Active Ingredient: Pravastatin
Children and adolescents (8-18 years of age) with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Oral
40 - 40 mg
From 40 To 40 mg once every day
The recommended dose range is 10–20 mg once daily between 8 and 13 years of age as doses greater than 20 mg have not been studied in this population and 10-40 mg daily between 14 and 18 years of age.
Pravastatin sodium is administered orally once daily preferably in the evening with or without food.
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