Product Overview
[Drug Name]
Generic Name: Atorvastatin Calcium Tablets
Trade Name: Medix Atorvastatin Calcium Tablets 20mg x 28 Tablets
[Main Ingredient]
Atorvastatin Calcium.
[Properties]
Metradiz Atorvastatin Calcium Tablets are white film-coated tablets that appear white when the film coating is removed.
[Indications/Main Functions]
For the treatment of hypercholesterolemia and combined hyperlipidemia; prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease and stroke.
[Specifications]
20mg x 28 tablets
[Dosage and Administration]
Usual adult oral dose: 10-20mg once daily, taken with dinner. The dose can be adjusted as needed, but the maximum daily dose should not exceed 80mg.
[Adverse Reactions]
1. The most common adverse reaction is gastrointestinal discomfort; others include headache, rash, dizziness, blurred vision, and taste disturbances.
2. Occasionally, it may cause a reversible increase in serum aminotransferase levels. Therefore, liver function should be monitored. 3. Rare adverse reactions include impotence and insomnia.
4. Rare adverse reactions include myositis, myalgia, and rhabdomyolysis, manifesting as muscle pain, fatigue, fever, and accompanied by elevated blood creatine phosphokinase and myoglobinuria. Rhabdomyolysis can lead to renal failure, but this is rare. Concomitant use of this product with immunosuppressants, folic acid biologics, niacin, gemfibrozil, erythromycin, etc. may increase the risk of myopathy.
5. Hepatitis, pancreatitis, and allergic reactions such as angioedema have been reported.
[Precautions]
1. Patients allergic to atorvastatin are contraindicated. Medina Atorvastatin Calcium Tablets should be used with caution in patients allergic to other HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors.
2. Patients with active liver disease or persistently elevated blood aminotransferases of unknown cause are contraindicated.
