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Capecitabine

Popular Brands: : Xeloda, Capecitabine
Official FDA Reports118,323
Social Media Events298
Total Posts554
Avg. Review Score3.82/ 5
Active Ingredients
  • Capecitabine
Brands and Other Names
Manufacturers
  • Hoffmann La Roche Inc
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals Usa Inc

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Explanation

The quarterly trend chart illustrates changing levels of adverse events over time. Results from both the FDA Adverse Event Database (FAERS) and adverse events extracted from social media by Druginformer are plotted side-by-side for easy comparison.


The proportion of people completing user reviews who complained about a side effect.

The proportion of social media adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.

The proportion of FAERS (FDA) adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.


Capecitabine Side Effects

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* DrugInformer calculates alarm using a proprietary algorithm. Alarm should not be taken as an ofiicial signal from the FDA or other regulatory entity.


User Voices

The following are comments from users that experienced side effects while taking Capecitabine

Hypoaesthesia

... of hands and feet going red, blisters in my mouth and skin disorders, the oncologist insisted on this drug. I decided to terminate the use within 11 weeks. I am now experiencing numbness in both my ha...


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Joint Stiffness

I had breast cancer in 2000 which had spread to my spine in one of my vertebrae. I was prescribed Xeloda by my oncologist. Despite the severe side effects of hands and feet going red, blisters in my m...


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Blister

... breast cancer in 2000 which had spread to my spine in one of my vertebrae. I was prescribed Xeloda by my oncologist. Despite the severe side effects of hands and feet going red, blisters in my mouth a...


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Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Hypoaesthesia, Blister, Joint stiffness, Skin disorder, Swelling

Posted By Stella in fdb.rxlist.com on April 1, 2015 @ 12:00 am

... of hands and feet going red, blisters in my mouth and skin disorders, the oncologist insisted on this drug. I decided to terminate the use within 11 weeks. I am now experiencing numbness in both my ha...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Hunger, Nausea, Vomiting, Sudden death, Muscular weakness, Decreased appetite

Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on March 21, 2015 @ 12:00 am

Loss of hunger Skin turn to be rough and dark Nausea Vomiting Muscle reduction Bone weakness After first cycle , if doesn't improve your disease then stop xeloda. My...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None

Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on March 17, 2015 @ 12:00 am

Misdiagnosed as "cured" after mastectomy 8-2011. I had no chemo or radiation. Cancer came back in neck lymph node and under arm in mastectomy side. I was put on Xeloda in July 2013 and have been on ...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None

Posted By Patty in fdb.rxlist.com on January 16, 2015 @ 12:00 am

1-16-2015. I have been on Xeloda for one year and despite the hand/foot issues, my CA 27-29 numbers have dropped from 89 to 13. Breast cancer in 6-2007, now three tumors in liver 1-2014. Tumors redu...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None

Posted By val in fdb.rxlist.com on June 6, 2014 @ 12:00 am

It wasn't that bad the only thing was decoloration of my feet and hands....they turn very dark... other than that I tolerated.. better than the other chemo I took.. yuck...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Dizziness, Nausea, Dry skin, Burning sensation, Disturbance in attention

Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on February 21, 2014 @ 12:00 am

Side Effects: Burning red feet and hands, dry skin, some mild nausea, dizziness, brain fog. I can walk around for no more than five minutes without my feet starting to burn. I did not anti...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Arthralgia, Pain

Posted By I'maSurvivor in fdb.rxlist.com on June 28, 2013 @ 12:00 am

... dosage. I have tendon cramping with Xeloda, but not as bad as with other chemo drugs...it is tolerable and certainly not bad enough to try something new at this point. My joints ache (hands and hips ...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None

Posted By Anonymous in drugs.com on May 2, 2013 @ 12:00 am

Found out I had colon cancer and thought that was the end of me. Xeloda was very easy to take, twice daily for two weeks. One week off with testing. A small amount of tenderness in the mouth was the ...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None

Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on April 30, 2013 @ 12:00 am

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Dry skin

Posted By Nancy in fdb.rxlist.com on February 24, 2013 @ 12:00 am

I am on my fifth two wk on one wk off and it has lowered my markers from 122 to 66. This is after being on seven different IV chemo drugs. Hand and feet syndromn has made my hands dark, dry, crackin...


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* Warning: The facts and figures contained in these reports are accurate to the best of our capability; however, our metrics are only meant to augment your medical knowledge, and should never be used as the sole basis for selecting a new medication. As with any medical decision, be sure to work with your doctor to ensure the best choices are made for your condition.

* About FAERS: The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is used by FDA for activities such as looking for new safety concerns that might be related to a marketed product, evaluating a manufacturer's compliance to reporting regulations and responding to outside requests for information. Reporting of adverse events is a voluntary process, and not every report is sent to FDA and entered into FAERS. The FAERS database may contain duplicate reports, the report quality is variable, and many factors may influence reporting (e.g., media attention, length of time a drug is marketed, market share). For these reasons, FAERS case reports cannot be used to calculate incidence or estimates of risk for a particular product or compare risks between products.