Xeloda (capecitabine), an oral chemotherapy medication, should be taken within 30 minutes after eating a meal in order to get the proper dosage of medication in your blood
A key component to receiving a Chemo is given in cycles, followed by a rest period to give you time to recover from the effects of the drugs
Take it as directed on the prescription label
After one dose, it’s typically out of your system within 5 hours (based on the half-life of this medication)
• Take XELODA within 30 minutes after finishing a meal
16 days), although this is thought to reflect clearance of mostly inactive platinum conjugates
Capecitabine is a chemotherapy drug
Like almost all breast cancer medicines, Xeloda can cause side effects, some of them severe
unexplained nosebleeds
Oxaliplatin and leucovorin will be given through a thin plastic tube into a vein (intravenous infusion or IV) and given for 2 hours