Country: Ireland
Language: English
Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
ROSUVASTATIN
G & A Licensing Limited
20 Milligram
Film Coated Tablet
2012-01-27
License Summary of Product Characteristics 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Crestor 20mg Film-coated tablets 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each tablet contains 20 mg rosuvastatin (as rosuvastatin calcium). Contains lactose monohydrate. For a full list of excipients, see Section 6.1. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Film-coated tablets Product imported from Romania Round, biconvex, pink coloured tablets, engraved with ‘ZD4522’ and ‘20’ on one side and plain on the reverse. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 Therapeutic Indications Treatment of hypercholesterolaemia Adults, adolescents and children aged 10 years or older with primary hypercholesterolaemia (type IIa including heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia) or mixed dyslipidaemia (type IIb) as an adjunct to diet when response to diet and other non-pharmacological treatments (e.g. exercise, weight reduction) is inadequate. Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia as an adjunct to diet and other lipid lowering treatments (e.g. LDL apheresis) or if such treatments are not appropriate. Prevention of Cardiovascular Events Prevention of major cardiovascular events in patients who are estimated to have a high risk for a first cardiovascular event (see Section 5.1), as an adjunct to correction of other r Read the complete document