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Here is a passage from the ERLEADA PATIENT INFORMATION which may be helpful to address your question:

How should I take ERLEADA?

• Take ERLEADA exactly as your healthcare provider tells you.¹
• Do not stop taking your prescribed dose of ERLEADA without talking with your healthcare provider first.¹
• Take your prescribed dose of ERLEADA 1 time a day, at the same time each day.
• Take ERLEADA with or without food.¹
• Swallow ERLEADA tablets whole. Do not crush or split the tablets.¹
• If you cannot swallow ERLEADA tablets whole or if you have a feeding tube, see the “Instructions for Use” of the PRESCRIBING INFORMATION for detailed instructions on how to prepare and take a dose of ERLEADA.¹
• ERLEADA comes in 2 different strengths (60 mg and 240 mg). Follow the instructions for your prescribed strength of ERLEADA.¹
• If you miss a dose of ERLEADA, take your normal dose as soon as possible on the same day. Return to your normal schedule on the following day. You should not take extra tablets to make up the missed dose.¹
• You should start or continue a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analog therapy during your treatment with ERLEADA unless you have had a surgery to lower the amount of testosterone in your body (surgical castration).¹
• If you take too much ERLEADA, call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room.¹

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE – Preparing and Giving ERLEADA Through a feeding tube

Important information you need to know before preparing a dose of ERLEADA:

• ERLEADA comes in 2 different strengths, 60 mg tablets and 240 mg tablets. Please find the instructions below that refer to your prescribed ERLEADA strength for how to prepare and take or give ERLEADA tablets.¹

Preparing and giving ERLEADA 60 mg tablets through a feeding tube 8 French or larger¹:

Step 1. Remove the plunger out of the syringe (use at least a 50 mL syringe).

Step 2. Add your entire prescribed dose of 60 mg tablets into the syringe body (barrel) and place the plunger back in the syringe. Do not crush or split the tablets.

Step 3. Withdraw 20 mL of non-carbonated water into the syringe.

Step 4. Wait 10 minutes and then shake the syringe very well (vigorously) to break the tablets apart completely.

Step 5. Attach the syringe to the feeding tube and give the mixture right away.

Step 6. Withdraw non-carbonated water into the same syringe and flush through the feeding tube. Repeat Step 6 until no pieces of tablets are left in the syringe or feeding tube.

Preparing and giving ERLEADA 240 mg tablet through a feeding tube 8 French or larger¹:

Step 1. Remove the plunger out of the syringe (use at least a 20 mL syringe).

Step 2. Add one 240 mg tablet into the syringe body (barrel) and place the plunger back in the syringe. Do not crush or split the tablet.

Step 3. Withdraw 10 mL of non-carbonated water into the syringe.

Step 4. Wait 10 minutes and then shake the syringe very well (vigorously) to break the tablet apart completely.

Step 5. Attach the syringe to the feeding tube and give the mixture right away.

Step 6. Withdraw non-carbonated water into the same syringe and flush through the feeding tube. Repeat Step 6 until no pieces of tablet are left in the syringe or feeding tube.

additional information

This information is provided ONLY in response to your request and is not intended as medical advice, to promote the use of our product, or suggest using it in any manner other than as described in the PRESCRIBING INFORMATION. All decisions regarding your medical treatment should be made with your healthcare professional(s). Please contact your healthcare professional(s) to discuss the information in this response.

Please refer to the attached full PRESCRIBING INFORMATION, PATIENT INFORMATION, and the INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE for ERLEADA.¹