Country: Malta
Language: English
Source: Medicines Authority
FLUVASTATIN
Novartis Ireland Limited Vista Building, Elm Park, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4,, Ireland
C10AA04
FLUVASTATIN 80 mg
PROLONGED-RELEASE TABLET
FLUVASTATIN 80 mg
POM
LIPID MODIFYING AGENTS
Withdrawn
2005-08-03
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER LESCOL XL ® 80 MG PROLONGED-RELEASE TABLETS Fluvastatin READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU. - Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. - If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist. - This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours. - If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4. WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET 1. What Lescol XL is and what it is used for 2. What you need to know before you take Lescol XL 3. How to take Lescol XL 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Lescol XL 6. Contents of the pack and other information 1. WHAT LESCOL XL IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR Lescol XL contains the active substance fluvastatin sodium which belongs to a group of medicines known as statins, which are lipid-lowering medicines: they lower the fat (lipids) in your blood. They are used in patients whose conditions cannot be controlled by diet and exercise alone. - Lescol XL is a medicine used to TREAT RAISED LEVELS OF FATS IN THE BLOOD IN ADULTS, in particular total cholesterol and so called “bad” or LDL cholesterol, which is associated with an increased risk of heart disease and stroke. - in adult patients with high blood levels of cholesterol - in adult patients with high blood levels of both cholesterol and triglycerides (another sort of blood lipid) - Your doctor can also prescribe Lescol XL to prevent further serious cardiac events (e.g. heart attack) in patients who have already had a heart catheterisation, with an intervention in the heart vessel. If you have any questions about how Lescol XL works or why this medicine has been prescribed for you, ask your doctor. 2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE LESCOL XL Follow all your doctor’s instructions carefully, eve Read the complete document
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS, LABELLING AND PACKAGE LEAFLET SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1. NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Lescol XL 80 mg prolonged-release tablets 2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Active substance: fluvastatin (as fluvastatin sodium) Each prolonged-release tablet contains 84.24 mg of fluvastatin sodium equivalent to 80 mg fluvastatin free acid. For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Prolonged-release tablets Yellow, round, slightly biconvex film-coated tablets with beveled edges, approx. 10 mm in diameter, debossed with “LE” on one side and “NVR” on the other side. 4. CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Dyslipidaemia Treatment of adults with 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. Secondary prevention in coronary heart disease Secondary prevention of major adverse cardiac events in adults with coronary heart disease after percutaneous coronary interventions (see section 5.1). 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION Posology _Adults _ Dyslipidaemia Prior to initiating treatment with Lescol XL, patients should be placed on a standard cholesterol- lowering diet, which should be continued during treatment. Starting and maintenance doses should be individualized according to the baseline LDL-C levels and the treatment goal to be accomplished. The recommended dosing range is 20 to 80 mg/day. For patients requiring LDL-C reduction to a goal of < 25% a starting dose of 20 mg fluvastatin may be used in the evening. For patients requiring LDL- C reduction to a goal of ≥25%, the recommended starting dose is 40 mg fluvastatin in the evening. The dose may be uptitrated to 80 mg daily, administered as a single dose (one Lescol XL 80 mg prolonged release tablet) at any time of the day or as one 40 mg dose of fluvastatin given twice daily (one dose in the morning and one dose in the ev Read the complete document