País: Australia
Idioma: inglés
Fuente: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
Pravastatin sodium
Actavis Pty Ltd
Medicine Registered
PRAVASTATIN-GA _pravastatin sodium _ CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET READ THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE TAKING YOUR MEDICINE. ASK YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING OR ARE WORRIED ABOUT TAKING YOUR MEDICINE. This leaflet answers some common questions about pravastatin. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or pharmacist. All medicines have risks and benefits. Your doctor has weighed the risks of you using this medicine against the benefits they expect it will have for you. KEEP THIS LEAFLET WITH YOUR MEDICINE. You may want to read it again. WHAT PRAVASTATIN-GA IS USED FOR The name of your medicine is Pravastatin-GA. It contains the active ingredient, pravastatin (as pravastatin sodium). It is used to treat people who have had a heart attack or an episode of unstable angina, or who have high blood cholesterol levels. In these people pravastatin can reduce the risk of further heart disease, reduce the possibility of needing a bypass operation, or reduce the risk of having a stroke. Pravastatin lowers high blood cholesterol levels (doctors call this hypercholesterolaemia). It is also used if your cholesterol levels are normal if you have had a heart attack or an episode of unstable angina. It is more effective if it is taken with a diet low in fat. Pravastatin is used to treat heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia in children and adolescent patients aged 8 years and older as an adjunct to diet and lifestyle changes. _HOW IT WORKS _ If you have had a heart attack, an episode of unstable angina or you have too much cholesterol in your blo Leer el documento completo
PRAVASTATIN-GA Pravastatin sodium PRODUCT INFORMATION 130513 Pravastatin-GA PI v5.doc Page 1 of 27 PRAVASTATIN SODIUM [http://www.appco.com.au/appguide2005/drug.asp?drug_id=00202739] NAME OF THE MEDICINE [http://www.appco.com.au/appguide2005/drug.asp?drug_id=00202739] EMPIRICAL FORMULA: C 23 H 35 NaO 7 MOLECULAR WEIGHT: 446.52 CAS: 81131-70-6. DESCRIPTION Pravastatin sodium is one of a new class of lipid-lowering compounds, the HMG- CoA reductase inhibitors, that reduce cholesterol biosynthesis. These agents are competitive inhibitors of 3- hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, the enzyme catalysing the early rate-limiting step in cholesterol biosynthesis, conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate. Pravastatin sodium is designated chemically as:_ _(3R, 5R)-7-[(1S, 2S, 6S, 8S, 8aR)-1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 8a-Hexahydro-6-hydroxy-2-methyl-8-[(S)-2- methylbutyryloxy- 1-naphthyl]]-3, 5-dihydroxyheptanoic acid, sodium salt. Pravastatin sodium is an odourless, white to off-white, fine or crystalline powder. It is a relatively polar hydrophilic compound with a partition coefficient (octanol/water) of 0.59 at a pH of 7.0. It is soluble in methanol and water (> 300 mg/mL), slightly soluble in isopropanol, and practically insoluble in acetone, acetonitrile, chloroform, and ether. Pravastatin-GA 10 mg, 20mg and 40 mg tablets contain the following inactive ingredients: lactose, microcrystalline cellulose, aluminium magnesium silicate, purified talc, povidone, croscarmellose sodium, and magnesium stearate. Pravastatin-GA 80 mg tablets contain the following inactive ingredients: lactose, crospovidone, sodium bicarbonate, colloidal anhydrous silica, magnesium stearate, and opadry 03F52262 yellow. PRAVASTATIN-GA Pravastatin sodium PRODUCT INFORMAT Leer el documento completo