Crestor
Crestor is a cholesterol medication containing Rosuvastatin, available as 5/10/20mg tablets.
- Category
- Cholesterol
- Active ingredient
- Rosuvastatin
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Film-coated tablet
- Strengths
- 5/10/20mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Crestor vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Hypercholesterolaemia · Cardiovascular risk reduction
- Alternative Name
- Rosuvas
- Therapeutic Class
- HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor
- Pharmacological Class
- Statin
- Minor Side Effects
- headache, nausea, myalgia
- Moderate Side Effects
- dizziness, constipation, abdominal pain
- Dosage Forms
- Film-coated tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- AstraZeneca
- Onset Time
- 1–2 weeks
- Duration
- 24 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store at room temperature, away from light.
- Drug Interactions
- ciclosporin, vitamin k antagonists
- Age Restrictions
- Used in children ≥6 years for heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia.
What you will receive
Crestor is the originator brand name, made by AstraZeneca. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with AstraZeneca and do not ship the original Crestor.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Rosuvastatin) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.