Nilutamide is the active substance of an antineoplastic medicine known commercially as Anandron.
This oral medication is indicated for the treatment of prostate cancer, and its action is to protect other tissues from the installation of cancer cells.
Indications of Nilutamide
Prostate cancer (with local invasion and / or metastasis).
Price of Nilutamide
The 50 mg Nilutamide box containing 60 tablets costs approximately 404 reais.
Side Effects of Nilutamide
Breast enlargement in men; heat waves; constipation; decreased or loss of appetite; abdominal pain; nausea; vomiting; difficulty adapting to the dark; difficulty in relation to color vision; Headache; weakness; sleep disturbance; dizziness; decreased sexual desire or impotence; infection (including pulmonary); swelling (face, feet, legs, fingers); alcohol intolerance.
Contraindications of Nilutamide
Pregnancy Risk C; women; Hipersensibility to any of the formula's components.
How to use Nilutamide
Oral use
Adults
- Initially administer 300 mg of Nilutamide per day for 4 weeks. The dose may be taken at one time or divided into several intakes.
Maintenance dose : 150 mg per day.
