ZYTIGA™ (Zye-tee-ga) (Abiraterone acetate)
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ZYTIGA™
(Zye-tee-ga)
(Abiraterone acetate)
Chemotherapy
ZYTIGA™
(Zye-tee-ga)
(Abiraterone acetate)
Chemotherapy
What is ZYTIGA (Abiraterone acetate)?
ZYTIGA is a prescription medicine that is used along with prednisone. ZYTIGA is used to treat men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (prostate cancer that is resistant to medical or surgical treatments that lower testosterone) that has spread to other parts of the body and who have received treatment with docetaxel.
ZYTIGA is not for use in women or children
What is the most important information I should know about ZYTIGA?
ZYTIGA can cause serious side effects. These serious side effects include:
- High blood pressure (hypertension), low blood potassium levels (hypokalemia) and fluid retention (edema).
- Adrenal problems may happen if you stop taking prednisone, get an infection, or are under stress
- Liver problems. Your healthcare provider will do blood test to check your liver before treatment with ZYTIGA and during treatment with ZYTIGA.
- The most common side effects of ZYTIGA include:
- Joint swelling or pain
- Muscle aches
- Hot flushes
- Diarhea
- Urinary tract infection
- Cough
- Irregular heartbeats
- Urinate more often than normal
- Need to get up at night to
- Cold like symptoms
- Heartburn
How should I take ZYTIGA?
- Take ZYTIGA and prednisone exactly as your healthcare provider tells you.
- Your healthcare provider may change your dose if needed
- Do not stop taking your prescribed dose of ZYTIGA or prednisone without talking with your healthcare provider first.
- Take ZYTIGA on an empty stomach. Do not take ZYTIGA with food. Taking ZYTIGA with food may cause more of the medicine to be absorbed by the body than is needed and this may cause side effects.
- Swallow ZYTIGA tablets whole
- Take ZYTIGA tablets with water
- No food should be eaten 2 hours before and 1 hour after taking ZYTIGA
- Men who are sexually active with a pregnant women must use a condom during and for one week after treatment with ZYTIGA. If their sexual partner may become pregnant, a condom and another form of birth control must be used during and for one week after treatment with ZYTIGA. Talk with your healthcare provider if you have questions about birth control.
- If you miss a dose of ZYTIGA or prednisone, take your prescribed dose the following day. If you miss more than 1 dose, tell your healthcare provider right away.
Important Safety Information
- Do not take ZYTIGA if you are pregnant or may become pregnant. ZYTIGA may harm your unborn baby.
- Women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant should not touch ZYTIGA without protection, such as gloves.
- ZYTIGA is not for use in women or children
Ask your healthcare provider if you do not know.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking ZYTIGA?
Before you take ZYTIGA, tell your healthcare provider if you:
- Have heart problems
- Have liver problems
- Have a history of adrenal and or pituitary problems
- Have any other medical conditions
- Plan to become pregnant
- Are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if ZYTIGA passes into your breast milk. You and your healthcare provider should decide if you will take ZYTIGA or breastfeed. You should not do both.
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General information about ZYTIGA
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a patient information leaflet. Do not use ZYTIGA for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give your ZYTIGA to other people, even if they have the same symptoms that you have. It may harm them.
What are the ingredients in ZYTIGA?
Active ingredient: Abiraterone acetate
Inactive ingredient: Lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, povidone, sodium lauryl sulfate, magnesium stearate and colloidal silicon dioxide.
