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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Adolescents aged 6 to 17 years is 5 to 20 mg once daily. The usual start dose is 5 mg per day, and your doctor may gradually increase your dose to find the right amount of rosuvastatin for you.The maximum daily dose of rosuvastatin is 10 mg or 20 mg for children aged 6 to 17 years depending on your underlying condition being treated. Take your dose once a day. Rosuvastatin 40 mg tablet should not be used by children.Swallow each tablet whole with a drink of water.Take rosuvastatin once daily. You can take it at any time of the day with or without food.Try to take your tablet at the same time every day to help you to remember it.It is important to go back to your doctor for regular cholesterol checks to make sure your cholesterol has reached and is staying at the correct level.Your doctor may decide to increase your dose so that you are taking the amount of rosuvastatin that is right for you.Contact your doctor or nearest hospital for advice.If you go into hospital or receive treatment for another condition, tell the medical staff that you’re taking rosuvastatin.Don’t worry, just take your next scheduled dose at the correct time. Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose.Talk to your doctor if you want to stop taking rosuvastatin. Your cholesterol levels might increase again if you stop taking rosuvastatin.If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.It is important that you are aware of what these side effects may be. They are usually mild and disappear after a short time.Stop taking rosuvastatin and seek medical help immediately if you have any of the following allergic reactions (rare side effect):Difficulty in breathing, with or without swelling of the face, lips, tongue and/or throat.Swelling of the face, lips, tongue and/or throat, which may cause difficulty in swallowing.Severe itching of the skin (with raised lumps).Reddish non-elevated, target-like or circular patches on the trunk, often with central blisters, skin peeling, ulcers of mouth, throat, nose, genitals and eyes. These serious skin rashes can be preceded by fever and flu-like symptoms (Stevens-Johnson syndrome).Widespread rash, high body temperature and enlarged lymph nodes (DRESS syndrome or drug hypersensitivity syndrome).Also, stop taking rosuvastatin and talk to your doctor immediately if youhave any unusual aches or pains in your muscles which go on for longer than you might expect. Muscle symptoms are more common in children and adolescents than in adults. As with other statins, a very small number of people have experienced unpleasant muscle effects and rarely these have gone on to become a potentially life threatening muscle damage known as rhabdomyolysis (rare side effect).experience muscle rupturehave lupus-like disease syndrome (including rash, joint disorders and effects on blood cells).The following adverse reactions have been reported with rosuvastatin (the active substance of this medicine):Common possible side effects (may affect
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