Be Prepared
Talk to your cancer care team.
Before you begin chemotherapy, talk with your cancer care team about 5-FU and capecitabine toxicity. If you’ve already started chemotherapy, call your cancer care team and ask to review the symptoms associated with toxicity.
Stay Alert
Self-monitor and ask your caregivers to help.
Stay alert during and after your chemotherapy and self-monitor for symptoms of toxicity. Ask your family and caregivers to help you monitor the symptoms of toxicity.
Don’t Hesitate
Speak up, even if you’re unsure.
Call and talk to your cancer care team as soon as you suspect you are experiencing symptoms of a toxic reaction, even if you’re unsure about symptoms and how you feel. It’s important to speak up so that your cancer care team can take action immediately.
Don’t Worry
Treatment is available.
5-FU and capecitabine toxicity is treatable. Vistogard® (uridine triacetate) is the first and only antidote for the treatment of 5-FU and capecitabine toxicity. In clinical trials, 96% of patients treated with Vistogard® survived 5-FU or capecitabine toxicity.1, 2, 19