Rosuvastatin
statin · lipid-lowering
Our referenceWhat this medicine is for
Rosuvastatin belongs to the category “statin (lipid-lowering)”. Statins curb, in the liver, a key enzyme of cholesterol production, which lowers the LDL cholesterol measured on the blood test. It is a maintenance treatment that you feel nothing of day to day, and whose benefit is counted in years.
For Rosuvastatin, in practice: Reduces the cholesterol level in the blood. It is generally taken over the long term, within regular monitoring, and is not stopped on your own initiative.
Under which brands it is found
In France, about 19 reimbursable presentations containing Rosuvastatin are recorded. It is found under several brand names and as generics.
- Crestor
- Liporosa
- Quiloga
- Rosuvastatine Accord
- Rosuvastatine Almus
- Rosuvastatine Arrow
- Rosuvastatine Bgr
- Rosuvastatine Cristers
- and other presentations
Generics and the original brand are equivalent for the active substance; only the appearance, the name or the excipients may differ.
Our product for this treatment
Rosuvastatin is among the everyday treatments for which we have formulated a targeted supplement.
Layer Add Statins
Coenzyme Q10 as ubiquinol, the form the body absorbs.
Ubiquinol 50 mg · Riboflavin 4.2 mg
One bottle, one dose per day. Reduced price from the second box, free delivery from two boxes.
Further reading
The literature on the nutrient
- Bioavailability of Coenzyme Q10: An Overview of the Absorption Process and Subsequent Metabolism
- Effects of Coenzyme Q10 on Statin-Induced Myopathy: An Updated Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
- Effects of coenzyme Q10 supplementation on statin-induced myopathy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
These studies concern the nutrient itself, its role, its forms, its bioavailability. They do not concern this medicine and assert no link between it and a nutrient requirement.
Talk about it in the community
Others are on the same treatment and share their daily life: what they feel, their questions, the little routines they set up. You read lived experience here, not recommendations.
Related molecules
To explore in the « Heart and lipids » family and its close relatives.
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