Country: Ireland
Language: English
Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
ROSUVASTATIN
Profind Wholesale Ltd.
20 Milligram
Film Coated Tablet
2009-05-08
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Crestor 20mg film-coated tablets 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each tablet contains 20mg of rosuvastatin (as rosuvastatin calcium). Excipients: Lactose monohydrate For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Film-Coated Tablet _Product imported from the UK, Spain and Italy._ Round, Pink, Biconvex Tablet with ‘ZD4522’ and ‘20’ on one side and plain on the reverse 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS 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. 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION Before treatment initiation the patient should be placed on a standard cholesterol-lowering diet that should continue during treatment. The dose should be individualised according to the goal of therapy and patient response, using current consensus guidelines. The recommended start dose is 5 mg or 10 mg orally once daily in both statin naïve or patients switched from another HMG CoA reductase inhibitor. The choice of start dose should take into account the individual patient's cholesterol level and future cardiovascular risk as well as the potential risk for adverse reactions (see below). A dose adjustment to the next dose level can be made after 4 weeks, if necessary (see Section 5.1). In light of the increased reporting rate of adverse reactions with the 40 mg dose compared to lower doses (see Se Read the complete document