All the Drug Class Drugs
HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor, Lipid Modifying Agent. Ezetimibe 10 mg, Atorvastatin 10, 20, 40, 80 mg. F.C. TABS.: 30. Hypercholesterolaemia and/or CHD with ACS History). The pt. should be on an appropriate lipid-lower. diet and should cont. on this diet during tmt. with this drug.
The dose range is 10/10 mg/d. through 10/80 mg/d. The typical dose is 10/10 mg ×1/d. The pt’s. low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level, CHD status, and response to current cholesterol-lower. ther. should be consid. when starting ther. or adjust. the dose.
The dose should be individual. based on the known efficacy of the various dose strengths of and the response to the current cholesterol-lower. ther. Adjust. of dose should be made at intervals of 4 wks. or more.
HoFH: 10/10-10/80 mg dly. The drug may be used as an adjunct to other lipid-lower. tmts. (e.g., LDL apheresis) in these pts. or if such tms. are unavailab.
May be taken with/without food.
Prevent. of Cardiovasc. Event: Indicat. to reduce the risk of cardiovasc. events in pts. with coron. heart dis.(CHD) and a hist. of acute coron. syndr. (ACS), either previous. treated with a statin or not.
Hypercholesterolaemia: The drug indicat. as adjunct. ther. to diet for use in adult. with prim. (heterozygous famil. and non-famil.) hypercholesterolaemia or mixed hyperlipidaemia where use of a comb. product is appropriate, pts. not appropriat. control. with a statin alone, pts. already treated with a statin and ezetimibe.
Homozyg. Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (HoFH): Indicat. as adjunct. ther. to diet for use in adults with HoFH. Pts. may also receive adjunct. tmts. (e.g., low-density lipoprotein [LDL] apheresis).
C/I: Hypersens. Preg., lact. , and in women of child-bear. potent.
