SETHIKA CARE Pharmacy
Bestatin 20 mg
Last updated 24/05/2026 at 02:11
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SETHIKA CARE Pharmacy
271 Yothapol Khemarak Phoumin Blvd (271), Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Prescription notice
Item may require a valid prescription. Please consult your doctor or pharmacist before using new medication.
Indication
Bestatin (Atorvastatin) is used to lower elevated levels of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides, and to raise HDL cholesterol in patients with primary hypercholesterolaemia or mixed dyslipidaemia. It also reduces cardiovascular risk (myocardial infarction, stroke) in high-risk patients.
Ingredients
- Atorvastatin 20 mg
Direction
Adults: usual starting dose 10–20 mg once daily. Dose may be adjusted at 4-week intervals up to 80 mg once daily. Take at any time of day, with or without food.
Side effects
- Nasopharyngitis
- Myalgia (muscle pain)
- Arthralgia
- Diarrhoea
- nausea
- dyspepsia
- Elevated liver transaminases
- Hyperglycaemia
- Headache
- Rare: myopathy
- rhabdomyolysis
Precautions
- Contraindicated in active liver disease or unexplained persistent elevation of serum transaminases.
- Contraindicated in pregnancy and breastfeeding.
- Use with caution in patients with history of myopathy
- monitor creatine kinase.
- Interactions: increased risk of myopathy with cyclosporine
- fibrates
- niacin
- clarithromycin
- HIV protease inhibitors.
- Monitor liver function tests before and during treatment.
Indication
Bestatin (Atorvastatin) is used to lower elevated levels of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides, and to raise HDL cholesterol in patients with primary hypercholesterolaemia or mixed dyslipidaemia. It also reduces cardiovascular risk (myocardial infarction, stroke) in high-risk patients.
Ingredients
- Atorvastatin 20 mg
Direction
Adults: usual starting dose 10–20 mg once daily. Dose may be adjusted at 4-week intervals up to 80 mg once daily. Take at any time of day, with or without food.
Side effects
- Nasopharyngitis
- Myalgia (muscle pain)
- Arthralgia
- Diarrhoea
- nausea
- dyspepsia
- Elevated liver transaminases
- Hyperglycaemia
- Headache
- Rare: myopathy
- rhabdomyolysis
Precautions
- Contraindicated in active liver disease or unexplained persistent elevation of serum transaminases.
- Contraindicated in pregnancy and breastfeeding.
- Use with caution in patients with history of myopathy
- monitor creatine kinase.
- Interactions: increased risk of myopathy with cyclosporine
- fibrates
- niacin
- clarithromycin
- HIV protease inhibitors.
- Monitor liver function tests before and during treatment.
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