Ibrutinib is a kind of medicine that blocks a protein called BTK, and it’s used to treat Mantle Cell Lymphoma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, and Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia. It works by stopping BTK, a protein that cancer cells use to grow and live. The drug comes in 140 mg capsules or tablets, and usually, people take 420 to 560 mg every day.
You’ll find the tablets in bottles with 90 in each. Ibrutinib is a targeted therapy. It’s like a really specific way to fight cancer cells with fewer side effects than regular chemo.
You usually take these capsules or tablets on an empty stomach and keep to the same time each day so it keeps working well. You should keep taking ibrutinib as your doctor says, even if you feel okay, unless your doctor tells you differently. You also need to go for check-ups with your healthcare provider like they tell you to.
