Uses / Indications: High cholesterol Prevention of Heart attack

Pregnancy interaction: Astovas 10 Tablet is highly unsafe to use during pregnancy. Seek your doctor's advice as studies on pregnant women and animals have shown significant harmful effects to the developing baby.

Side Effects: Dyspepsia Abdominal pain Indigestion Diarrhea Joint pain Nasopharyngitis (inflammation of the throat and nasal passages) Nausea Pain in extremities Urinary tract infection Abnormal liver function tests

How to use: Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Astovas 10 Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.

How it works: Astovas 10 Tablet is a lipid-lowering medication (statin). It works by blocking an enzyme (HMG-CoA-reductase) that is required in the body to make cholesterol. It thus lowers "bad" cholesterol (LDL) and triglycerides, raising the level of "good" cholesterol (HDL).