Do not crush, chew or dissolve tablets. If you miss a dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your normal time.
Do not take 2 doses at the same time or extra doses. Side Effects: Important things to remember about the side effects of capecitabine: Most people will not experience all of the capecitabine side effects listed.
Capecitabine side effects are often predictable in terms of their onset, duration, and severity. Capecitabine side effects will improve after therapy is complete. Capecitabine side effects may be quite manageable. There are many options to minimize or prevent the side effects of capecitabine. Usually mild, has started as early as 2 weeks after start of treatment.
When to contact your doctor or health care provider: Contact your health care provider immediately, day or night, if you should experience any of the following symptoms: Fever of Contact your health care provider within 24 hours of noticing any of the following: Nausea interferes with ability to eat and unrelieved with prescribed medication. Confusion, loss of balance, excessive sleepiness Always inform your health care provider if you experience any unusual symptoms.
Precautions: Before starting capecitabine treatment, make sure you tell your doctor about any other medications you are taking including prescription, over-the-counter, vitamins, herbal remedies, etc. Do not take aspirin, products containing aspirin unless your doctor specifically permits this. Avoid use of antacids within 2 hours of taking capecitabine.
Capecitabine may be inadvisable if you have had a hypersensitivity allergic reaction to fluorouracil. Do not receive any kind of immunization or vaccination without your doctor's approval while taking capecitabine.
Inform your health care professional if you are pregnant or may be pregnant prior to starting this treatment. Pregnancy category D capecitabine may be hazardous to the fetus. Women who are pregnant or become pregnant must be advised of the potential hazard to the fetus.
For both men and women: Do not conceive a child get pregnant while taking capecitabine. Barrier methods of contraception, such as condoms, are recommended. Discuss with your doctor when you may safely become pregnant or conceive a child after therapy. Do not breast feed while taking capecitabine. Self-Care Tips: Drink at least two to three quarts of fluid every 24 hours, unless you are instructed otherwise. You may be at risk of infection so try to avoid crowds or people with colds, and report fever or any other signs of infection immediately to your health care provider.
Wash your hands often. Use an electric razor and a soft toothbrush to minimize bleeding. Avoid contact sports or activities that could cause injury. To reduce nausea, take anti-nausea medications as prescribed by your doctor, and eat small, frequent meals. Your doctor will advise you how many cycles of treatment you will have and whether there are any rest days in the cycle. In most cases, your treatment cycle will consist of intermittent Xeloda therapy, where you will take Xeloda for 14 days, followed by a rest period of 7 days.
During the rest period, you will not take any Xeloda. Alternatively, your treatment cycle may be continuous, which involves 21 days of Xeloda treatment and no rest period. Immediately telephone your doctor or the Poisons Information Centre Australia telephone 13 11 26; New Zealand telephone for advice or go to Accident and Emergency at your nearest hospital if you think that you or anyone else may have taken too much Xeloda.
Xeloda can sometimes cause diarrhoea in some people. Your doctor may stop your Xeloda treatment and treat your diarrhoea before starting you on Xeloda tablets again. Tell your doctor immediately if you develop nausea feeling like you want to vomit and it has affected your appetite significantly. Xeloda can cause nausea in some people. Your doctor may stop your Xeloda treatment and treat your nausea before starting you on Xeloda tablets again.
Tell your doctor immediately if you develop vomiting, and vomit more than once in a 24 hour period. Xeloda can cause vomiting in some people. Your doctor may stop your Xeloda treatment and treat your vomiting before starting you on Xeloda tablets again.
Xeloda can cause pain, redness, swelling or sores in the mouth in some people. Otherwise, your doctor may think that it was not effective and change your treatment unnecessarily. Do not take any other medicines whether they require a prescription or not without first telling your doctor or consulting with a pharmacist.
A locked cupboard at least one-and-a-half metres above the ground is a good place to store medicines. If your doctor tells you to stop taking Xeloda, or the medication has passed its expiry date, ask your pharmacist what to do with any tablets that are left over.
Xeloda is a Schedule 4 — Prescription Only Medicine. Tell your doctor or pharmacist as soon as possible if you do not feel well while you are taking Xeloda.
Xeloda helps people with bowel cancer, breast cancer, stomach cancer and cancer of the oesophagus food pipe , but it may have unwanted side effects. All medicines can have side effects. Sometimes they are serious, most of the time they are not. You may need medical treatment if you get some of the side effects. These are the more common side effects of Xeloda that you are likely to notice. Your doctor will tell you more about them. Your doctor may also recommend that you change the dose of Xeloda that you are taking if you experience any of the above side effects.
You need to stop taking Xeloda if you experience the above side effects. Your doctor will treat your side effects before they start you on Xeloda again. Tell your doctor immediately or go to your nearest Accident and Emergency centre if you notice any of the following:. This is not a complete list of all possible side effects.
Others may occur in some people and there may be some side effects not yet known. Please consult your doctor for possible side effects that may be caused by taking Xeloda with a chemotherapy medicine.
Tell your doctor if you notice anything else that is making you feel unwell, even if it is not on this list. View more information about myVMC. Please be aware that we do not give advice on your individual medical condition, if you want advice please see your treating physician.
Parenting information is available at Parenthub. Are you a Health Professional? Jump over to the doctors only platform. Click Here. Generic Name: capecitabine Product Name: Xeloda Indication: What Xeloda is used for Xeloda is used to treat cancer of the bowel and rectum colorectal , breast and stomach and food pipe oesophagus. Your doctor may have prescribed Xeloda for another purpose. Ask your doctor if you have any questions why Xeloda has been prescribed for you. Xeloda is not addictive.
Action: How Xeloda works Xeloda contains the active ingredient capecitabine. It is 5-FU that acts to kill or stop the growth of cancer cells. Dose advice: How to use Xeloda Before you take Xeloda When you must not take it Do not take Xeloda if: You have had an allergy to: Capecitabine or any of the ingredients listed here; 5-fluorouracil also called 5- FU , a medicine used to treat cancer; Other fluoropyrimidine medicines; Some of the symptoms of an allergic reaction may include: Shortness of breath; Wheezing or difficulty in breathing; Swelling of the face, lips, tongue or other parts of the body; Rash, itching, hives on the skin; If you have severe kidney disease; If you have known dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase DPD deficiency; You are taking a medicine containing sorivudine or brivudine; Taking sorivudine or brivudine at the same time as Xeloda is potentially fatal.
Tell your treatment team if you have this. They can check the cause and give you medicine to help. It might take you a bit longer to recover from the chemotherapy. These side effects can rarely be life threatening. You should have a test before you start this treatment to check if you have a DPD deficiency. Some people have severe side effects from capecitabine or fluorouracil even if they don't have low DPD levels.
Contact your doctor or nurse if your side effects are severe. Cancer drugs can interact with some other medicines and herbal products. Tell your doctor or pharmacist about any medicines you are taking. This includes vitamins, herbal supplements and over the counter remedies. This drug contains lactose milk sugar. If you have an intolerance to lactose, contact your doctor before taking this medicine.
This treatment might harm a baby developing in the womb. It is important not to become pregnant or father a child while you're having treatment and for 6 months afterwards. Talk to your doctor or nurse about effective contraception before starting treatment. You may not be able to become pregnant or father a child after treatment with this drug. Talk to your doctor before starting treatment if you think you may want to have a baby in the future.
Men might be able to store sperm before starting treatment. And women might be able to store eggs or ovarian tissue. But these services are not available in every hospital, so you would need to ask your doctor about this. This is because the drug may come through into your breast milk.
The length of time depends on the treatment you are having. Ask your doctor or pharmacist how long you should avoid live vaccinations. Contact with others who have had immunisations - You can be in contact with other people who have had live vaccines as injections.
Avoid close contact with people who have recently had live vaccines taken by mouth oral vaccines such as the oral typhoid vaccine. If your immune system is severely weakened, you should avoid contact with children who have had the flu vaccine as a nasal spray. This is for 2 weeks following their vaccination.
Babies have the live rotavirus vaccine. Get someone else to change their nappies during this time if you can. If this isn't possible, wash your hands well after changing their nappy. For further information about this treatment go to the electronic Medicines Compendium eMC website. The feedback is from individual patients.
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