Capacetabine Dosage

Hi Ellen,

I was taking 5 in the morning and 6 in the evening ( 11 a day ) within 30 minutes of eating, this continued for about 4 or 5 weeks but the side effects got too bad and the oncologist decided to reduce to 8 per day

side effects include,

very sore feet

joint pain

heart burn

extreme tiredness, probably normal for all chemo side effects

Hope it helps,

All the best

TG

Hi . The doseage is based on your body mass area which is why they weigh you and take your height and work it out from there. I think i was on 2 big ones and 2 little ones twice a day. I had shingles a couple of years ago and the doctor apologised for the size of the tablets she was giving me - I almost laughed as she’d obviously not seen a capecitabine one!

Hope your Sunday is going well - I shall be putting a pork joint in while hubby watches the football

Take care

Karen x

I am on this too.. and after reading your post I decided to check what I'm taking is correct..it wasn't!!! I'm supposed to be taking 4 twice a day instead of 2!!!

How are you now? 

I was on 4 twice a day.I found they slipped down better with milk.all the best with them