DRUG INDICATIONS MECHANISM CONTRAINDICATIO SIDE EFFECTS/ NSG ROUTE

OF ACTON N ADVERSE CONSIDERATIO

EFFECT N
Generic Bicalutamide Bicalutamide Contraception hot flashes or Assess patient Oral route
Name: is used to treat competitively requirements, flushing for adverse GI
Bicalutamide prostate inhibits the females, infertility bone, back, effects.
cancer. This action of male-mediated or pelvic pain Diarrhea is the
Brand Name: medication androgens by teratogenicity, muscle most common
Casodex works by binding to pregnancy, weakness cause of
blocking the cytoplasmic reproductive risk muscle or discontinuation
Drug Class: action of male androgen joint pain of theraphy
Nonsteroidal/ hormones in receptors, Bicalutamide is headache
Antiandrogen the prostate, primarily in the contraindicated in shortness of Monitor for
slowing the prostate any patient who breath S&S of disease
Dosage: growth of has shown a progression
increased
cancer cells. hypersensitivity
blood pressure
50mg tablet Casodex reaction to the Report
swelling of
1tab 50mg daily is drug or any of the jaundice or any
the hands,
QD indicated for tablet’s other troubling
feet, ankles, or
use in components. It adverse effect
lower legs
combination includes immediately
angioneurotic GI:
theraphy with
edema and constipation,
a luteinizing
urticarial. diarrhea,
hormone-
nausea,
releasing
abdominal
hormone
pain
(LHRH) analog
for the
treatment of
stage D2
metastatic
carcinoma of
the prostate.