Inside, the tablet can not be chewed and chopped, swallowed whole, washed down with enough water, you can take any time, any day, regardless of food intake.If you need to take the drug at a dose of 5 mg, you should divide the tablet with a dosage of 10 mg.
Before starting therapy with Rosuvastatin Canon, the patient should begin to follow the standard hypocholesterolemic diet and continue to observe it during treatment. The dose of the drug should be selected individually depending on the purpose of therapy and the therapeutic response to treatment, taking into account the current recommendations for target levels of lipids.
The recommended initial dose for patients starting to take the drug or for patients transferred from other HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors should be 5 mg (1/2 tablet of 10 mg) or 10 mg of rosuvastatin canon once a day.
When taking a drug with gemfibrozil, fibrates, nicotinic acid at a dose of more than 1 g / day, the recommended initial dose of the drug is 5 mg (1/2 tablet of 10 mg).
When choosing the initial dose should be guided by an individual cholesterol level and take into account the possible risk of cardiovascular complications, as well as the potential risk of side effects.If necessary, the dose may be increased to greater after 4 weeks.
In connection with the possible development of side effects when taking a dose of 40 mg, compared with lower doses of the drug, increasing the dose to 40 mg, after additional doses above the recommended initial dose for 4 weeks of therapy, can only be carried out in patients with severe 'the degree of hypercholesterolemia and the high risk of cardiovascular complications (especially in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia) who did not achieve the desired result of therapy when taking a dose of 20 mg and which will be monitored cha. It is recommended especially careful monitoring of patients receiving the drug in a dose of 40 mg.
It is not recommended to use a dose of 40 mg in patients who have not previously consulted a doctor. After 2-4 weeks of therapy and / or with an increase in the dose of the drug, control of lipid metabolism parameters is necessary (if necessary, dose correction is required).
Elderly patients
No dose adjustment is required.
Patients with renal insufficiency
In patients with mild or moderate renal insufficiency, dose adjustment is not required.Contraindicated the use of all dosages of the drug in patients with severe renal failure. (SC less than 30 ml / min). Contraindicated use of the drug in a dose of 40 mg to patients with moderate renal dysfunction (CC less than 60 ml / min). Patients with moderate impairment of renal function are recommended an initial dose of 5 mg (1/2 tablet of 10 mg).
Patients with hepatic insufficiency.
Rosuvastatin is contraindicated in patients with liver disease in the active phase. Radel "Contraindications").
The experience of using the drug in patients with hepatic insufficiency above 9 on the Child-Pugh scale is absent.
Special Populations
When studying the pharmacokinetic parameters of rosuvastatin in patients belonging to different ethnic groups, there was an increase in the systemic concentration of rosuvastatin among Japanese and Chinese. It should be taken into account when using this drug Rosuvastatin. The canon of this, a group of patients. When using 10 mg and 20 mg doses, the recommended initial dose for patients of the Asian race is 5 mg (1/2 tablet by 10 mg). Contraindicated use of the drug in a dose of 40 mp in patients of the Asian race.
Patients who are predisposed to myopathy
Contraindicated use of the drug in a dose of 40 mg in patients with factors indicating a predisposition to the development of myopathy. When using 10 mg and 20 mg doses, the recommended initial dose for this group of patients is 5 mg (1/2 tablet of 10 mg).
When used with gemfibrozilom the dose of the drug should not exceed 10 mg / day.