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Q: What side effects does the crestor medication countain?
A: Body aches & pains
Muscle weakness
Cough
Congestion
Trouble with swallowing
Headaches
Voice changes
Runny nose
Dry or sore throat
Q: How long does it take medication like Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor out your system?
A: The half life of Lipitor is 14 hours, however Lipitor has active metabolites with half-lives ranging from 20 to 30 hours. Crestor has a half life of 19 hours and Zocor has a shorter half life of < 5 hours.
Q: what is the risk of the cholesterol lowering medication, Crestor, on an unborn baby?
A: Cholesterol is a vital component needed for creating cells and material for the body, it is even more important for a fetus. There has been reported cases of severe birth defects with all statin drugs (cholesterol lowering medications). I do not recommend it at all. There are alternatives. I recommend that you exercise. Not only does it help lower cholesterol, it also help create a healthy baby by increasing oxygen and nutrition, and also eases delivery of the baby.
Q: Crestor, cholestrol medication?
What is the website that is on the Crestor commercial for something to do with cholestrol? It’s like a site about finding out what cholestrol is or foods that can fight it… something like that
A: http://www.crestor.com/c/diet/choosing/lowering.aspx
Q: is plavix and crestor the same medication?
i am taking both and wanted to make sure that is ok
A: No.
Plavix is an anti-platelet medication. It keeps the platelets slippery so they don’t stick together. It works a lot like Aspirin (also an anti-platelet).
Crestor is a statin used to lower cholesterol.
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: Is there any difference taking Crestor or Lipitor medication?
I am only 21 years old, female, 121 lb and for a year I have been having a little high cholesterol level. The doctor told me that it is unusual, and I kind of ignored it. Two months ago I did the test again and my cholesterol level was still the same. At first, I started taking 5mg Crestor and I kind of felt weak and thought maybe it was because of the pill. So I stopped taking them and avoided most of the high cholesterol foods even though it is so hard for someone at this age to limit their eating. (I know that I don’t exercise much, especially lately) Just recently the doctor gave me Lipitor instead of Crestor because I told him that it didn’t make me feel good. However, he gave me 10mg Lipitor when before he gave me 5mg Crestor. My question is there any difference between the two? I’m worried of the side effects that these pills can cause to me.
A: The difference is that Crestor(rosuvastatin) is a stronger statin)
than Lipitor(Atorvastatin).
Side effects: muscle pain and muscle weakness and possible
kidney damage. Some minor signs of this brown or dark urine.
which can lead to Rhabdomyolysis, a major break down of
muscle fiber. Find a health professional that can help you with your diet and natural ways to reduce your cholestrol, if that is necessary
Q: among the most popular cholesterol medications, how does Crestor rate?
how does Crestor compare to other cholesterol medications?
A: Crestor IS generally the strongest statin. However, I haven’t heard that it has more side effects or is “toxic”.
While statins do lower the level of CoQ10, studies have failed to show any benefit in taking CoQ10 supplements with a statin.
Q: CHOLESTERAL Medications like Crestor,Has anyone you know had bad reactions? Such as muscle weakness.ANY HOPE?
My Dad has been on anti-statin(sp?) medications, Crestor being one of them, and 2 others, and had bad reactions, MUSCLE WEAKNESS, FATIQUE, TIRED, LEGS GIVING OUT ON HIM. He was a very active healthy man until he took these cholesterol lowering drugs, and now he is very ill. My nieghbor has had the same problems, and the muscles haven’t come back. My dad and my nieghbor were very active people and now have no energy, their muscles hurt, legs give out, and they are tired all the time, and feel aweful. Do you know of anyone who has had these problems from these medicines and what was done to help them? My Parent has been off these cholesterol lowering drugs for 2 years, and has not gotten his strength back. he used to jog, walk faster than I could keep up with him, and now he cannot even take the dog for a walk. What hope is their out there for our loved ones who have taken these medications? What treatment worked for people you know. SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY. thank you.
A: Lilly . I would like to help you, so PLEASE LISTEN UP.
The Cholesterol Campaign is MEDICAL QUACKERY of the FIRST ORDER.
The Cholesterol Theory was a COMPLETE SHAM from the beginning when Ancel Keys omitted evidence that did not fit his untenable theory.
PLEASE READ HERE. Anthony Colpo is A HERO to mankind so is Dr. Uffe Ravnskov
www.thegreatcholesterolcon.com
www.ravnksov.nu/cholesterol.htm
www.lowcarbmuscle.com-COLPO DISCUSSES SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON HIS FORUM- lots and lots of good scientific research explained.
C O L P O Please read him THOROUGHLY
Q: What side effects does lexapro have?
My dad always feels fatigue (low energy) is it be because of lexapro or crestor medication.
A: Adverse event information for Lexapro was collected from 715 patients with major depressive disorder who were exposed to escitalopram and from 592 patients who were exposed to placebo in double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. An additional 284 patients with major depressive disorder were newly exposed to escitalopram in open-label trials. The adverse event information for Lexapro in patients with GAD was collected from 429 patients exposed to escitalopram and from 427 patients exposed to placebo in double-blind, placebo-controlled trials.
Adverse events during exposure were obtained primarily by general inquiry and recorded by clinical investigators using terminology of their own choosing. Consequently, it is not possible to provide a meaningful estimate of the proportion of individuals experiencing adverse events without first grouping similar types of events into a smaller number of standardized event categories. In the tables and tabulations that follow, standard World Health Organization (WHO) terminology has been used to classify reported adverse events.
The stated frequencies of adverse events represent the proportion of individuals who experienced, at least once, a treatment-emergent adverse event of the type listed. An event was considered treatment-emergent if it occurred for the first time or worsened while receiving therapy following baseline evaluation.
Adverse Events Associated with Discontinuation of Treatment
Major Depressive Disorder
Among the 715 depressed patients who received Lexapro in placebo-controlled trials, 6% discontinued treatment due to an adverse event, as compared to 2% of 592 patients receiving placebo. In two fixed-dose studies, the rate of discontinuation for adverse events in patients receiving 10 mg/day Lexapro was not significantly different from the rate of discontinuation for adverse events in patients receiving placebo. The rate of discontinuation for adverse events in patients assigned to a fixed dose of 20 mg/day Lexapro was 10%, which was significantly different from the rate of discontinuation for adverse events in patients receiving 10 mg/day Lexapro (4%) and placebo (3%). Adverse events that were associated with the discontinuation of at least 1% of patients treated with Lexapro, and for which the rate was at least twice that of placebo, were nausea (2%) and ejaculation disorder (2% of male patients).
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Among the 429 GAD patients who received Lexapro 10-20 mg/day in placebo-controlled trials, 8% discontinued treatment due to an adverse event, as compared to 4% of 427 patients receiving placebo. Adverse events that were associated with the discontinuation of at least 1% of patients treated with Lexapro, and for which the rate was at least twice the placebo rate, were nausea (2%), insomnia (1%), and fatigue (1%).
Incidence of Adverse Events in Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trials
Major Depressive Disorder
Table 1 enumerates the incidence, rounded to the nearest percent, of treatment-emergent adverse events that occurred among 715 depressed patients who received Lexapro at doses ranging from 10 to 20 mg/day in placebo-controlled trials. Events included are those occurring in 2% or more of patients treated with Lexapro and for which the incidence in patients treated with Lexapro was greater than the incidence in placebo-treated patients.
The prescriber should be aware that these figures can not be used to predict the incidence of adverse events in the course of usual medical practice where patient characteristics and other factors differ from those which prevailed in the clinical trials. Similarly, the cited frequencies cannot be compared with figures obtained from other clinical investigations involving different treatments, uses, and investigators. The cited figures, however, do provide the prescribing physician with some basis for estimating the relative contribution of drug and non-drug factors to the adverse event incidence rate in the population studied.
The most commonly observed adverse events in Lexapro patients (incidence of approximately 5% or greater and approximately twice the incidence in placebo patients) were insomnia, ejaculation disorder (primarily ejaculatory delay), nausea, sweating increased, fatigue, and somnolence (see TABLE 1).
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.
Q: how long one should take crestor?
can one take it for a year of medication even withoutc checking the cholesterol level?
A: …it isn’t so important to check cholesterol levels when on crestor (or other cholesterol lowering medications)…
What IS important to check when on these medications is your liver. A small percentage of people on these medications have a problem with their liver. It is a reversible problem…that will go away when you stop taking the medications. BUT, if you are one of the few unfortunate people who has liver problems with crestor…and you don’t get it checked out for a long period of time, you can have reversible damage done to your liver!
A simple blood test should be done at the beginning of therapy and then again in 12 weeks…or 12 weeks after a change or increase in these medications.
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But yeah, it is probably a good idea to get liver tests and recheck your cholesterol at least once a year…to see if the liver is OK and cholesterol levels are at target levels.
Obviously, both should be done more often if levels remain high and medicine dosages are increased…
Hope this helps some!
Q: Should I start taking Crestor since I hear I have to take it for life once I start it?
My family doctor said tomorrow he is going to start me on Crestor for high cholesterol. He said it isn’t that high but he would just as soon start me on it now. The only thing is he said once I start Crestor I have to take it for life because if i stop it, my cholesterol will go sky high as he put it. I don’t really want to take any medication for life and I am thinking about changing my diet as he did mention that a while back too. Has anyone ever taken Crestor and stopped it and how did it affect you? He said he only wants me to take 5 milligrams of Crestor once a week which is the lowest dosage.
A: Crestor can indeed be harmful to your liver, as others have stated. It also cost quite a bit of money over the course of a lifetime of use. There are several safe (and free!) alternative methods for lowering cholesterol that I would recommend trying first. Increasing physical activity, adding dietary fiber, and decreasing saturated fat intake being the most productive ones.
You won’t harm yourself trying these and even if they don’t bring your cholesterol down adequately they all have positive health benefits regardless.
Q: If you take tablets for High Cholesterol can that make you drowsy?
I have just started 20 mg of Crestor rosuvasatin because my LDL count was 4.8 & 5.0 is considered high risk, only just started them last night & this morning i felt like complete crap, can medication lead to fatigue?
A: I have never heard of anybody getting fatigue from Crestor. Especially after taking it after a day. I would check their website and look for the side effects. It may just be in your head, or maybe could you be coming down with something? If it gets worse def. consult your dr.! Good Luck.
Q: Can cholesterol medication (rosuvastatin) give you leukemia?
I’m 19 years and 4 months old and have been diagnosed with a high level of HDL (53.27mg/dl — I think milligrams per deciliter) and a low level of LDL (168mg/dl). To fix this, the doctor I went to prescribed Rosuvastatin (Crestor) 10mg, 1/day for a month.
Normally, I’d be totally ok with that, I usually trust doctors to know what they’re doing. Besides, I went to a pretty expensive clinic and the medication itself was pretty expensive, which usually means it’s good. The problem is that my mother told me about a friend of hers who, after starting cholesterol medication (not sure if it was Rosuvastatin, too), developed leukemia and passed away within a month (he was a lot older, though, probably 70-80). I tend to think it wasn’t related to the medication, but I just want someone else’s opinion (hopefully someone in the medical field). I haven’t started the medication yet. All my other (blood & urine) tests were perfectly fine.
So, should I start the medication or not? I’m thinking I should, it’s not like they wouldn’t pull the medication off the market if everybody died of cancer after taking it, right? Plus, I think my cholesterol levels are more of a threat than an (unlikely) complication which would lead to leukemia… Right? :s
A: You are right. Besides drugs won’t cause harm if they are prescribed under medical supervision. Start your medication right away and normalize your cholesterol level and enjoy a great life
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