Țară: Irlanda
Limbă: engleză
Sursă: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
SIMVASTATIN
Norton Waterford
SIMVASTATIN
40 Milligram
Film Coated Tablet
Product subject to prescription which may be renewed (B)
Withdrawn
2013-01-25
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Simvastatin 40mg film-coated tablet 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each film-coated tablet contains 40 mg simvastatin. Excipients: Each film-coated tablet contains 278 mg lactose monohydrate. Product also contains soya lecithin. For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Film-coated tablet Dark-pink film-coated tablets, lenticular in shape, provided with a break line on one side. The tablets may be divided into equal halves only following a doctor’s instructions. The tablets are not to be broken by hand (see section 4.2). 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Hypercholesterolaemia Treatment of 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. Treatment of homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia as an adjunct to diet and other lipid-lowering treatments (e.g. LDL apheresis) or if such treatments are not appropriate. Cardiovascular prevention Reduction of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in patients with manifested atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or diabetes mellitus, with either normal or increased cholesterol levels, as an adjunct to correction of other risk factors and other cardioprotective therapy (see section 5.1). 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION The dosage range is 5-80 mg/day given orally as a single dose in the evening. Adjustments of dosage, if required, should be made at intervals of not less than 4 weeks, to a maximum of 80 mg/day given as a single dose in the evening. The 80-mg dose is only recommended in patients with severe hypercholesterolaemia and high risk of cardiovascular complications. Hyper Citiți documentul complet