PACK IN HAND · ONE-PAGE CHECK
Medicine pack check sheet
Print this sheet or fill it in before speaking with a pharmacist or clinician. Copy only what is printed on the pack in hand. The published fields below are starting points from this record, not proof that your pack is the same product.
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Published record starting point
- Record display name
- LESCOL XL
- Generic name / active ingredient
- fluvastatin sodium
- Dosage-form class
- Fluvastatin sodium 80 mg extended-release oral tablet: each tablet is equivalent to fluvastatin 80 mg. This dossier does not merge conventional LESCOL 20 mg/40 mg capsules
- Route
- Oral
- Record reviewed
- 2026-08-30
Copy from the pack in hand
Source-linked reading points
- Check LESCOL XL, fluvastatin sodium, extended-release tablet, 80 mg per tablet, the actual NDC and bottle count together. The mg figure is the labelled amount in the exact extended-release tablet, not an individual's tablet count or permission to treat two 40 mg conventional capsules as one 80 mg extended-release tablet.
- Swallow LESCOL XL extended-release tablets whole; do not break, crush or chew them. The tablet is unscored. Appearance and the official package panel support identity checking only and cannot authenticate a pack or permit self-alteration of the release design.
- LESCOL conventional 20 mg/40 mg capsules and the LESCOL XL 80 mg extended-release tablet are not the same product merely because totals can be added. Form, release design, current target-market label and prescription must be reviewed together; the site does not arrange substitution, rotation or make-up use.
- Unexplained muscle pain, tenderness or weakness, especially with malaise, fever or dark urine, may need prompt medical assessment; the current label includes myopathy and rhabdomyolysis warnings. Liver concerns, hypothyroidism, kidney concerns and a complete medicine list including ciclosporin or gemfibrozil also need pharmacist or prescriber review.
Reviewed presentation examples — compare every field
- Equivalent to fluvastatin 80 mg per tablet; 30-tablet bottleNDC 0078-0354-15
- Equivalent to fluvastatin 80 mg per tablet; 100-tablet bottleNDC 0078-0354-05