ROSUVASTATIN CALCIUM

ROSUVASTATIN CALCIUM- rosuvastatin calcium tablet
Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE

Pediatric use information for patients 7 to 17 years of age is approved for AstraZeneca’s CRESTOR (rosuvastatin calcium) tablets. However, due to AstraZeneca’s marketing exclusivity rights, this drug product is not labeled with that pediatric information.

1.3 Hypertriglyceridemia

Rosuvastatin calcium tablets are indicated as adjunctive therapy to diet for the treatment of adult patients with hypertriglyceridemia.

1.4 Primary Dysbetalipoproteinemia (Type III Hyperlipoproteinemia)

Rosuvastatin calcium tablets are indicated as an adjunct to diet for the treatment of adult patients with primary dysbetalipoproteinemia (Type III Hyperlipoproteinemia).

1.5 Adult Patients with Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Rosuvastatin calcium tablets are indicated as adjunctive therapy to other lipid-lowering treatments (e.g., LDL apheresis) or alone if such treatments are unavailable to reduce LDL-C, Total-C, and ApoB in adult patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

1.8 Limitations of Use

Rosuvastatin calcium tablets have not been studied in Fredrickson Type I and V dyslipidemias.

2 DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION

2.1 General Dosing Information

The dose range for rosuvastatin calcium tablet in adults is 5 to 40 mg orally once daily. The usual starting dose is 10 to 20 mg once daily. The usual starting dose in adult patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is 20 mg once daily.

The maximum rosuvastatin calcium tablet dose of 40 mg should be used only for those patients who have not achieved their LDL-C goal utilizing the 20 mg dose [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS (5.1)].

Rosuvastatin calcium tablets can be administered as a single dose at any time of day, with or without food. The tablet should be swallowed whole.

When initiating rosuvastatin calcium tablets therapy or switching from another HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor therapy, the appropriate rosuvastatin calcium tablets starting dose should first be utilized, and only then titrated according to the patient’s response and individualized goal of therapy.

After initiation or upon titration of rosuvastatin calcium tablets, lipid levels should be analyzed within 2 to 4 weeks and the dosage adjusted accordingly.

Pediatric use information for patients 7 to 17 years of age is approved for AstraZeneca’s CRESTOR (rosuvastatin calcium) tablets. However, due to AstraZeneca’s marketing exclusivity rights, this drug product is not labeled with that pediatric information.

2.3 Dosing in Asian Patients

In Asian patients, consider initiation of rosuvastatin calcium tablets therapy with 5 mg once daily due to increased rosuvastatin plasma concentrations. The increased systemic exposure should be taken into consideration when treating Asian patients not adequately controlled at doses up to 20 mg/day [see USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS (8.8) and CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY (12.3)].

2.4 Use with Concomitant Therapy

Patients taking cyclosporine

The dose of rosuvastatin calcium tablets should not exceed 5 mg once daily [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS (5.1), DRUG INTERACTIONS (7.1) and CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY (12.3)].

Patients taking gemfibrozil

Avoid concomitant use of rosuvastatin calcium tablets with gemfibrozil. If concomitant use cannot be avoided, initiate rosuvastatin calcium tablets at 5 mg once daily. The dose of rosuvastatin calcium tablets should not exceed 10 mg once daily [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS (5.1), DRUG INTERACTIONS (7.2) and CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY (12.3)].

Patients taking atazanavir and ritonavir, lopinavir and ritonavir, or simeprevir

Initiate rosuvastatin calcium tablets therapy with 5 mg once daily. The dose of rosuvastatin calcium tablets should not exceed 10 mg once daily [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS (5.1), DRUG INTERACTIONS (7.3) and CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY (12.3)].

2.5 Dosing in Patients with Severe Renal Impairment

For patients with severe renal impairment (CLcr <30 mL/min/1.73 m2) not on hemodialysis, dosing of rosuvastatin calcium tablets should be started at 5 mg once daily and not exceed 10 mg once daily [see USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS (8.6) and CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY (12.3)].

3 DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS

5 mg: Yellow, round, biconvex, film-coated tablets, debossed with “LU” on one side and “F61” on the other side.

10 mg: Pink, oval shaped, biconvex, film-coated tablets, debossed with “LU” on one side and “F62” on the other side.

20 mg: Pink, round, biconvex, film-coated tablets, debossed with “LU” on one side and “F63” on the other side.

40 mg: Pink, oval shaped, biconvex, film-coated tablets, debossed with “LU” on one side and “F64” on the other side.

4 CONTRAINDICATIONS

Rosuvastatin calcium is contraindicated in the following conditions:

  • Patients with a known hypersensitivity to any component of this product. Hypersensitivity reactions including rash, pruritus, urticaria, and angioedema have been reported with rosuvastatin calcium [see ADVERSE REACTIONS (6.1)].
  • Patients with active liver disease, which may include unexplained persistent elevations of hepatic transaminase levels [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS (5.2)].
  • Pregnancy [see USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS (8.1, 8.3)].
  • Lactation. Limited data indicate that rosuvastatin calcium is present in human milk. Because statins have the potential for serious adverse reactions in nursing infants, women who require rosuvastatin calcium treatment should not breastfeed their infants [see USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS (8.2)].

5 WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS

5.1 Skeletal Muscle Effects

Cases of myopathy and rhabdomyolysis with acute renal failure secondary to myoglobinuria have been reported with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, including rosuvastatin calcium. These risks can occur at any dose level, but are increased at the highest dose (40 mg).

Rosuvastatin calcium should be prescribed with caution in patients with predisposing factors for myopathy (e.g., age ≥ 65 years, inadequately treated hypothyroidism, renal impairment).

The risk of myopathy during treatment with rosuvastatin calcium may be increased with concurrent administration of some other lipid-lowering therapies (fibrates or niacin), gemfibrozil, cyclosporine, atazanavir/ritonavir, lopinavir/ritonavir, or simeprevir [see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION (2) and DRUG INTERACTIONS (7)]. Cases of myopathy, including rhabdomyolysis, have been reported with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, including rosuvastatin, coadministered with colchicine, and caution should be exercised when prescribing rosuvastatin calcium with colchicine [see DRUG INTERACTIONS (7.7)].

Rosuvastatin calcium therapy should be discontinued if markedly elevated creatine kinase levels occur or myopathy is diagnosed or suspected. Rosuvastatin calcium therapy should also be temporarily withheld in any patient with an acute, serious condition suggestive of myopathy or predisposing to the development of renal failure secondary to rhabdomyolysis (e.g., sepsis, hypotension, dehydration, major surgery, trauma, severe metabolic, endocrine, and electrolyte disorders, or uncontrolled seizures).

There have been rare reports of immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM), an autoimmune myopathy, associated with statin use. IMNM is characterized by: proximal muscle weakness and elevated serum creatine kinase, which persist despite discontinuation of statin treatment; muscle biopsy showing necrotizing myopathy without significant inflammation; improvement with immunosuppressive agents.

All patients should be advised to promptly report to their physician unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness, particularly if accompanied by malaise or fever or if muscle signs and symptoms persist after discontinuing rosuvastatin calcium.

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