Ezetimib Stada
This medicine helps lower high cholesterol levels in your blood by reducing cholesterol absorption and increasing good cholesterol.
Form
tabletti
Strength
10 mg
Active Ingredient
Ezetimibe
Manufacturer
STADA Arzneimittel AG
How to Use
Dosage
Take one 10 mg tablet once a day.
Method
Swallow the tablet whole. You can take it at any time of day, with or without food.
Important
Do not take more than one 10 mg tablet per day.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Abdominal pain
- •Diarrhea
- •Gas
- •Feeling tired
- •Headache
- •Muscle pain
- •Muscle tenderness or weakness
- •Increase in certain liver function blood test values
RARE
- •Increase in certain blood test values for liver or muscle function
- •Cough
- •Indigestion
- •Heartburn
- •Nausea
- •Joint pain
- •Muscle cramps
- •Neck pain
- •Decreased appetite
- •General pain
- •Chest pain
- •Hot flashes
- •High blood pressure
- •Tingling sensation
- •Dry mouth
- •Itching
- •Rash
- •Hives
- •Back pain
- •Muscle weakness
- •Pain in arms and legs
- •Unusual tiredness or weakness
- •Swelling, especially in hands and feet
- •Dizziness
- •Liver problems (general)
- •Raised, red, sometimes target-like rash (erythema multiforme)
- •Muscle breakdown
- •Gallstones or inflammation of the gallbladder (may cause abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting)
- •Inflammation of the pancreas (often with severe abdominal pain)
- •Constipation
- •Decrease in blood cell count (may cause bruising or bleeding)
- •Depression
- •Shortness of breath
Important Warnings
- Do not take this medicine if you are allergic to ezetimibe or any other ingredients.
- Do not take this medicine with a statin if you have liver disease.
- Do not take this medicine with a statin if you are pregnant, planning to get pregnant, or breastfeeding.
- Your doctor will do blood tests to check your liver function before and during treatment if you take this medicine with a statin.
- This medicine is not recommended if you have serious liver disease.
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- Contact a doctor right away if you get unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness. These can be serious and, in rare cases, lead to kidney damage.
- Get urgent medical help if you have an allergic reaction like swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat, which makes it hard to breathe or swallow.
Use in Elderly Patients
Category A
Suitable for older adults. The effectiveness of the drug alone without statin is modest. (updated 15.5.2023)