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Zyrova 10 contains the active ingredient Rosuvastatin, which inhibits and competes with active ingredients such as HMG-CoA reductase, and the enzyme active ingredient has a rate-limiting effect on the conversion of 3-hydroxy-3 methylglutaryl coenzyme coenzyme A to mevalonate - precursor of cholesterol. Zyrova 10 acts primarily in the liver and helps lower cholesterol.1. Functions and effects of the drug Zyrova 10
The drug Zyrova 10 or Zyrova 5 or Zyrova 20 with ingredients including the active ingredient Rosuvastatin is commonly used by doctors in the indications of adjunctive therapy in patients who have not responded adequately to diet as well as other therapies. Other methods such as the use of lipid-lowering drugs or therapeutic exercise or weight loss. So what does zyrova 10 cure?
The drug zyrova 10 with the active ingredient is able to convert 3-hydroxy-3 methylglutaryl coenzyme coenzyme A compounds into mevalonate - a precursor of cholesterol and has effects in:
Treatment of primary hypercholesterolemia with type 2a including heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia or mixed dyslipidemia type 2b. Treatment of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia Treatment of primary beta-lipoproteinemia with type 3 hyperlipoproteinemia Treatment of symptomatic adults with hypertriglyceridemia Assists in slowing the development of atherosclerotic disease arteries or heart-related diseases. Helps prevent cardiovascular events such as stroke, myocardial infarction or coronary heart disease... in high-risk patients. Not only that, the drug also has a number of other effects and has been listed on the drug label. These functions have all been approved, but when using the drug, you still need a doctor's prescription to use the drug effectively.
2. How to use Zyrova 10 in the treatment of diseases?
What is Zyrova 10 mg? Zyrova drug in the form of film-coated tablets with strengths of 5mg, 10mg, 20mg.
2.1. Indication of Zyrova for adults Regarding the dose for Asians, it is possible to consider starting a dose of 5m/day for patients, then the dose will be examined and adjusted by the doctor. the drug achieves the desired effect in the treatment of the disease. Indications for the use of low-dose drugs to be effective in the following cases:
Treatment of hypercholesterolemia with the recommended initial dose of 5mg or 10mg x 1 time / day. In case of need, the doctor will increase the dose every 4 weeks and the dosage can be up to 20 mg/day. In severe cases of hypercholesterolemia, which may not respond to 20 mg, the doctor may consider a dose of 40 mg/day and must be closely monitored. To prevent cardiovascular events, the doctor may prescribe a dose of 20 mg x 1 time / day. With some specific cases, it may not be necessary to adjust the dose of the drug used for elderly patients, or people with mild to moderate renal impairment 2.2 Indications to use Zyrova for children Children under 10 years of age can be Indications to use Zyrova but need a doctor's opinion and monitoring. What does Zyrova 10 cure for children?
For children, Zyrova has the effect of helping to raise blood cholesterol heterozygous familial with a dose of 5 to 20 mg and taken once a day. Or help with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia in cases where children from 8 years of age and older can use a dosage of 20mg once daily.
In children when using Zyrova drug can be recommended a maximum dose of about 20 mg / day
3. How to use Zyrova 10
Zyrovas in 10 or 5 or 20 strengths can be taken once daily orally as prescribed by your doctor. You can take this medicine at any time of the day or before or after eating.
To use the drug to ensure the required effects, when taking the medicine, you should swallow the tablet whole with a sip of water. Be careful not to chew or crush or break the medicine.
When you overdose on Zyrova and in an emergency, you should call an ambulance or go to the nearest local medical facility for timely treatment. In addition, it is also important to keep a record or bring a list of all medications that you have ever taken, including prescription and non-prescription, so that the doctor can handle it properly. The management of emergency situations, overdose of Zyrova should focus on treating the symptoms of the situation, applying supportive measures in case of need, as well as monitoring liver functions. and creatinine kinase levels during treatment.
Or in case of forgetting to take the medicine according to the prescribed dose, you can take it as soon as you remember. However, if this dose is close to the next dose, you can skip the missed dose and continue taking the next dose at the prescribed time. Do not use two doses of Zyrova in a row within 12 hours.
4. Possible side effects when using Zyrova
When using the drug Zyrova may occur side effects. However, there may be some common signs such as headache, dizziness, constipation, bloating, nausea, muscle pain, weakness, increased blood sugar. In addition, rare side effects such as hypersensitivity reactions to the drug causing angioedema, pancreatitis or severe stomach pain, or elevated liver transaminases, or muscle-related diseases have been reported. such as myositis, or hemolysis, or thrombocytopenia. Moreover, a few cases will experience very rare side effects such as memory loss, jaundice, hepatitis, joint pain, hematuria, ... In addition to these side effects, sometimes it is also possible. other side effects occur. This can happen to anyone. Therefore, if you use Zyrova, you should consult and monitor from your doctor.
5. Notes on using Zyrova
In addition to the doctor's prescription to use Zyrova, some ingredients will not be used with contraindications to Zyrova 10 or 5 or 20. For example: Patients who are allergic to the active ingredient rosuvastatin or other ingredients of the drug Zyrova. Or the patient has conditions associated with advanced liver disease, such as unexplained persistent elevations in serum transaminases or when serum levels are elevated more than 3 times i.e. upper limit of normal. Either in patients with severe renal impairment with creatinine clearance <30ml/min or with inflammatory myopathies, or in patients taking the cyclosporin component concurrently, or in patients with interstitial pneumonia.
For patients using a dose of 40mg will be contraindicated in some cases that may have predisposing factors to myopathy or rhabdomyolysis such as: renal failure with creatinine clearance <60ml/min. or the patient has hypothyroidism or the patient has a medical/family history of inherited muscle disorders. Either the patient has a state of body intoxication caused by the inhibitor or the person has an alcohol addiction that causes an increase in the drug concentration in the blood plasma or has diabetes or the patient is older than 70 years old...
In addition, patients may experience some effects on bones, such as muscle pain, rhabdomyolysis, .. In the process of using the drug, the patient should notify and keep in touch with the doctor for the body to recognize. timely symptoms affected during the use of the drug. In particular, patients with hereditary conditions of galactose intolerance or the Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption should not use this medicine.
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