Forcad

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What is Forcad

Forcad is in a group of drugs called HMG CoA reductase inhibitors, or "statins." Forcad reduces levels of "bad" cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood, while increasing levels of "good" cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein, or HDL).
Forcad is used to lower cholesterol and triglycerides (types of fat) in the blood.
Forcad is also used to lower the risk of stroke, heart attack, and other heart complications in people with diabetes, coronary heart disease, or other risk factors.
Forcad is used in adults and children who are at least 10 years old.
Forcad may also be used for purposes not listed in Forcad guide.

Forcad side effects

Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
In rare cases, Forcad can cause a condition that results in the breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue, leading to kidney failure. Call your doctor right away if you have unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness especially if you also have fever, unusual tiredness, and dark colored urine.
Also call your doctor at once if you have:

• signs of a kidney problem--little or no urinating; painful or difficult urination; swelling in your feet or ankles; feeling tired or short of breath; or
• liver problems--nausea, upper stomach pain, itching, tired feeling, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice.

Common side effects may include:

• headache;
• constipation, nausea, stomach pain; or
• cold symptoms such as stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat.

This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
See also: Side effects (in more detail)

Forcad dosing

Usual Adult Dose for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease:

Usual dosage range: 5 to 40 mg orally once a day in the evening
Patients with CHD or at high risk of CHD:
Initial dose: 10 to 20 mg orally once a day in the evening started simultaneously with diet and exercise
Patients at high risk for a CHD event due to existing CHD, diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, history of stroke or other cerebrovascular disease:
Initial dose: 40 mg orally once a day in the evening
Comments:
-Therapy should be individualized according to patient response.
-Lipid determinations should be performed after 4 weeks of therapy and periodically thereafter.
-Due to the increased risk of myopathy, particularly during the first year of treatment, use of the 80 mg dose should be restricted to patients who have been taking 80 mg for 12 months or more without evidence of muscle toxicity.

Usual Adult Dose for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction:

Usual dosage range: 5 to 40 mg orally once a day in the evening
Patients with CHD or at high risk of CHD:
Initial dose: 10 to 20 mg orally once a day in the evening started simultaneously with diet and exercise
Patients at high risk for a CHD event due to existing CHD, diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, history of stroke or other cerebrovascular disease:
Initial dose: 40 mg orally once a day in the evening
Comments:
-Therapy should be individualized according to patient response.
-Lipid determinations should be performed after 4 weeks of therapy and periodically thereafter.
-Due to the increased risk of myopathy (including rhabdomyolysis), particularly during the first year of treatment, use of the 80 mg dose should be restricted to patients who have been taking 80 mg for 12 months or more without evidence of muscle toxicity.

Usual Adult Dose for Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia:

Recommended dose: 40 mg orally once a day in the evening
Comments:
-Simvastatin should be used as an adjunct to other lipid-lowering treatments or alone if such treatments are unavailable.

Usual Pediatric Dose for Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia:

Less than 10 years: Not recommended
10 years or older:
Initial dose: 10 mg orally once a day in the evening
Maintenance dose: 10 to 40 mg orally once a day in the evening
Maximum dose: 40 mg orally once a day in the evening
Comments:
-Doses should be individualized according to the goal of therapy.
-Dose adjustments should be made at intervals of 4 weeks or more.
-Prior to treatment initiation patients should be placed on a standard cholesterol lowering diet, which should continue during treatment.
Approved indication:
-As an adjunct to diet to reduce total-C, LDL-C, and Apo B levels in adolescent boys and girls who are at least one year postmenarche, 10 to 17 years of age, with HeFH, if after an adequate trial of diet therapy the following findings are present:
1. LDL cholesterol remains 190 mg/dL or greater; or
2. LDL cholesterol remains 160 mg/dL or greater and there is a positive family history of premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) or two or more other CVD risk factors are present in the adolescent patient. The minimum goal of treatment in pediatric and adolescent patients is to achieve a mean LDL-C less than 130 mg/dL.
-The optimal age at which to initiate lipid-lowering therapy to decrease the risk of symptomatic adulthood CAD has not been determined.

Active ingredients: Simvastatin

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Strength	Quantity	Price, USD	Country
Adco-Simvastatin
Altovast
Arrow Simva
Aterexa
Avastin
AVASTIN inj 25 mg x 1 mL x 4ml		$490.28	Roche
AVASTIN Capsule/ Tablet / 10mg (10 units)		$0.58	Aglowmed Limited
Avastin 20mg Tablet		$0.13	Aglowmed Drugs Pvt. Ltd.
Clinfar
Cynt
Elvasta
Euvasten
Euvasten 10 mg x 30's		$9.60
Euvasten 20 mg x 30's		$13.50
Euvasten 40 mg x 30's		$16.20
Gemistatín
Glipal
Lipex
20 mg	90	$89.70	Barbados, Canada, NZ, UK
40 mg	30	$73.41	Canada, UK
80 mg	90	$149.40	Barbados, Canada, NZ, UK
Neovastin
Normofat
Normofat 10 mg x 30's		$1.04
Pontizoc
Pontizoc 5 5 mg x 3 x 10's		$7.84
Pontizoc 10 10 mg x 3 x 10's		$1.72
Pulsar at
Ramian
Sevacol
Simhasan
Simidon
Simva
Simvastatin
10 mg	28	$29.01	Barbados, Canada, NZ, UK
10 mg	84	$36.39	Canada, Mauritius, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
10 mg	90	$29.30	USA
10 mg	90	$57.55	Australia, Canada, India, Mauritius, NZ, Turkey, UK, USA
10 mg	112	$40.00	Australia, Canada, Mauritius, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
10 mg	112	$57.00	Australia, Canada, India, Mauritius, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
20 mg	30	$36.64	USA
20 mg	84	$21.00	Australia, Canada, Mauritius, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
20 mg	84	$46.20	Barbados, Canada, NZ, UK
20 mg	90	$27.00	Australia, Canada, India, Mauritius, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
20 mg	90	$27.00	Australia, Canada, India, NZ, Turkey, Singapore, UK, USA
20 mg	90	$54.90	USA
20 mg	100	$172.00	Australia, Canada, NZ, Singapore, UK
20 mg	112	$29.90	Australia, Canada, NZ, Singapore, Turkey
20 mg	112	$57.00	Australia, Canada, India, Mauritius, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
20 mg	224	$70.00	Australia, Canada, Mauritius, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
40 mg	28	$35.95	Canada, UK
40 mg	60	$18.99	Australia, Canada, India, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
40 mg	60	$50.50	Australia, Canada, India, Mauritius, NZ, Turkey, UK, USA
40 mg	84	$25.00	Australia, Canada, Mauritius, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
40 mg	84	$56.28	Barbados, Canada, NZ, UK
40 mg	90	$27.14	Australia, Canada, India, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
40 mg	90	$50.10	Australia, Canada, India, Mauritius, NZ, Turkey, Singapore, UK, USA
5 mg	30	$26.00
5 mg	90	$31.68	Australia, Canada, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
5 mg	90	$32.00	Australia, Canada, India, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
5 mg	90	$32.00	Australia, Canada, India, NZ, Turkey, Singapore, UK, USA
5 mg	100	$52.72	Barbados, Canada, NZ, UK
5 mg	100	$81.15	Canada, UK
5 mg	112	$49.90	Australia, Canada, NZ, Singapore, Turkey
80 mg	28	$30.18	Barbados, Canada, NZ, UK
80 mg	45	$25.10	Australia, Canada, India, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
80 mg	45	$44.47	Australia, Canada, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
80 mg	84	$46.65	Canada, Mauritius, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
80 mg	84	$48.00	Australia, Canada, Mauritius, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
80 mg	90	$33.40	Australia, Canada, India, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
80 mg	90	$92.49	Barbados, Canada, NZ, UK
80 mg	100	$172.00	Australia, Canada, NZ, Singapore, UK
Simvastatin 20mg - 30 Tablets		$36.40
Generic Zocor 5mg - 84 Tablets		$49.95
Generic Zocor 10mg - 84 Tablets		$69.95
Generic Simvastatin 20mg - 112 Tablets		$99.95
Mylan-Simvastatin 5 mg Tablet		$0.59
Apo-Simvastatin 10 mg Tablet		$1.17
Phl-Simvastatin 10 mg Tablet		$1.17
Apo-Simvastatin 20 mg Tablet		$1.45
Co Simvastatin 80 mg Tablet		$1.45
Mylan-Simvastatin 40 mg Tablet		$1.45
Phl-Simvastatin 20 mg Tablet		$1.45
Pms-Simvastatin 80 mg Tablet		$1.45
Ratio-Simvastatin 40 mg Tablet		$1.45
Simvastatin 5 mg tablet		$1.63
Simvastatin 20 mg tablet		$3.83
Zocor 20 mg tablet		$4.69
Zocor 90 40 mg tablet Bottle		$525.16
Simvastatin 80 MG Oral Tablet [Zocor]
Simvastatin Actavis
Simvastatin Aurus
Simvastatin Biopolus
Simvastatin Bristol
Simvastatin Domesco
Simvastatin Key Pharma
Simvastatin Portfarma
Simvastatin Prosam
Simvastatin dura
Simvastatina Fabra
Simvastatina Genfar
Simvastatina MK
Simvastatina Mabo
Simvastatina Mylan Generics
Simvastatina Sun
Simvastatine Arrow
Simvastatine Egis
Simvastatine Far
Simvastatine W?rwag
Simvofix (40 mg)
Simvofix 10mg TAB / 10		$0.41
20 mg x 10's		$0.77
Simvofix 20mg Tablet		$0.11	Bal Pharma Ltd
SIMVOFIX 20 MG TABLET 1 strip(s) (10 tablets each)		$1.06	Bal Pharma Ltd
Sinpor
Sinvastatina Aurobindo
Starezin
Stazor
Taro-Simvastatin
Vastat
Veristin
Veselthro
Vidastat
Vidastat tab 10 mg 30's		$113.50	Therapharma
Vidastat tab 20 mg 30's		$168.50	Therapharma
Vidastat 40 mg x 30's		$20.29
Vidastat 80 mg x 30's		$20.29
Vidastat tab 40 mg 30's		$25.66	Therapharma
Vidastat tab 80 mg 30's		$25.66	Therapharma
Vidastat 20 mg x 100's		$54.29
Vidastat tab 20 mg 100's		$68.66	Therapharma
Vidastat 20 mg x 30's		$7.73
Vidastat 10 mg x 30's		$4.88
Zerocoler

References

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Forcad - Frequently asked Questions

Can Forcad be stopped immediately or do I have to stop the consumption gradually to ween off?

In some cases, it always advisable to stop the intake of some medicines gradually because of the rebound effect of the medicine.

It's wise to get in touch with your doctor as a professional advice is needed in this case regarding your health, medications and further recommendation to give you a stable health condition.

What other drugs will affect Forcad?

Many drugs can interact with Forcad. Not all possible interactions are listed here. Tell your doctor about all your medications and any you start or stop using during treatment with Forcad, especially:

• delavirdine;

• fenofibrate; or

• fluconazole.

This list is not complete and many other drugs can interact with Forcad. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Give a list of all your medicines to any healthcare provider who treats you.

How should I take Forcad?

Follow all directions on your prescription label. Never take this medicine in larger amounts, or for longer than prescribed. Taking too much of this medication may cause serious or life-threatening side effects.

Forcad is usually taken at bedtime or with an evening meal. If you take Forcad more than once daily, take it with meals. Your doctor may occasionally change your dose to make sure you get the best results.

While using Forcad, you may need frequent blood tests at your doctor's office.

You may need to take Forcad on a long-term basis for the treatment of high cholesterol. You may need to stop using Forcad for a short time if you have surgery or a medical emergency. Do not stop taking this medicine unless your doctor tells you to.

Forcad is only part of a complete program of treatment that also includes diet, exercise, and weight control. Follow your diet, medication, and exercise routines very closely.

Store at room temperature away from moisture, heat, and light.

Who should not take Forcad?

You should not take Forcad if you are allergic to it, if you are pregnant or breast-feeding, or if you have active liver disease.

The following drugs can increase your risk of serious muscle problems if you take them together with Forcad. These drugs should not be used while you are taking Forcad:

• cyclosporine;

• danazol;

• gemfibrozil;

• nefazodone;

• an antibiotic--clarithromycin, erythromycin, telithromycin;

• antifungal medication--itraconazole, ketoconazole, posaconazole, voriconazole;

• hepatitis C medications--boceprevir, telaprevir; or

• HIV/AIDS medication--atazanavir, cobicistat, darunavir, fosamprenavir, indinavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir, saquinavir, tipranavir.

Before you start taking Forcad, tell your doctor if you are already using any of these other medicines:

• lomitapide; or

• heart medication--amiodarone, amlodipine, diltiazem, dronedarone, ranolazine, verapamil.

To make sure Forcad is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have:

• history of liver disease;

• history of kidney disease;

• diabetes;

• a thyroid disorder; or

• if you drink more than 2 alcoholic beverages daily.

Forcad can cause a condition that results in the breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue, leading to kidney failure. This condition may be more likely to occur in older adults and in people who have kidney disease or poorly controlled hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid).

FDA pregnancy category X. This medicine can harm an unborn baby or cause birth defects. Do not take Forcad if you are pregnant. Stop taking this medication and tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant. Use effective birth control to avoid pregnancy while you are taking Forcad.

Forcad may pass into breast milk and could harm a nursing baby. Do not breast-feed while you are taking Forcad.

Can Forcad be taken or consumed while pregnant?

Please visit your doctor for a recommendation as such case requires special attention.

Can Forcad be taken for nursing mothers or during breastfeeding?

Kindly explain your state and condition to your doctor and seek medical advice from an expert.

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The information was verified by Dr. Vishal Pawar, MD Pharmacology