What Are the Benefits of Crestor?
Crestor is a brand name for the prescription medication rosuvastatin calcium. Doctors commonly prescribe Crestor to lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels in patients.
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Function
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Crestor functions by making more areas on your liver sensitive to low density liporproteins, or bad cholesterol. This is beneficial because the liver is responsible for breaking down excess cholesterol in the bloodstream.
Effects
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Because of the function of Crestor, your liver breaks down more bad cholesterol in your body, lowering the levels of the fatty substance in your bloodstream.
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Benefits
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Because high blood cholesterol levels can clog your arteries, Crestor has the potential to delay arterial hardening that contributes to heart disease, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Expert Insight
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In clinical FDA trials published on RxList, Crestor lowered LDL levels by 45 percent to 63 percent and triglyceride levels by 10 percent to 35 percent during a six-week period.
Considerations
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Because Crestor has the potential to cause fetal harm, it is not safe to take the drug while pregnant. Patients with a history of alcohol abuse, kidney or liver disease, hypothyroidism, convulsions, electrolyte imbalances, low blood pressure or metabolic enzyme deficiency might not be safe taking Crestor, according to the Mayo Clinic.
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