AVANOR 20 mg. 30 tablets

WHAT AVANOR AND WHAT IT IS USED
Avanor belongs to a group of medicines known as statins, which regulate blood fats. Avanor is used to reduce the amount of blood fats known as triglycerides and cholesterol when diet low in fat and changes in lifestyle have not led to satisfactory results. If you have an increased risk of heart disease, Avanor can be used to reduce this risk even if your cholesterol level is normal. You should continue to follow the standard cholesterol lowering diet during treatment.

Cholesterol is a substance that is normally found in the body and is necessary for normal growth. However, if your body has too much cholesterol, it can be deposited on the walls of blood vessels gradually become blocked. This is one of the causes of heart disease. It is recognized that elevated levels of cholesterol increase the risk of heart disease. Other factors that will increase the risk of such disease include high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, insufficient exercise, smoking or person with established heart disease in the family.

BEFORE YOU TAKE AVANOR
Do not take Avanor:
- If you are allergic to atorvastatin or to any more good medicine used to lower blood lipids or to any component of this medication.
- If you have or have had a disease that affects the liver
- If you have unexplained laboratory abnormalities of liver
- If you are a woman who may become pregnant and are not using reliable contraception
- If you are pregnant, trying to become pregnant or breast-feeding
- If you have a muscle disorder called myopathy

ADMISSION OF AVANOR with food and drink
Grapefruit juice
Do not drink more than one or two small cups of grapefruit juice daily, as large quantities of juice may alter the effect of atorvastatin

alcohol
Do not drink large amounts of alcohol while taking this medicine.

Pregnancy and lactation
Avanor not take if you are pregnant or trying to become pregnant. Women who could become pregnant should use reliable contraception during treatment.
Do not take Avanor if you are breastfeeding.

DRIVE AND USE MACHINES
Do not drive if this medicine affects your ability to drive. Do not use any tools or machines if your ability to work with them has been changed by this medicine.

Important information about some of the ingredients of AVANOR
This product contains lactose. If your doctor ever said that you have an intolerance to some sugars, consult him before taking this product.

HOW TO TAKE AVANOR?
The usual starting dose of Avanor is 10 mg once daily. This dose may be increased, if necessary, on the recommendation of your doctor until the required amount. Your doctor will adjust the dose at intervals of 4 weeks or greater. Maskimalnata daily dose en Avanor is 80 mg once daily.
Avanor tablets should be swallowed whole with a drink of water and can be taken at any time of day with or without food.
Before starting treatment, your doctor will recommend niskoholesterolova diet that you must follow during treatment with Avanor
The duration of treatment with Avanor is determined by your doctor.


POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
The following side effects are important and require immediate intervention, if you get:
- Sudden allergic reaction with shortness of breath, wheezing, rash and low blood pressure or swelling of the face, tongue and eyelids, which could cause serious difficulty in breathing. These are very rare reactions can be serious if they occur.
- Serious condition with blistering of the skin, mouth, eyes and genitals.
- Rarely patients received muscle weakness or inflammation, and very rarely this condition has progressed to serious, potentially life-threatening condition. If you have muscle weakness, tenderness, or pain and particularly, if at the same time you feel unwell or have a fever, stop taking Avanor.

Very rare conditions:
- If you get problems with unexpected or unusual bleeding or bruising under the skin that may suggest liver complaint.

Other possible side effects:
common - nausea, abdominal pain, constipation, indigestion, headache, muscle pain, weakness, diarrhea, insomnia, dizziness, chest pain, allergic reactions, tingling or numbness of the fingers and toes, decreased skin sensitivity to light touch or pain in the joints and back, swelling, particularly of the ankles, fatigue, skin rash, itching.

not common - loss of appetite, vomiting, skin rash, a disease of the muscles, unexpected bleeding or bruising, ringing in the ears and / or head, weight gain, memory loss, hives, feeling unwell, impotence, hair loss, inflammation the pancreas leading to stomach pain, increased or decreased blood sugar levels.

rare - inflammation of the liver, jaundice

very rare - plakoviden red rash, change in taste, visual disturbances, changes in liver function, hearing loss, breast enlargement in men and women, damage to tendons.


MORE INFORMATION:
The active ingredient of atorvastatin is Avanor
Each tablet contains 20 mg of 20 mg of atorvastatin as atorvastatin calcium.
The other ingredients are lactose monohydrate, crospovidone, magnesium carbonate, lightweight silica colloidal anhydrous, magnesium stearate. The film coating of Avanor contains polydextrose, titanium dioxide, hypromellose and Macrogol 4000.