Crestor
Crestor questions and answers
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Q: Can you take Viagra if you are taking crestor daily , because the viagra warns not to take with nitrates?
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Q: Is there a generic for the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor yet?
A: The patent for Crestor does not expire until 2012. When the patent expires it will be available under the generic name of rosuvastatin.
Until then, a very similar drug in the same class as Crestor is available as a generic. It is called simvastatin and it is the generic for Zocor.
Q: Can I take crestor and fitrum at thesame time?
A: Crestor is a medicine commonly prescribed by doctors who know what they're doing which lowers cholesterol.
Fitrum is a hippie herb commonly touted by people who want "natural healing" via tree barks, leaves, and bits of twig.
The crestor will lower your cholesterol and the fitrum will waste your money. yes you can take them together and get both these effects silmultaneously!!!
Q: Does eating grapefruit have an effect on crestor ?
A: I believe the labels say "don't eat grapefruit" while on this drug doesn't it? Check PDR on line, it gives some good info, or call any pharmacy and ask.
Q: Can I take Diaformin, insulin, micardis, efexor and crestor together?
Does this mixture of drugs cause any strong reactions
A: call the pharmacist and ask. they should know.
Q: Has anyone been having or had problems with "Crestor"?
My diabetes doctor recently prescribed it for me and I have had problems with statins in the past. The comments I have read about it by using Google haven't been complimentary. Is it simply the latest statin protected by a patent and a new name to make it pricey?
A: You didn't say what types of problems you had or what drugs you used in the past. If you had liver problems you probably can't use statins. If your cholesterol isn't very high it might not be worth risking the side effects. From what I've heard they automatically put diabetics on blood pressure and cholesterol medication whether they need it or not, or perhaps the medication threshholds for diabetics are a lot lower.
I think there have been more problems with Crestor than some of the other statins. You are probably better off with Lipitor or Zocor - while these could have side effects also, they've been around for awhile and seem to be safe for the vast majority of people. You probably need to have your blood tested after 6 weeks to check for liver problems, then every 3-4 months to check your liver and cholesterol readings.
If you are like me and don't have prescription drug coverage, you are better off with Zocor than Lipitor. Zocor has a generic available, and Wal-Mart and other stores are selling it for $10 for 90 pills. You can even ask the doctor to prescribe double the dosage and cut the pills in half with a pill splitter.
Q: The doctor prescribed Crestor 10mg for high cholesterol, what is the best time of day to take this medication?
A: You can take this medication any time of the day as long as it's taken at the same time every day. Here is a link to information about Crestor. Hope it helps.
Q: Do you take "Crestor" How has it effected you?
I was prescribed 10mg and started taking it today... I'd like to know your experiance with this medicine...
A: I take 1 crestor a day for over 1 year now. Your doctor should
have taken tests before you started them and then a certain amount of time after you have been on them. They can effect
you or have side effects. Personally, I have had no side effects or
bad luck. They have done wonders for me as far as my cholesterol figures, which have come way down to great. I feel
fine taking these pills. I did not want to go on a pill but had to and
I am glad that I am on these instead of other brands. If you are
having a problem discuss it with your doctor so that if you need to
be taken off then do so rather then have more serious problems.
Good Luck, also get a list of what you can't mix or eat, drink or
take within so many hours of crestor, there are some precautions.
Other people might do better on other brands, but I like this one.
Q: What is the cost of CRESTOR 10 mg per tablet/100 tablets ?
A: about $250 if you buy them from the online site that I use for some of my meds, if this helps you then take a look at THE-MED-STORE.COM
Q: Is irritability a symptom of Gabepentin, Crestor, Seroquel or Zetia?
I'm thinking if it is, is the Gabepentin. My mother says she thinks I've been having attitude for weeks, and I can't really disagree. : (
What's up?
Everything is working well, more or less. Some nights I don't get more than 4 hours of sleep but is that it?
Tell me what you know.
Thanks,
~♥~♥Dri Dri♥~♥~
A: I have not been on 3 out of the four, but I know what Seroquel made me irritable,and messed with my sleep habits.
I am doing much better on Atarax and Ambilify.(although I would rather be on Ativan)
Q: Which is more likely to produce shoulder pain? Blopress or Crestor?
45 days ago I was prescribed Blopress to lower my blood pressure, and Crestor to lower trig. But never knew pain so excruciating as this one afew days ago. Which one could be the cause of muscle weakness?
crestor = Rosuvastatin
Blopress Plus = Candesartan. This one is made by Abbott labs
A: Crestor has a small reported incidence of mialgia (muscle pain) 3%, and arthritis/althralgia (joint pain/degeneration) 2%, so it might be crestor. About Blopress I don't know what that is, is it a medication? What is the drug?
Q: Long term side effects of Crestor?
I am looking for someone who has taken Crestor before. My doc just prescribed me Crestor. After reading a lot of reviews for it, I'm scared to death to take it. The people were saying that they had tons of awful side effects and the drug should be banned. But I can't find any reviews on whether or not the people stopped taking it and still had long term problems. Do the problems get better over time when you stop taking it? Please help.
A: Crestor (rosuvastatin) is one of the cholesterol-lowering statins.
The side effect that you should be most concerned about is "unexplained muscle pain and weakness". When this develops you should stop the medication immediately and see your doctor. The doctor will do a blood test to rule out or confirm the side effect of the medicine on your muscles. Continuing to take the medicine may lead to paralysis.
For more information you can check out the link below.
Q: I was recently diagnosed with duodnal ulcers and enlarged liver and spleen probably from Crestor and Aspirin..?
My family doc states the enlarged liver and spleen are no big deal since it is only minor enlargement. Of course, the last time a doctor told me it was no big deal deal I ended up in hospital with a pacemaker. Can anybody shed any light on this? Thanks
A: Although aspirin has a lot of benefits, it also has side effects. It is an acid and will make your stomach more acidic and will prevent production of prostaglandin E which protects your stomach from the acid present. So aspirin contributes to ulcers. Even if you take coated aspirin, it will still prevent prostaglandin production.
Crestor and most other anti-cholesterol meds have liver side effects including increase in enzymes, enlarged liver and decreased function. Do you really need these meds? There are other blood thinners other than aspirin (generally more expensive too), and there are other ways of decreasing your LDL and cholesterol levels. I would try other meds and hopefully you'll find another that has less side effects for you. All medication has side effects, but whereas one medication may give you side effects, it may not give someone else those effects.
Q: How Does Crestor Work?
Does anyone know how Crestor works at the cellular level?
A: it blocks cholesterol synthesis by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase in the liver. This is the same mechanism used by Lipitor and Zocor too.
Q: My dad takes Crestor daily to control his cholesterol level (for 5 years now). His cholesterol numbers?
are excellent due to the medication. Now he thinks he can eat whatever he wants. I think he should still stick to a low fat diet. Who's right?
A: Note that Crestor is FDA approved for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia in addition to dietary measures. If no heart healthy diet is followed, there is only so much that the medication can do before it will be necessary to add another medication on top of Crestor (after increasing it to its maximum recommended dose). Also, remember that these numbers are only surrogate markers that correlate with the chance of your dad experiencing a heart attack or stroke in the future. Other factors must be considered in determining your dad's risk for having a major cardiovascular event (heart attack, stroke, etc.), such as his age, waist circumference (should be <40 inches), BMI, blood sugar, blood pressure, and smoking status, to name a few. People can have normal cholesterol numbers and still be at a very high risk of having a major cardiovascular event. Keeping these numbers within normal limits reduces his risk (only one piece of the puzzle) and has been shown to reverse atherosclerotic plaque accumulation in blood vessels. Tell him to read this answer and take a more realistic approach -- prevention! This is one of the reasons healthcare is so expensive. People rely too much on drug therapies and do not take responsibility for their own health through non-pharmacologic prevention and treatment modalities. As far as high cholesterol is concerned, there are genetic abnormalities that can cause extremely high levels in some individuals, but in general, most cardiovascular events can be prevented, especially those that occur in obese fast food connoisseurs. I'm not saying your dad is one of those, but my point is that diet is very important.
Well, there's my two cents.