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Eat a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet. Be sure to follow all exercise and dietary recommendations made by your doctor or dietitian.
Take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is less than 12 hours before your next dose is scheduled, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one. Some side effects can be serious. If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately or get emergency medical help:. Rosuvastatin may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while taking this medication.
Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture not in the bathroom.
It is important to keep all medication out of sight and reach of children as many containers such as weekly pill minders and those for eye drops, creams, patches, and inhalers are not child-resistant and young children can open them easily. To protect young children from poisoning, always lock safety caps and immediately place the medication in a safe location — one that is up and away and out of their sight and reach.
Unneeded medications should be disposed of in special ways to ensure that pets, children, and other people cannot consume them. However, you should not flush this medication down the toilet. Instead, the best way to dispose of your medication is through a medicine take-back program.
In case of overdose, call the poison control helpline at If the victim has collapsed, had a seizure, has trouble breathing, or can't be awakened, immediately call emergency services at Keep all appointments with your doctor and the laboratory.
Your doctor may order lab tests during your treatment, especially if you develop symptoms of liver damage. Before having any laboratory test, tell your doctor and the laboratory personnel that you are taking rosuvastatin. Do not let anyone else take your medication. Ask your pharmacist any questions you have about refilling your prescription. It is important for you to keep a written list of all of the prescription and nonprescription over-the-counter medicines you are taking, as well as any products such as vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements.
You should bring this list with you each time you visit a doctor or if you are admitted to a hospital. It is also important information to carry with you in case of emergencies. Rosuvastatin pronounced as roe soo'' va stat' in. Why is this medication prescribed? How should this medicine be used? Other uses for this medicine What special precautions should I follow? A study found that Crestor reduced the risk of vascular events by 43 percent when given to healthy adults.
However, a meta-analysis published in suggested that the benefit may be 20 percent. Dyslipidemia is a lipoprotein metabolism disorder that results in high triglyceride and LDL concentrations, and low levels of HDL in the blood. The FDA recommends prescribing it only if other measures have not worked, such as losing weight, changing diet, and doing exercise.
Crestor was first approved in the U. Crestor can be used by adults to control cholesterol, and by children aged 8 to 17 years who have an inherited condition that leads to high LDL. Crestor comes in tablet form. The manufacturers advise taking it once a day by mouth, with or without food.
If a patient misses a dose, they should take it as soon as possible, but they should not take two tablets within a hour period. The tablets are 5 milligrams mg , 10 mg, 20 mg. A patient will normally start with a dose of 10 mg to 20 mg a day. One study showed that 1. If a woman is taking Crestor and she becomes pregnant, she should inform her doctor at once, as there may be a risk to the fetus or the infant.
Patients taking Crestor have a very slight risk of developing rhabdomyolysis. This involves a breakdown of the skeletal muscles that release certain proteins, including myoglobin into the bloodstream. Alcohol can raise triglyceride levels and the chance of liver damage, so it should be avoided when using Crestor. Statins will be less effective if the patient does not follow a cholesterol-lowering diet plan. Patients must avoid foods that are high in cholesterol and fat.
Other medications may increase the risk of medical problems and complications if taken together with Crestor. Examples include cyclosporine, gemfibrozil, drugs that contain niacin, fenoribrate, and some HIV medications. Other examples include atazanavir, ritonavir, lopinavir or ritonavir, and saquinavir. Statins are one of the medications that doctors find it hardest to persuade patients to adhere to. Patients often stop taking them because of bad publicity.
Some studies have suggested that statins are not as helpful as commonly believed, for example, in reducing the risk of thrombolytic events.
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