crestor tablets (Rosuvastatin) are used along with food to maintain bad cholesterol levels and increase good cholesterol levels. Most of the cholesterol is made by the liver. Decreasing bad cholesterol and triglycerides is good for your heart and helps to prevent heart-related disease. This medicine works in two ways: by blocking the enzyme in the liver causing the liver to make less cholesterol or Crestor raises the uptake and breakdown by the liver of cholesterol previously present in the blood. Follow a good and active lifestyle and maintain a healthy diet plan that may help the medicine work well on your body.
Crestor doses
Take Crestor as exactly your doctor prescribed. Do not start it before asking to consult your doctor or don’t ever try to change the dose of Crestor without asking your doctor.
The dosage range of Crestor in the adult is 5 to 40 mg once daily orally. The normal starting dose is 10 to 20 mg once daily.
The normal starting dose in adult patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is 20 mg once daily.
The upper limit CRESTOR dose of 40 mg should be used only for those patients who have not achieved their LDL-C goal utilizing the 20 mg dose.
Best time to take crestor
Crestor can be taken at any time of the day with or without food. The tablet should be swallowed whole.
Overdose
If you miss the dose of Crestor take it as soon as possible when you remember. However, do not ever take 2 doses of medicine at the same time or within 12 hours.
If you overdose yourself call your doctor or go to the nearest emergency room right away.
Crestor side effects
- Muscle problems, tiredness, and tenderness
- Liver problems
- Headache
- Loss of appetite
- Dark urine
- Upper belly pain
- Nausea
- Constipation
- Sleep problems
What food should be avoided when taking Crestor
Avoid fatty acid, chocolate, butter, whole milk, cheese, palm and coconut oil, and fried food.
Eating grapefruits or their juice can slow the body’s ability to metabolize strains of cholesterol-lowering drugs.
What diet to follow
You must eat low fat, low cholesterol diet, vegetables, free fat milk, high fibrous food, use monosaturated oil such as olive oil and sunflower oil, eat white eggs.
Crestor warning and Precautions
Your doctor must check your progress at regular intervals. This will allow your doctor to see if the medicine is working properly and to decide if you should continue to take it.
Blood and urine tests may be needed to check for unwanted side effects.
Using this medicine while you are pregnant can harm your unborn baby and your health. Use an effective form of birth control to keep from getting pregnant. If you want to pregnant consult your doctor and follow proper instructions and treatment.
Make sure any doctor or dentist who treats you knows that you are using this medicine. You may need to stop using this medicine if you have major surgery, major injury, or if you develop other serious health problems.
Call your doctor right away if you have unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness, especially if you also have unusual tiredness or a fever.
Call your doctor right away if you have dark urine, fever, muscle cramps or spasms, muscle pain or stiffness, or unusual tiredness or weakness.
Consult with your doctor right away if you have pain or tenderness in the upper stomach, pale stools, dark urine, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, or yellow eyes or skin. These could be symptoms of a serious liver problem.
Do not stop or change your dose without consulting with your doctor, even if you are feeling well.
Do not take other medicine with this medicine without asking your doctor if you have already had other prescribed medicine tell your doctor.
Crestor interaction with other drugs
- amlodipine
- aspirin
- Aspirin Low Strength (aspirin)
- Cymbalta (duloxetine)
- Fish Oil (omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids)
- furosemide
- gabapentin
- hydrochlorothiazide
- levothyroxine
- lisinopril
- losartan
- Metformin
- Metoprolol
- Nexium (esomeprazole)
- omeprazole
- Pantoprazole
- Plavix
- Synthroid
Crestor interactions with vitamins
- Vitamin B12(cyanocobalamin)
- Vitamin D3(cholecalciferol)
Medication guide
Read the information written on the crestor medications bottle carefully. And if you have any queries related to medicine ask your doctor. Only your doctor can tell you crestor is right for you or not. Do not start this medicine before asking your doctor because this medicine has harmful side effects especially on the liver.
