देश: आयरलैंड
भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
स्रोत: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
ROSUVASTATIN (AS CALCIUM)
Clonmel Healthcare Ltd
ROSUVASTATIN (AS CALCIUM)
15 Milligram
Film Coated Tablet
Product subject to prescription which may be renewed (B)
Withdrawn
2014-03-27
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Crevastin 15 mg film coated tablet 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each film-coated tablet contains 15 mg rosuvastatin (as rosuvastatin calcium). Excipients with known effect: each film-coated tablet contains 86.0 mg lactose monohydrate and 0.12 mg soybean lecithin. For the full list of excipients, see Section 6.1. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Film-coated tablet. White, round, biconvex film-coated tablets, debossed with “R9UN 15” on one side and on the other side scored. The score line is not intended for breaking the tablets 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS TREATMENT OF HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA Adults, adolescents and children aged 10 years or older with primary hypercholesterolaemia (type IIa), excluding heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia) or with 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 risk factors. 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. Rosuvastatin may be given at any time of the day, with or without food. TREATMENT OF HYPERCHOLE पूरा दस्तावेज़ पढ़ें