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Crestor for Atherosclerosis User Reviews

Rating: 6.4

Crestor has an average rating of 6.4 out of 10 from a total of 7 reviews for the treatment of atherosclerosis. 71% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 29% reported a negative experience.

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  • joh...
  • Taken for 6 months to 1 year
  • April 28, 2022

"After a couple of months of taking 40 mg of 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 anymore. 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 affected 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 affected 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."

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  • JPI...
  • Taken for 10 years or more
  • April 24, 2019

"After all these years on Crestor, I finally got side effects of nausea, tiredness, dizziness, disturbed sleep."

2 / 10
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  • Rob...
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • August 30, 2018

"Used for 4 months...some constipation at the beginning...which is no longer a problem...cholesterol level decreased by over 60 percent....combined with diet changes"

8 / 10
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  • Fra...
  • December 7, 2008

"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."

8 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • December 23, 2015

"Severe pain in joints. Had to reduce med."

8 / 10
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  • hak...
  • June 29, 2009

"I've been using Crestor for the last 2 months, and results are unbelievably great for me. My total cholesterol dropped almost 49%."

10 / 10
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  • ska...
  • January 15, 2009

"I take 10 mg, 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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