Capetiz 150mg (Capecitabine USP 150 mg)

Description

What CAPETIZ is ?

CAPETIZis a cancer medicine used in the treatment of colon

cancer, metastatic colorectal cancer and advanced gastric

cancer in combination with a platinum based regimen. It is

used combination with docetaxel for the treatment of patients

with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer after failure

of cytotoxic chemotherapy.

How CAPETIZ works?

CAPETIZ tablets should be swallowed whole with water

within 30 minutes after a meal. Capecitabine tablets are

cytotoxic drug. Follow applicable special handling and

disposal procedures. If capecitabine tablets must be cut or

crushed, this should be done by a professional trained in safe

handling of cytotoxic drugs using appropriate equipment and

safety procedures. Capecitabine tablets dose is calculated

according to body surface area

How to take CAPETIZ?

It is annon-cytotoxic fluoropyrimidinecarbamate, which

functions as an orally administered precursor of the cytotoxic

moiety 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). Capecitabine is activated via

several enzymatic steps. The enzyme involved in the final

conversion to 5-FU, thymidine phosphorylase (ThyPase), is

found in tumour tissues, but also in normal tissues, albeit

usually at lower levels. In human cancer xenograft models

capecitabine demonstrated a synergistic effect in

combination with docetaxel, which may be related to the

upregulation of thymidine phosphorylase by docetaxel.

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