Rozavi 20 Mg 28 Tablets

Description

ROZAVI belongs to a group of medicines called Statins. You have been prescribed ROZAVI because: You have a high cholesterol level. This means you are at risk from a heart attack or stroke. ROZAVI is used in adults, adolescents and children 6 years or older to treat high cholesterol. You have been advised to take a statin, because changing your diet and taking more exercise were not enough to correct your cholesterol levels. You should continue with your cholesterol-lowering diet and exercise while you are taking ROZAVI . Or You have other factors that increase your risk of having a heart attack, stroke or related health problems. Heart attack, stroke and other problems can be caused by a disease called atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is due to build of fatty deposits in your arteries. ROZAVI is used to correct the levels of fatty substances in the blood called lipids, the most common of which is cholesterol. How to use Usual doses in adults If you are taking ROZAVI for high cholesterol: Starting dose Your treatment with ROZAVI must start with the 5 mg or the 10 mg dose, even if you have taken a higher dose of a different statin before. Taking your tablets Swallow each tablet whole with a drink of water. Take ROZAVI once daily. You can take it at any time of the day with or without food. Try to take your tablet at the same time every day to help you to remember it. Warnings and precautions Do not take ROZAVI: If you have ever had an allergic reaction to ROZAVI , or to any of its ingredients. If you are pregnant or breast-feeding. If you have liver disease. If you have severe kidney problems. If you have repeated or unexplained muscle aches or pains. If you take a drug called ciclosporin (used, for example, after organ transplants) If any of the above applies to you (or you are in doubt), please go back and see your doctor. Warnings and precautions Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Rozavi. If you have problems with your kidneys. If you have problems with your liver. If you have had repeated or unexplained muscle aches or pains, a personal or family history of muscle problems, or a previous history of muscle problems when taking other cholesterol-lowering medicines. If you regularly drink large amounts of alcohol. If your thyroid gland is not working properly. If you take other medicines called fibrates to lower your cholesterol. If you take medicines used to treat the HIV infection e.g. ritonavir with lopinavir and/or atazanavir, please see If you are taking or have taken in the last 7 days a medicine called fusidic acid (a medicine for bacterial infection), orally or by injection If you are over 70 Side Effects Stop taking ROZAVI and seek medical help immediately if you have any of the following allergic reactions: Difficulty in breathing, with or without swelling of the face, lips, tongue and/or throat Swelling of the face, lips, tongue and/or throat, which may cause difficulty in swallowing Severe itching of the skin (with raised lumps). Also, stop taking ROZAVI and talk to your doctor immediately if you have any unusual aches or pains in your muscles which go on for longer than you might expect. Muscle symptoms are more common in children and adolescents than in adults. As with other statins, a very small number of people have experienced unpleasant muscle effects and rarely these have gone on to become a potentially life threatening muscle damage known as rhabdomyolysis. Common possible side effects (these may affect between 1 in 10 and 1 in 100 patients): Headache Stomach pain Constipation Feeling sick Muscle pain Feeling weak Dizziness Diabetes Storage Information Store below 30°C. Drug Interactions Tell your doctor if you are taking any of the following: ciclosporin (used for example, after organ transplants), warfarin or clopidogrel ( or any other drug used for thinning the blood), fibrates (such as gemfibrozil, fenofibrate) or any other medicine used to lower cholesterol ( such as ezetimibe) , indigestion remedies ( used to neutralize acid in your stomach), erythromycin (an antibiotic), fusidic acid (an antibiotic-please see warnings and precautions), an oral contraceptive (the pill), hormone replacement therapy or anti-viral medications such as (ritonavir with lopinavir and/or atazanavir or simeprevir (used to treat infections, including HIV or hepatitis C infection – please see Warnings and precautions). The effects of these medicines could be changed by ROZAVI or they could change the effects of ROZAVI Ingredients The active substance is rosuvastatin The other ingredients are: Crospovidone, Tribasic calcium phosphate, Lactose Fast Flow, Avicel PH 102, Magnesium stearate & Opadry Pink Specifications ROZAVI 20 mg is Pink Round Shaped, biconcave from both sides, film coated tablets embossed with SJ 575 on one side.