Zytiga 500 mg abiraterone acetate film‑coated Tablets × 60

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

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.