So, brigatinib is a special kind of drug that doctors use to treat advanced lung cancer with a specific genetic change called ALK rearrangement. It’s part of a group of drugs called ALK inhibitors. They’re pretty special because they focus on a specific part of cancer cells.
This drug does its job by stopping the ALK protein, which is like turning off a switch in cancer cells that helps them grow.To start, you’ll take 90 mg of the stuff every day for a week. Then, they’ll up the dosage to 180 mg a day. You can get brigatinib in three different strengths as pills with a special coating: 30 mg, 90 mg, and 180 mg.
And they come in bottles with 30 pills in each one. Some usual side effects are tiredness, cough, trouble pooping, and the runs. Just a heads up, you’ve got to take this medication with a doc watching over you.
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