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GEMFIBROZIL (UNII: Q8X02027X3) (GEMFIBROZIL - UNII:Q8X02027X3)
Aurobindo Pharma Limited
GEMFIBROZIL
GEMFIBROZIL 600 mg
ORAL
PRESCRIPTION DRUG
Gemfibrozil tablets, USP are indicated as adjunctive therapy to diet for: - Treatment of adult patients with very high elevations of serum triglyceride levels (Types IV and V hyperlipidemia) who present a risk of pancreatitis and who do not respond adequately to a determined dietary effort to control them. Patients who present such risk typically have serum triglycerides over 2000 mg/dL and have elevations of VLDL-cholesterol as well as fasting chylomicrons (Type V hyperlipidemia). Subjects who consistently have total serum or plasma triglycerides below 1000 mg/dL are unlikely to present a risk of pancreatitis. Gemfibrozil tablets, USP therapy may be considered for those subjects with triglyceride elevations between 1000 and 2000 mg/dL who have a history of pancreatitis or of recurrent abdominal pain typical of pancreatitis. It is recognized that some Type IV patients with triglycerides under 1000 mg/dL may, through dietary or alcoholic indiscretion, convert to a Type V pattern with massive triglyceride eleva
Gemfibrozil Tablets USP, 600 mg are white to off-white, elliptical, biconvex, film-coated tablets, debossed with ‘E’ on one side and ‘82’ on the other side. Bottles of 60 NDC 65862-624-60 Bottles of 500 NDC 65862-624-05 Store at 20º to 25ºC (68º to 77ºF) [see USP Controlled Room Temperature]. Protect from light and humidity. Distributed by: Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc. 279 Princeton-Hightstown Road East Windsor, NJ 08520 Manufactured by: Aurobindo Pharma Limited Hyderabad-500 038, India Revised: 12/2020
Abbreviated New Drug Application
GEMFIBROZIL - GEMFIBROZIL TABLET, FILM COATED AUROBINDO PHARMA LIMITED ---------- GEMFIBROZIL TABLETS, USP RX ONLY DESCRIPTION Gemfibrozil is a lipid regulating agent. It is available as tablets for oral administration. Each tablet contains 600 mg gemfibrozil. Each tablet also contains calcium stearate, colloidal silicon dioxide, hypromellose, low substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose, low viscosity hydroxypropyl cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, polysorbate, pregelatinized starch (maize), and titanium dioxide. The chemical name is 5- (2,5-dimethylphenoxy)-2,2-dimethylpentanoic acid, with the following structural formula: The molecular formula is C H O and the molecular weight is 250.35; practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, in methanol and in chloroform. The melting point is 58° to 61°C. Gemfibrozil USP is a white or almost white, waxy crystalline solid. CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY Gemfibrozil is a lipid regulating agent which decreases serum triglycerides and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) cholesterol, and increases high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. While modest decreases in total and low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol may be observed with gemfibrozil therapy, treatment of patients with elevated triglycerides due to Type IV hyperlipoproteinemia often results in a rise in LDL- cholesterol. LDL-cholesterol levels in Type IIb patients with elevations of both serum LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides are, in general, minimally affected by gemfibrozil treatment; however, gemfibrozil usually raises HDL-cholesterol significantly in this group. Gemfibrozil increases levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL) subfractions HDL and HDL , as well as apolipoproteins AI and AII. Epidemiological studies have shown that both low HDL-cholesterol and high LDL-cholesterol are independent risk factors for coronary heart disease. In the primary prevention component of the Helsinki Heart Study, in which 4081 male patients between the ages of 40 and 55 were studied in a randomized, Leer el documento completo