The drug "Crestor" describes the instructions for use as a
lipid-lowering agent that has a pronounced hypocholesterolemic effect. The use of this drug allows for a relatively short time to lower cholesterol and decrease the rate of apolipoprotein B. Moreover, the therapeutic effect of taking this lipid-lowering agent begins to appear, as a rule, a week after the start of the course of therapy, and the maximum effect is observed two to four weeks after regular taking medicine "Crestor". Instructions for use (the price of this drug is about 2000 rubles) also emphasizes that, despite the rather high cost, this is the most optimal solution for people suffering from liver diseases. The latter is due to the fact that this lipid-lowering agent has practically no toxic effect on this organ.
The drug "Crestor" is produced (instructions for use are in each package) in the form of pink or yellow tablets containing five, ten or twenty milligrams of rosuvastatin as their main element. Additional substances are glycerol triacetate,
microcrystalline cellulose, crospovidone, titanium dioxide,
calcium phosphate, magnesium stearate, red
iron oxide, hypromellose, lactose monohydrate and purified water.
Take tablets "Crestor" instructions for use advises people suffering from primary hypercholesterolemia (including family heterozygous type hypercholesterolemia) or mixed dyslipidemia. In addition, this hypolipidemic agent is indicated for use in case of type IV hypertriglyceridemia. With familial hypercholesterolemia of a homozygous type, it is also recommended to start taking the Crestor hypocholesterolemic drug. Instructions for use advise using it also to slow the progression of a disease such as atherosclerosis.
The manufacturer categorically prohibits prescribing this medicine if the patient has an allergic reaction to rosuvastatin or is hypersensitive to any of the auxiliary components. In addition, you should not take the hypolipidemic drug "Crestor" for people with severe renal impairment,
lactase deficiency, myopathy, hypothyroidism, or galactose intolerance. Also, do not use this hypocholesterolemic drug simultaneously with cyclosporine or fibrates. In addition, contraindications are pregnancy, lack of reliable methods of contraception, lactation period, predisposition to myotoxic complications and severe forms of muscle diseases. In addition to all of the above, the Crestor lipid-lowering drug is not prescribed to patients of the Asian race or to people who abuse alcohol.