Vemurafenib blocks a protein called BRAF, which is often mutated in melanoma. It specifically goes after the BRAF V600E change. It works by halting the BRAF signaling pathway that’s super important for cancer cells to keep growing and surviving.
You’ll find it in 240 mg tablet form, with each bottle holding 112 of ’em. Doctors usually suggest taking 960 mg, that’s two doses of four 240 mg tablets, every day. You can take these tablets with or without eating.
It’s prescribed to treat metastatic melanoma in folks who have that BRAF V600E mutation, mainly because of how it impacts how long they live without the cancer growing.
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