Colesevelam Tablets and Lapatinib Ditosylate

• Generic Name: colesevelam
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Welchol, Colesevelam Hydrochloride

• It is used to lower cholesterol.
• It is used to lower blood sugar in patients with high blood sugar (diabetes).

• Generic Name: lapatinib
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Tykerb

In combination with letrozole for treatment of hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer that overexpresses the human epidermal receptor type 2 (HER2) protein in postmenopausal women who are candidates for hormonal therapy. Combined therapy with lapatinib and an aromatase inhibitor has not been compared with trastuzumab-containing chemotherapy for treatment of metastatic breast cancer.

In combination with capecitabine for treatment of advanced or metastatic breast cancer in patients whose tumors overexpress HER2 and who have received prior therapy including an anthracycline, a taxane, and trastuzumab.