Complete dosing information for EXEMESTANE
Medical guidance required: Dosing information here is for educational purposes. Your healthcare provider will determine the appropriate dose based on your specific condition, kidney function, other medications, and medical history. Never adjust your dose without consulting your doctor or pharmacist.
2 DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION Recommended Dose: One 25 mg tablet once daily after a meal ( 2.1 ). 2.1 Recommended Dose The recommended dose of exemestane tablets in early and advanced breast cancer is one 25 mg tablet once daily after a meal. adjuvant treatment of postmenopausal women with estrogen-receptor positive early breast cancer who have received two to three years of tamoxifen and are switched to exemestane tablets for completion of a total of five consecutive years of adjuvant hormonal therapy. the treatment of advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women whose disease has progressed following tamoxifen therapy. 2.2 Dose Modifications Concomitant use of strong CYP 3A4 inducers decreases exemestane exposure. For patients receiving exemestane tablets with a strong CYP 3A4 inducer such as rifampicin or phenytoin, the recommended dose of exemestane tablets is 50 mg once daily after a meal [see Drug Interactions (7) and Clinical Pharmacology (12.3) ].