Who should not take Xeloda?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- chronic kidney disease stage 5 (failure)
- chronic kidney disease stage 3B (moderate)
- chronic kidney disease stage 3A (moderate)
- a patient who is producing milk and breastfeeding
- pregnancy
- excessive diarrhea
- erythrodysesthesia or tingling
- pain
- redness
- and edema in the hands and feet
- high amount of bilirubin in the blood
- liver problems
- necrotizing enterocolitis
- or inflammation and tissue death in the colon and small intestine
- stomatitis
- a condition with painful swelling and sores inside the mouth
- abnormal heart rhythm
- coronary artery disease
- low levels of a type of white blood cell called neutrophils
- decreased blood platelets
- anemia
- very serious loss of body water
- an infection
- dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency
- chronic kidney disease stage 4 (severe)
- kidney disease with likely reduction in kidney function
- abnormal EKG with QT changes from birth
- excessive vomiting
- excessive nausea
- heart attack within the last 30 days
Allergies:
- Pyrimidine Analogues
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