Lapatinib Ditosylate IP -250mg

Classification – Anticancer Medicine

What is Lapatinib Ditosylate?

Lapatinib is an anticancer medicine that is used orally against solid tumors and breast cancers.

Uses of Lapatinib Ditosylate

  • • Advanced-stage Breast cancer
  • • Metastatic Breast Cancer
  • • Lung cancer

Working of Lapatinib Ditosylate

It causes cancer cell death by inhibiting growth receptors.
It inhibits signals for cancer cell growth and division.

Adverse side effects

  • • Anorexia
  • • Diarrhea
  • • Dermatological side effects
  • • Stomatitis, constipation, and abdominal pain
  • • Palmar-plantar erythrodysaesthesia
  • • Pain in the extremity, back pain
  • • Alopecia

Severe side-effects

  • • Bleeding
  • • Dehydration
  • • QT prolongation
  • • Hand and foot syndrome
  • • Toxicities
  • • Cardiac toxicities
  • • Hepatotoxicity
  • • Interstitial Lung Disease
  • • Pneumonitis
  • • Mineral imbalance

Contraindications

Not to be used in patients –

  • • Allergy to the drug components
  • • Breastfeeding mothers
  • • Pregnant women

Precautions

To be used cautiously in patients with

  • • Heart disease
  • • Liver disease
  • • Blood disorders

Warnings

  • • To be used under medical supervision

Important Safety and Monitoring Information

Regularly Monitor –

  • • The liver function
  • • Cardiac function
  • • Electrolyte balance
  • • Hydration status
  • • Blood count

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