Crestor Consumer Drug Information and Facts

Crestor Oral Uses
Rosuvastatin is an enzyme blocker (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor), also known as a "statin." It is used along with a proper diet to help lower fats (triglycerides) and cholesterol in the blood. This drug, available at our online pharmacy is usually prescribed after non-drug treatment options have not been fully successful at lowering cholesterol (e.g., diet change, increase in exercise, weight loss if overweight). Reducing cholesterol and triglycerides help prevent strokes and heart attacks.

How should this cholesterol medicine be used ?
Take rosuvastatin (cholesterol medication) tablets by mouth. Follow the directions on the prescription label given by our online pharmacy. Swallow the cholesterol- lowering tablets with a drink of water. You may take rosuvastatin with or without food. Take your doses at regular intervals. Do not take your cholesterol medicine more often than directed.

Contact your pediatrician or health care professional or the online pharmacy personnel regarding the use of this cholesterol medicine in children. Special care may be needed.

Precautions while using this Cholesterol Medicine
It is very important that your doctor checks your progress at regular visits. This will allow your doctor to see if the Crestor medicine, that you bought from the online pharmacy is working properly to lower your cholesterol and triglyceride levels and to decide if you should continue to take it.

Check with your doctor immediately if you think that you may be pregnant. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors may cause birth defects or other problems in the baby if taken these cholesterol reducing drugs during pregnancy.

Before having any kind of surgery (including dental surgery) or emergency treatment, tell the medical doctor or dentist in charge that you are taking this cholesterol medicine purchased from the online pharmacy or local pharmacy shop.

Do not use excessive amounts of alcohol while taking cholesterol lowering drugs such as rosuvastatin because it can worsen the adverse effects of this cholesterol -lowering medicine on the liver. Our online pharmacy values your health and is concerned about your heath safety.

Check with your doctor immediately if you experience unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness, especially if it is accompanied by unusual tiredness or fever, because the cholesterol medicine's adverse effects on muscle can lead to serious kidney problems.

What should I discuss with my healthcare provider before taking rosuvastatin?
• Do not take this cholesterol- lowering medication if you are allergic to rosuvastatin, or if you have liver disease.
• Before taking rosuvastatin, tell your doctor if you are allergic to any drugs, or if you have:
· kidney disease;
· underactive thyroid;
· a muscle disorder;
· epilepsy or other seizure disorder;
· an electrolyte imbalance (such as high or low potassium levels in your blood);
· a severe infection or illness; or
·if you have had a very recent surgery or medical emergency.
• If you have any of these conditions, you may not be able to use this cholesterol lowering drug called rosuvastatin or you may need a dosage adjustment or special tests during treatment.
• In rare cases, rosuvastatin can cause a condition that results in the breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue. This condition can lead to kidney failure, and may be more likely to occur in older adults and in people of Asian descent. Call your doctor at once if you after consuming this cholesterol meddicine have unexplained muscle pain or tenderness, muscle weakness, fever or flu symptoms, and dark colored urine.
•FDA pregnancy category X. This cholesterol medication can cause birth defects. Do not use rovustatin if you are pregnant. Tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant during treatment. Use an effective form of birth control while you are using this medication.
•It is not known whether rosuvastatin, (cholesterol medication) passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Do not take this cholesterol reducing medication without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.