EXEMESTANE PFIZER® Exemestane Consumer Medicine Information

What is in this leaflet Do not take EXEMESTANE How EXEMESTANE PFIZER PFIZER if you are pregnant or works This leaflet answers some common intend to become pregnant. questions about EXEMESTANE EXEMESTANE PFIZER is an EXEMESTANE PFIZER may affect PFIZER. aromatase inactivator. It works by your developing baby if you take it significantly reducing the supply of It does not contain all the available during pregnancy. oestrogen to cancer cells. information. It does not take the Do not breastfeed while taking place of talking to your doctor or This stops the growth of those cancer EXEMESTANE PFIZER. cells which need oestrogen, a natural pharmacist. There is a possibility that your baby female sex hormone, to grow. All medicines have risks and may be affected. Ask your doctor if you have any benefits. Your doctor has weighed EXEMESTANE PFIZER is not the risks of you taking questions about why recommended for use in children. EXEMESTANE PFIZER against the EXEMESTANE PFIZER has been Do not take EXEMESTANE benefits it is expected to have for prescribed for you. you. PFIZER after the expiry date Your doctor may have prescribed it printed on the pack. If you have any concerns about this for another purpose. Do not take EXEMESTANE medicine, ask your doctor or EXEMESTANE PFIZER is only pharmacist. PFIZER if the packaging is torn or available with a doctor's prescription. shows signs of tampering. Keep this leaflet. It is not addictive. If your EXEMESTANE PFIZER You may need to read it again. has expired or is damaged return it to your pharmacist for disposal. Before you take If you are not sure whether you What EXEMESTANE EXEMESTANE PFIZER should start taking EXEMESTANE PFIZER, talk to PFIZER is used for your doctor. When you must not take it EXEMESTANE PFIZER is used to Do not take EXEMESTANE Before you start to take it treat breast cancer in women who no PFIZER and talk to your doctor if longer have their menstrual periods, Tell your doctor if you have an you think you may have an allergy allergy to: either naturally due to their age (after to: menopause) or because they have  any medicine had their ovaries surgically removed.  exemestane, the active ingredient in EXEMESTANE PFIZER  other substances, such as foods, EXEMESTANE PFIZER is used to preservatives or dyes. reduce the risk of recurrence or  any of the other ingredients in Tell your doctor if you: spreading of the breast cancer. It is EXEMESTANE PFIZER listed at also used when the cancer has not the end of this leaflet.  are still having your monthly responded or has returned after Symptoms of an allergic reaction period treatment with another medicine or may include shortness of breath,  have or have had kidney medicines. wheezing or difficulty breathing; problems swelling of the face, lips, tongue or  have or have had liver problems other parts of the body; rash, itching or hives on the skin.  have osteoporosis (disease which causes bones to be more brittle and likely to break)

EXEMESTANE PFIZER® 1  have a vitamin D deficiency When to take it Be sure to keep all your doctor's appointments so your progress can If you have not told your doctor Take the tablet once daily after a be checked. about any of the above, tell your meal at approximately the same doctor before you start taking time each day. If you feel that your medicine is EXEMESTANE PFIZER. not helping your condition, talk to How long to take it your doctor. Taking other medicines Tell all doctors, dentists and Your doctor or pharmacist will tell Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you how long to take pharmacists who are treating you you are taking any other EXEMESTANE PFIZER. that you are taking medicines, including medicines EXEMESTANE PFIZER. Do not stop taking EXEMESTANE that you buy without a If you go into hospital whilst taking PFIZER unless your doctor tells prescription from a pharmacy, you to, even if you feel better. EXEMESTANE PFIZER, let the supermarket or health food shop. medical staff know that you are Some medicines should not be used If you forget to take it taking EXEMESTANE PFIZER. with EXEMESTANE PFIZER. If you are about to be started on If it is almost time for your next These include: any new medicine, tell your doctor, dose, skip the dose you missed and  medicines which contain dentist or pharmacist that you are take your next dose when you are oestrogen, such as hormone taking EXEMESTANE PFIZER. meant to. Otherwise, take it as replacement therapy (HRT) soon as you remember, and then go Things you must not do  oral contraceptives back to taking EXEMESTANE Some health food products for PFIZER as you would normally. Do not give EXEMESTANE PFIZER to anyone else, even if menopausal symptoms contain Do not take a double dose to make natural oestrogens. up for the one that you missed. they have the same condition as you. Tell your doctor or pharmacist if If you have trouble remembering Do not take EXEMESTANE you are taking any medicines or to take your medicine, ask your health food products containing pharmacist for some hints. PFIZER to treat any other oestrogens. complaints unless your doctor tells you to. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist If you take too much if you have any concerns or (overdose) Do not stop taking EXEMESTANE questions about taking PFIZER or change the dosage Immediately telephone your doctor without checking with your doctor. EXEMESTANE PFIZER. or Poisons Information Centre (Phone Australia 13 11 26 or New Things to be careful of Zealand 0800 POISON or 0800 764 766) for advice or go to Accident Be careful driving or operating How to take and Emergency at your nearest machinery, until you know how EXEMESTANE PFIZER hospital, if you think you or EXEMESTANE PFIZER affects anyone else may have taken too you. Follow all directions given to you much EXEMESTANE PFIZER. EXEMESTANE PFIZER may cause by your doctor or pharmacist Do this even if there are no signs of tiredness or dizziness in some people. carefully. discomfort or poisoning. If you experience these effects They may differ from the Keep the telephone numbers for whilst taking EXEMESTANE information contained in this leaflet. these places handy. PFIZER, you should not attempt to If you do not understand the drive or operate machinery. instructions on the box, ask your If EXEMESTANE PFIZER makes doctor or pharmacist for help. you feel dizzy, be careful when While you are using getting up from a sitting or lying How much to take EXEMESTANE PFIZER position. The recommended dose is one 25 mg tablet taken once daily. Things you must do Use EXEMESTANE PFIZER exactly as your doctor has prescribed.

EXEMESTANE PFIZER® 2 Side effects Other side effects not listed above Product description may occur in some people. Some of these side effects can only be found Tell your doctor or pharmacist as What it looks like soon as possible if you do not feel when your doctor does tests from well while you are taking time to time to check your progress. EXEMESTANE PFIZER is available EXEMESTANE PFIZER. Do not be alarmed by this list of as 25 mg tablets. The tablets are round and off-white to slightly EXEMESTANE PFIZER, like other possible side effects. greyish in colour marked with '7663' medicines, may cause unwanted side You may not experience any of them. on one side in black ink. effects in some people. Many women can take EXEMESTANE EXEMESTANE PFIZER 25 mg PFIZER without any problems, but tablets are available in blister packs some women may have mild to After using of 30 tablets. moderate side effects. EXEMESTANE PFIZER Ingredients Tell your doctor or pharmacist as soon as possible if you have any of Storage Active Ingredient the following side effects or other EXEMESTANE PFIZER tablets Keep your tablets in their blister effects that you think may be pack until it is time to take them. contain 25 mg of exemestane as the related to your treatment: active ingredient. If you take the tablets out of the  hot flushes Other Ingredients blister pack they may not keep well.  nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, The tablets also contain: Keep EXEMESTANE PFIZER in indigestion, pain (including  silicon dioxide stomach ache) a cool dry place where the temperature stays below 30  crospovidone  constipation degrees C.  hypromellose  diarrhoea Do not leave EXEMESTANE  light magnesium carbonate  tiredness PFIZER or any other medicine in  magnesium stearate  swelling in your legs the car or on window sills.  mannitol  dizziness and headache Do not store EXEMESTANE PFIZER or any other medicines in  microcrystalline cellulose  increased sweating a bathroom or near a sink.  methyl hydroxybenzoate  difficulty sleeping Heat and dampness can destroy some  macrogol 6000  depression medicines.  polysorbate 80  disturbed vision such as Keep EXEMESTANE PFIZER blurriness where children cannot reach it.  polyvinyl alcohol  pain in your muscle or joints A locked cupboard at least one-and-  simethicone emulsion  increase in weight a-half metres above the ground is a  sodium starch glycollate good place to store medicines.  skin rash or itching  sucrose  hair loss Disposal  titanium dioxide  cetyl esters wax  bleeding or bruising more easily If your doctor tells you to stop than normal taking EXEMESTANE PFIZER or  purified talc  pain and/or numbness of hands, the tablets have passed their expiry  carnauba wax loss of feeling in fingers/thumb date, ask your pharmacist what to  black printing ink.  frequent infections such as fever, do with any tablets that are left over. severe chills, sore throat or mouth Supplier ulcers. EXEMESTANE PFIZER is supplied  symptoms of gastric ulcer such as in Australia by: blood in stools, black tarry stools Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd or vomiting of blood.  abnormal vaginal bleeding ABN 50 008 422 348 38-42 Wharf Road  hepatitis, yellowing of the skin or eyes, also called jaundice. West Ryde NSW 2114

EXEMESTANE PFIZER® 3 Toll Free Number 1800 675 229

It is supplied in New Zealand by: Pfizer New Zealand Ltd PO Box 3998 Auckland Toll Free Number 0800 736 363

Australian Registration Number EXEMESTANE PFIZER 25 mg tablets can be identified by the Australian Register Number on the box: AUST R 76369

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