Product Description:

• ZYTIGA contains a medicine called abiraterone acetate. 


• It is used to treat prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body in adult men. 


• ZYTIGA prevents your body from making testosterone, and this can slow the growth of prostate cancer.


• If ZYTIGA is prescribed at an early stage of the disease, where hormone treatment is still having an effect, it is used together with a medicine that lowers testosterone levels (androgen suppressive treatment).


• When you use this medicine, your doctor will also prescribe another medicine called prednisone or prednisolone. 


• This is to reduce the risk of you getting  high blood pressure , too much water in the body (fluid retention), or a reduced amount of potassium in the blood.

How To Use:

• Always use this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you. 


• Contact a doctor or pharmacist if you are unsure.

How much to take:

• The recommended dose is 1000 mg (two tablets) once daily.

Use of this medicine:

• Take this medicine by mouth.


• Do not take ZYTIGA with food. 


• Taking ZYTIGA with food can lead to more of the medicine being absorbed into the body than is necessary, and this can cause side effects.


• Take ZYTIGA tablets as a single dose once daily on an empty stomach. 


• ZYTIGA should be taken at least two hours after you have eaten. 


• Do not eat for at least one hour after taking ZYTIGA.


• Swallow the tablets whole with water.


• Do not share the tablets.


• ZYTIGA is taken together with a medicine called prednisone or prednisolone.


• Use prednisone or prednisolone as your doctor has told you.


• You must take prednisone or prednisolone every day while taking ZYTIGA.


• The amount of prednisone or prednisolone you take may need to be changed if a medical emergency occurs. 


• The doctor will tell you if you need to change the amount of prednisone or prednisolone. 


• Do not stop taking prednisone or prednisolone unless your doctor tells you to.


• Your doctor may also prescribe other medicines while you are taking ZYTIGA and prednisone or prednisolone.

If you take too much ZYTIGA:

• Talk to a doctor or see a hospital immediately if you take too much.


• If you forget to take ZYTIGA.


• If you have forgotten to take ZYTIGA or prednisone or prednisolone, take your usual dose the next day.


• If you have forgotten to take ZYTIGA or prednisone or prednisolone for more than one day, consult your doctor immediately.


• If you stop treatment with ZYTIGA.


• Do not stop taking ZYTIGA or prednisone or prednisolone unless your doctor tells you to.


• Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions about the use of this

Warnings And Precautions:

Do not use ZYTIGA:

• If you are allergic to abiraterone acetate or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.


• If you are a woman, especially if you are pregnant.  ZYTIGA should only be used by male patients.


• If you have severe liver damage.


• In combination with Ra-223 (which is used to treat prostate cancer).


• Do not use this medicine if any of the above applies to you.


• Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine if you are unsure.

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before using this medicine:

• If you have liver problems


• If you have been told you have  high blood pressure  or heart failure or low blood potassium (low blood potassium can increase the risk of heart rhythm problems)


• If you have had other heart or vascular problems


• If you have an irregular or high heart rate


• If you are short of breath


• If you have gained weight quickly


• If you have swelling in your feet, ankles, or legs


• If you have previously taken a medicine called ketoconazole for prostate cancer


• About the need to take this medicine together with prednisone or prednisolone

Taking ZYTIGA with food:

• This medicine should not be taken with food.


• Taking ZYTIGA with food may cause side effects.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding ZYTIGA is not for use in women:

• This medicine may cause harm to the unborn child if used by pregnant women.


• If you have sex with a woman who could become pregnant, use a condom plus other effective contraception.


• If you have sex with a pregnant woman, you must use a condom to protect the unborn child.

Driving and using machines:

• This medicine is unlikely to affect your ability to drive or use tools or machines.

ZYTIGA contains lactose and sodium:

• ZYTIGA contains lactose.  If your doctor has told you that you have an intolerance to some types of sugar, you should contact your doctor before taking this medicine.


• This medicine contains 27 mg of sodium (found in table salt) in each daily dose of two tablets. 


• This corresponds to 1.35% of the recommended maximum daily intake of sodium through the diet for an adult.

How To Store ZYTIGA:

• Keep out of reach of children.


• Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the carton, cardboard folder, and blister.


• The expiration date is the last day of the specified month.


• This medicine does not require any special storage conditions.


• Medicines must not be thrown into waste water or together with household waste. 


• Ask the pharmacy how to dispose of medicines that you no longer use. 


• These measures will help to protect the environment.

Ingredients:

• The active ingredient is abiraterone acetate.  Each film-coated tablet contains 500 mg of abiraterone acetate.

What ZYTIGA looks like and the contents of the pack:

• Each 30-day box contains 60 film-coated tablets in 5 cardboard folders with 12 film-coated tablets in each.

Product Details:

• Brand: Zytiga
• Product Form: Tablets