The medicine "Torvakard" instructions for use relate to the pharmacological group of lipid-lowering drugs. The active component of the drug is atorvastatin.
The medicine "Torvacard". Instructions for use: indications
A medication is prescribed (in combination with a diet) for the treatment of patients with high triglycerides, as well as patients with dysbetalipoproteinemia, diet therapy in which does not have an adequate effect.
The drug "Torvakard" instructions for use recommends to lower cholesterol, LDL-C ( low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ), apolipoprotein B, triglycerides. A medicine is prescribed for patients with elevated HDL-C in cases of primary, familial heterozygous, non-familial hypercholesterolemia and combined type hyperlipidemia. In these cases, the drug "Torvakard" is used in combination with diet therapy.
The medicine is prescribed to lower the level of total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and cholesterol in patients with familial homozygous hypercholesterolemia in cases of lack of therapeutic efficacy of diet therapy and other non-pharmacological methods of exposure.
Before starting treatment with the drug "Torvakard", the instructions for use recommend that you adhere to a standard lipid-lowering diet (low in cholesterol and easily digestible carbohydrates). The established diet must be continued throughout the entire therapeutic course.
The initial dosage is ten milligrams. The drug is taken at any time of the day, once, regardless of food. The dose can be from ten to eighty milligrams.
Dosage selection is carried out in accordance with the initial low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, individual response and treatment goal.
The adjustment of the amount of medication taken is carried out every two or four weeks from the start of treatment and after increasing the dose based on the control of plasma lipids.
With mixed type hyperlipidemia and primary hypercholesterolemia, as a rule, it is enough to take ten milligrams once a day.
Therapeutic efficacy is noted after two weeks, after four weeks the effect reaches its maximum. With prolonged treatment, the result is preserved.
The medicine "Torvacard". Contraindications
Do not prescribe a medicine for severe pathologies in the liver, with hypersensitivity, pregnancy. The drug is not recommended for patients under the age of eighteen years due to the lack of information about safety and effectiveness when taken.
There is no information on the ability of the active component of the drug "Torvakard" to penetrate the milk of a nursing woman. Due to the likelihood of undesirable consequences in infants during the treatment period, lactation should be discontinued.
During treatment, women of reproductive age are advised to use reliable contraceptives.
With extreme caution, the drug is prescribed for chronic alcoholism, disorders in the electrolyte balance of severe course, liver diseases, arterial hypotension, epilepsy (uncontrolled), diseases of the skeletal muscles, injuries, surgical interventions (extensive), as well as metabolic and endocrine disorders.
In case of an overdose, a manifestation of arterial hypotension is likely . In this case, symptomatic treatment is indicated.
The drug "Torvakard" analogues has the following: "Liptonorm", "Lipitor", "Atomax" and others.
Before using the medicine, you must familiarize yourself with the annotation, study all the possible side effects.