Rosuvastatin for Atherosclerosis User Reviews
Brand names: Crestor
Rosuvastatin has an average rating of 6.6 out of 10 from a total of 8 reviews for the treatment of Atherosclerosis. 75% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 25% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Rosuvastatin
- cjg
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- November 22, 2020
"Rosuvastatin has a lot of side effects that are serious. Doctors will have to balance ordering this medication based upon what the sales reps tell them and the studies show as to the effects on their patients and that.It may be a tough decision. Rosuvastatin worked well for some but has significant side effects that appear to be dangerous, could cause accidents driving with blurred vision, patient does if they are having indigestion or angina it is concerning. Hearing too many side effects here and a lot of money for a not-so-safe drug? Maybe any money is too much money for a not so safe drug? Rosuvastatin side effects are difficulty in moving, leg pain, indigestion (heartburn) mimicing angina, blurred vision (also while driving on the highway!) pounding heartbeat, fast heart beat, trouble breathing, joint pain."
- curling...
- October 6, 2011
"I also started off on Lipitor after a stroke but had very painful muscles. Switched to Crestor and after just over a year, the carotid blockage of 57-60% that I had to begin with reduced to unmeasurable levels."
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- JPIA
- Taken for 10 years or more
- April 24, 2019
Crestor (rosuvastatin) "After all these years on Crestor I finally got side effects of nausea, tiredness, dizziness, disturbed and sleep"
- Rob
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- August 30, 2018
Crestor (rosuvastatin) "Used for 4 months...some constipation at the beginning...which is no longer a problem...cholesterol level decreased by over 60percent....combined with diet changes"
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- Anonymous
- December 23, 2015
Crestor (rosuvastatin) "Severe pain in joints. had to reduce med"
- Fraun
- December 7, 2008
Crestor (rosuvastatin) "I have used Crestor for over one year and find it to be an excellent drug for my condition. I was using Lipitor which, gave me muscle pain as a side effect."
- hakush
- June 29, 2009
Crestor (rosuvastatin) "I've been using Crestor for the last 2 months and results are unbelievably great for me. My total cholesterol dropped almost 49%."
- Toast
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- October 4, 2022
"Taking 5mg every other day for two 25-50% blockages. LDL decreased 32% over three months (from 60mg/dl to 41mg/dl). I was already in optimal ranges on all my lipid levels. No noticeable side effects."
- skateme
- January 15, 2009
Crestor (rosuvastatin) "I take 10mg and my LDL cholesterol is still 147 but I don't have muscle pain in the arms like with other Statins."
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Crestor (rosuvastatin) "After a couple months of taking 40 mg Crestor my blood tests showed that my liver enzymes Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) and Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) had increased by a factor of 3 or 4. My gastroenterologist (the liver doc) monitored this for a few weeks and told me to stop taking Crestor. I'm now on Praluent and it seems to work fine. My ALT and AST levels are back to normal. I don't feel foot cramps any more. Maybe most importantly is that after 6 weeks of stopping Crestor I feel mentally sharper. I didn't notice it as it happened but I think Crestor effected my ability to think with clarity. A side effect of Crestor mentioned on Mayoclinic.org is "mental fuzziness". So the question for others to consider is has Crestor or another statin effected your mental processes in the same way and if so would you be alert enough to notice it? Liver enzyme problems are rare so maybe I'm a special case, but maybe mental fuzziness is an independent side effect to watch for."