Fareston
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Active Ingredient: toremifene
Product Overview
About Fareston
Fareston is a medicine that contains the active substance toremifene. It is available as white, round tablets (60 mg).
What it is used for
Fareston is used to treat hormone-dependent metastatic breast cancer in women who have been through the menopause. ‘Metastatic’ means that the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. Fareston is not recommended for patients with oestrogen-receptor-negative tumours (where the cancer cells do not have receptors for the hormone oestrogen on their surface). The medicine can only be obtained with a prescription.
How it is used
The recommended dose of Fareston is one tablet once a day. It should be used with caution in patients who have problems with their liver.
How it works
Most types of breast cancer grow in response to the hormone oestrogen. The active substance in Fareston, toremifene, is an anti-oestrogen. It attaches to the receptors for oestrogen on the surface of cells, where its main effect is to block the effects of the hormone. As a result, the tumour cells are not stimulated to grow by oestrogen and the growth of the tumour is reduced.
Active substance: toremifene
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