before you start taking capecitabine and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions regarding the information, consult your doctor or pharmacist.
Take this medication by mouth, usually twice daily in the morning and evening or as directed by your d...
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