Country: Ireland
Language: English
Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
PRAVASTATIN SODIUM
Daiichi Sankyo Ireland Ltd
40 Milligram
Tablets
2009-10-09
License Summary of Product Characteristics 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Beneprav 40 mg Tablets 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each tablet contains 40 mg pravastatin sodium. Each tablet contains 257.8 mg of lactose monohydrate. For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Tablet. Yellow biconvex oblong tablet with a breaking notch on both sides. The tablets can be divided into equal halves. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 Therapeutic Indications Hypercholesterolaemia Treatment of primary hypercholesterolaemia or mixed dyslipidaemia, as an adjunct to diet, when response to diet and other non-pharmacological treatments (e.g. exercise, weight reduction) is inadequate. Primary prevention Reduction of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in patients with moderate or severe hypercholesterolaemia and at high risk of a first cardiovascular event, as an adjunct to diet (see section 5.1). Secondary prevention Reduction of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in patients with a history of myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris and with either normal or increased cholesterol levels, as an adjunct to correction of other risk factors (see section 5.1). Post transplantation Reduction of post transplantation hyperlipidaemia Read the complete document