Uses / Indications:
Resihance 40mg Tablet is used in the treatment of cancer of colon and rectum.
Pregnancy interaction:
Resihance 40mg Tablet is unsafe to use during pregnancy.There is positive evidence of human fetal risk, but the benefits from use in pregnant women may be acceptable despite the risk, for example in life-threatening situations. Please consult your doctor.
Expert advice:
Do not repeat dose after vomiting. Seek your doctor’s advice. In case of missed dose, take the dose as soon as you remember on the same day. Do not take a missed dose next day. Seek immediate medical attention if you experience severe chest pain which may spread from the chest to shoulders, arms, back, neck, teeth, jaw or stomach, sudden colds sweats, or fainting. Inform your doctor if you have any liver disorders, bleeding disorders, high blood pressure, underwent surgery in the past or have a planned surgery. Inform your doctor, if you experience vomiting, stomach pain, bowel complaints with dark stools, pain, redness or blisters on palms or soles, or non-healing wounds, severe headache, eye disturbance, fits, confusion, memory loss or any other altered mental symptoms. Do not drive or operate machinery, if you experience treatment-related symptoms which could affect your ability to concentrate and react. Men and women planning pregnancy should use effective birth control while they are taking regorafenib for 2 months after they stop taking it. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or are breastfeeding. Do not take if patient is allergic to regorafenib or any of its ingredients.
Side Effects:
Rash, Weakness, Low blood platelets, Difficulty in speaking, Haemorrhage, Vomiting, Pain, Nausea, Infection, Hair loss, Fever, Anemia (low number of red blood cells), Diarrhoea, Increased blood pressure, Decreased appetite, Mucosal inflammation, Stomatitis (Inflammation of the mouth).
How to use:
Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Resihance 40mg Tablet is to be taken with food.
How it works:
Resihance 40mg Tablet is an anti-cancer medication. It works by blocking the action of the abnormal protein that signals cancer cells to multiply. This helps to stop or slow the spread of cancer cells.
Faq for medicine:
Is Resihance chemotherapy? : Yes, Resihance is used as a chemotherapy to treat cancer of stomach (gastrointestinal stromal tumors), colon or rectal, in cases who have been treated with other cancer treatments or are incurable with other treatments|Is Resihance FDA approved? : Yes, Resihance has been approved by US FDA since 2012|How is Resihance administered? : Resihance needs to be administered orally as advised by your doctor. It is to be taken at the same time of the day|Does Resihance shrink tumors? : Yes, Resihance works either by shrinking the tumor or stops it from growing further.
Medicine interaction:
Not Available
