Active ingredients: Bezafibrate
Bezafibrate 200 mg Film-coated Tablets.
Film-coated tablet.
Bezafibrate 200 mg Film-coated Tablets are 10mm, round normal convex white film-coated tablets, debossed “BZ/200” on one side and “G” on the other.
Each tablet contains: 200 mg of bezafibrate.
Excipient with known effect: Each tablet contains 1.56 mg lactose.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
Bezafibrate lowers elevated blood lipids (triglycerides and cholesterol). Elevated VLDL and LDL are reduced by treatment with bezafibrate, whilst HDL-levels are increased. Furthermore, cholesterol biosynthesis is reduced by bezafibrate, which is accompanied by a stimulation of the LDL receptor-mediated lipoprotein catabolism.
Bezafibrate 200 mg Film-coated Tablets contain the following excipients:
Tablet core excipients:
Silica, colloidal anhydrous
Magnesium stearate
Maize starch
Cellulose, microcrystalline
Povidone
Purified talc
Sodium starch glycolate
Film coat excipients:
Hypromellose
Lactose
Macrogol
Titanium dioxide (E171)
Bezafibrate 200 mg Film-coated Tablets are available in either: -
Not all pack sizes may be marketed.
Generics [UK] Ltd t/a Mylan, Station Close, Potters Bar, Herts, EN6 1TL
PL 04569/0390
26 October 1999 / 8 April 2005