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Abiraterone SPC contains a medicine called Abiraterone acetate. It is used to treat prostate cancer in adult men that has spread to other parts of the body. Abiraterone SPC stops your body from making testosterone; this can slow the growth of prostate cancer.
When Abiraterone SPC is prescribed for the early stage of disease where it is still responding to hormone therapy, it is used with a treatment that lowers testosterone (androgen deprivation therapy).
When you take this medicine your doctor will also prescribe another medicine called prednisone or prednisolone. This is to lower your chances of getting high blood pressure, having too much water in your body (fluid retention), or having reduced levels of a chemical known as potassium in your blood.
- if you are allergic to Abiraterone acetate or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).
- if you are a woman, especially if pregnant. Abiraterone SPC is for use in male patients only.
- if you have severe liver damage.
- in combination with Ra-223 (which is used to treat prostate cancer).
Do not take this medicine if any of the above apply to you. If you are not sure, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine.
Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking 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 may increase the risk of heart rhythm problems)
- if you have had other heart or blood vessel problems
- if you have an irregular or rapid heart rate
- if you have shortness of breath
- if you have gained weight rapidly
- if you have swelling in the feet, ankles, or legs
- if you have taken a medicine known as ketoconazole in the past for prostate cancer
- about the need to take this medicine with prednisone or prednisolone
- about possible effects on your bones
- if you have high blood sugar.
Tell your doctor if you have been told you have any heart or blood vessel conditions, including heart rhythm problems (arrhythmia), or are being treated with medicines for these conditions.
Tell your doctor if you have yellowing of the skin or eyes, darkening of the urine, or severe nausea or vomiting, as these could be signs or symptoms of liver problems. Rarely, failure of the liver to function (called acute liver failure) may occur, which can lead to death.
Decrease in red blood cells, reduced sex drive (libido), muscle weakness and/or muscle pain may occur.
Abiraterone SPC must not be given in combination with Ra-223 due to a possible increase in the risk of bone fracture or death.
If you plan to take Ra-223 following treatment with Abiraterone SPC and prednisone/prednisolone, you must wait 5 days before starting treatment with Ra-223.
If you are not sure if any of the above apply to you, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine.
Blood monitoring
Abiraterone SPC may affect your liver, and you may not have any symptoms. When you are taking this medicine, your doctor will check your blood periodically to look for any effects on your liver.
Children and adolescents
This medicine is not for use in children and adolescents. If Abiraterone SPC is accidentally ingested by a child or adolescent, go to the hospital immediately and take the package leaflet with you to show to the emergency doctor.
Other medicines and Abiraterone SPC
Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine.
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Abiraterone SPC contains a medicine called Abiraterone acetate. It is used to treat prostate cancer in adult men that has spread to other parts of the body. Abiraterone SPC stops your body from making testosterone; this can slow the growth of prostate cancer.
When Abiraterone SPC is prescribed for the early stage of disease where it is still responding to hormone therapy, it is used with a treatment that lowers testosterone (androgen deprivation therapy).
When you take this medicine your doctor will also prescribe another medicine called prednisone or prednisolone. This is to lower your chances of getting high blood pressure, having too much water in your body (fluid retention), or having reduced levels of a chemical known as potassium in your blood.
- if you are allergic to Abiraterone acetate or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).
- if you are a woman, especially if pregnant. Abiraterone SPC is for use in male patients only.
- if you have severe liver damage.
- in combination with Ra-223 (which is used to treat prostate cancer).
Do not take this medicine if any of the above apply to you. If you are not sure, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine.
Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking 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 may increase the risk of heart rhythm problems)
- if you have had other heart or blood vessel problems
- if you have an irregular or rapid heart rate
- if you have shortness of breath
- if you have gained weight rapidly
- if you have swelling in the feet, ankles, or legs
- if you have taken a medicine known as ketoconazole in the past for prostate cancer
- about the need to take this medicine with prednisone or prednisolone
- about possible effects on your bones
- if you have high blood sugar.
Tell your doctor if you have been told you have any heart or blood vessel conditions, including heart rhythm problems (arrhythmia), or are being treated with medicines for these conditions.
Tell your doctor if you have yellowing of the skin or eyes, darkening of the urine, or severe nausea or vomiting, as these could be signs or symptoms of liver problems. Rarely, failure of the liver to function (called acute liver failure) may occur, which can lead to death.
Decrease in red blood cells, reduced sex drive (libido), muscle weakness and/or muscle pain may occur.
Abiraterone SPC must not be given in combination with Ra-223 due to a possible increase in the risk of bone fracture or death.
If you plan to take Ra-223 following treatment with Abiraterone SPC and prednisone/prednisolone, you must wait 5 days before starting treatment with Ra-223.
If you are not sure if any of the above apply to you, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine.
Blood monitoring
Abiraterone SPC may affect your liver, and you may not have any symptoms. When you are taking this medicine, your doctor will check your blood periodically to look for any effects on your liver.
Children and adolescents
This medicine is not for use in children and adolescents. If Abiraterone SPC is accidentally ingested by a child or adolescent, go to the hospital immediately and take the package leaflet with you to show to the emergency doctor.
Other medicines and Abiraterone SPC
Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine.
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