Casodex
Casodex is a oncology medication containing Bicalutamide, available as 50mg tablets.
- Category
- Oncology
- Active ingredient
- Bicalutamide
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Film-coated tablet
- Strengths
- 50mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Casodex vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Advanced prostate cancer
- Therapeutic Class
- Anti-Androgen
- Pharmacological Class
- Non-steroidal Anti-Androgen
- Minor Side Effects
- hot flushes, nausea, fatigue, constipation
- Moderate Side Effects
- gynaecomastia, breast tenderness, elevated liver enzymes
- Dosage Forms
- Film-coated tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Prescription medicine
- Originator
- AstraZeneca
- Onset Time
- 4–8 weeks
- Duration
- 24 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store below 30°C.
- Drug Interactions
- warfarin, ciclosporin
- Age Restrictions
- Not for use in patients under 18.
What you will receive
Casodex is the originator brand name, made by AstraZeneca. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with AstraZeneca and do not ship the original Casodex.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Bicalutamide) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.