Lovastatin 10 mg Tablets — Generic For Mevacor — Lupin

Medication Summary

Medication Summary: This section summarizes DailyMed drug label information to make the label easier to understand. It is not a substitute for the official label, pharmacist counseling, prescriber instructions, or medical advice.

Overview

Lovastatin tablets USP are a cholesterol-lowering medicine used along with a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol. The label says it is used to lower total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol when diet and other non-drug measures have not been enough.

The tablets are also indicated to reduce the risk of myocardial infarction, unstable angina, and coronary revascularization procedures in certain people without symptoms of cardiovascular disease. In people with coronary heart disease, lovastatin is used to slow the progression of coronary atherosclerosis.

For adolescent boys and girls who are at least one year post-menarche and 10 to 17 years old with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, it is used as an add-on to diet to reduce total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and apolipoprotein B when specific LDL-C criteria are met.

The label describes lovastatin as an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor that helps reduce elevated LDL-C levels.

Storage Information

Storage Store at 25°C (77°F); excursions permitted to 15° to 30°C (59° to 86°F) [see USP Controlled Room Temperature].

Key Counseling Points

• Take lovastatin only as prescribed on the label or by the prescriber.
• Lovastatin tablets are used with a diet restricted in saturated fat and cholesterol.
• This medicine is intended to help lower total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol.
• The label notes that lovastatin is taken by mouth.
• Lovastatin is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor and acts on cholesterol production.
• The label states that lovastatin has been studied in adults and in certain adolescent patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
• Lovastatin may be used to reduce the risk of certain coronary heart disease outcomes in selected patients.
• Tell a healthcare professional about all other medicines, because the label warns that some drugs can raise lovastatin levels and increase the risk of myopathy.
• Grapefruit juice can increase lovastatin exposure, according to the label.
• The label says secondary causes of high cholesterol should be excluded and a lipid profile should be performed before starting therapy.

Helpful Patient Education

Lovastatin tablets USP are a prescription cholesterol-lowering medicine described in the DailyMed label as an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor. They are used along with diet to reduce elevated total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol when lifestyle measures alone are not enough.

DailyMed label information also describes use in certain adults to reduce the risk of myocardial infarction, unstable angina, and coronary revascularization, and to slow the progression of coronary atherosclerosis in coronary heart disease. The label includes use in selected adolescent patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia as an adjunct to diet.

Medication Summary last generated: 2026-07-18 03:06:14