Drug details

Casodex (bicalutamide)

type of Antineoplastics, Antiandrogen, Antiandrogens

Casodex (bicalutamide) is an anti-androgen (male hormone) used together with another hormone to treat prostate cancer. Casodex is available in generic form.

The drug is often used to treat Prostate cancer .

This drug may have the following side effects:

• nausea,
• upper stomach pain,
• loss of appetite,
• dark urine,
• fever,
• pale skin,
• lightheadedness,
• shortness of breath,
• chills,
• clay-colored stools,
• yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice),
• dry mouth,
• rapid heart rate,
• wheezing,
• increased thirst,
• increased urination,
• fruity breath odor,
• feeling tired,
• drowsiness,
• hunger,
• dry skin,
• blurred vision, and
• sudden chest pain or discomfort,
• dry cough,
• weight loss
• blood in your urine,
• breast pain or swelling,
• trouble concentrating,

The following drugs are related to Casodex, either as a replacement or used together:

• Plenaxis (abarelix)
• Zytiga (abiraterone acetate tablets)
• Akeega (niraparib and abiraterone acetate tablets)
• Alecensa (alectinib capsules)
• Alkeran (melphalan)
• Axumin (fluciclovine f 18 intravenous injection)
• Vegzelma (bevacizumab-adcd injection)
• Jevtana (cabazitaxel injection)
• Camcevi (leuprolide mesylate injectable emulsion)
• Nubeqa (darolutamide tablets)
• Firmagon (degarelix for injection)
• Eligard (leuprolide acetate)
• Xtandi (enzalutamide capsules)
• Posluma (flotufolastat f 18 injection)
• Zoladex 3.6 (goserelin acetate implant)
• Vantas (histrelin acetate)
• Locametz (kit for the preparation of gallium ga 68 aozetotide injection)
• Lupron Depot 11.25 mg (leuprolide acetate for depot suspension)
• Lupron Depot 7.5 mg (leuprolide acetate for depot suspension)
• Lutrate Depot (leuprolide acetate for depot suspension)
• Viadur (leuprolide acetate implant)
• Lupron (leuprolide acetate injection)
• Lupron Depot 3.75 mg (leuprolide acetate injection)
• Pluvicto (lutetium lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan)
• Provenge (sipuleucel-t suspension for intravenous infusion)
• Xofigo (radium ra 223 dichloride)
• Trelstar (triptorelin pamoate for injectable suspension)
• Trelstar Depot (triptorelin pamoate for injectable suspension)
• Trelstar LA (triptorelin pamoate for injectable suspension)
• Zometa (zoledronic acid for inj)

The following supplements are related to Casodex, and may be used together with the drug:

• Selenium (s.)
• Strontium (s.)