What is Nilutamide? Uses, warnings & side effects

Your doctor will tell you how much medicine to take and how often. Take this medicine exactly as your doctor ordered.

Nilutamide is given as part of a treatment for prostate cancer that includes surgery. Your doctor may want you to start taking this medicine on the day of your surgery or the day after surgery.

You may take the medicine with food or on an empty stomach.

Do not stop taking this medicine or skip any doses unless you have talked with your doctor.

Nilutamide is given as part of a treatment for prostate cancer that includes surgery. Your doctor may want you to start taking this medicine on the day of your surgery or the day after surgery.

Your doctor will tell you how much medicine to take and how often. Take this medicine exactly as your doctor ordered.

Do not stop taking this medicine or skip any doses unless you have talked with your doctor.

You may take the medicine with food or on an empty stomach.

This medicine needs to be taken on a regular schedule. If you miss a dose, call your doctor for instructions.

Keep all medicine out of the reach of children

You should not use this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to nilutamide. Check with your doctor before taking nilutamide if you have liver disease or severe breathing problems.

This medicine may cause liver damage. Signs of liver problems are yellowing of your skin or the whites of your eyes, dark brown or amber-colored urine, stomach pain (especially on the right upper side of your stomach), nausea, and vomiting. If you have these symptoms, call your doctor right away.

Some patients taking this medicine developed pneumonia. If you have trouble breathing or a breathing problem that gets worse, a cough, fever, or chest pain, call your doctor right away.

This medicine may make it harder for your eyes to adjust from light to dark. If you are driving at night or through tunnels, wearing sunglasses or tinted lenses may help.

Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding should talk to their doctor before taking this medicine.

Trouble breathing

Cough, fever, chest pain

Make sure your doctor knows if you are taking phenytoin (Dilantin®), theophylline (Theo-Dur®, Slo-Bid®, and others), or Coumadin®.

Alcohol taken with nilutamide can cause dizziness, low blood pressure, or facial flushing. If you have these reactions, avoid drinking alcohol while taking this medicine.

This medicine may make it harder for your eyes to adjust from light to dark. If you are driving at night or through tunnels, wearing sunglasses or tinted lenses may help.

Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding should talk to their doctor before taking this medicine.