Crestor
pill is a membrane-coated tablet. The most active substance inside is
rosuvastatin. Packaging can contain several tablets with different dosages: 10,
20 or 40 mg. Also, this medicine has other active components in its composition
– lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, calcium phosphate, crospovidone, and
others.
Crestor
could be used as a standalone medicine or in combination with some other
medicines to lower blood cholesterol. These tablets are also recommended for
patients with primary hyperlipidemia or mixed dyslipidemia. This medication can
also be used to lower LDL-C, Total-C, and ApoB. Also, this drug is taken by
people who have homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia or progressive
atherosclerosis (to slow down the process).
Like any other
medicine, Crestor has several contraindications. In other words, the patient
should not use these pills if he has:
- sensitivity to a component such
as rosuvastatin, - the active phase of liver
disease, - complex kidney disease
disorders, - drug compatibility with
cyclosporine, - lactation or pregnancy,
- the body has lactose
intolerance or lactase deficiency (the pill contains lactose as an
auxiliary active component).
The dosage
of this preparation is strictly prescribed by the doctor. There are different
groups of patients who should use a different dosage of these pills. In this
case, patients can be divided into the diagnoses they have. Among them:
- Renal failure.
- Ethnic groups.
- Liver failure.
- Elderly age.
- Genetic polymorphism.
- Patients predisposed to myopathy.
Among the
risk factors are patients with low HDL-C, hypertension, smoking, or premature
coronary heart disease. A medicine like Crestor was developed by leading
doctors to reduce the risk of getting myocardial infarction, as well as to
reduce the risk of stroke and arterial revascularization procedures.
