Crestor: effectiveness, side effects, alternatives
Summary:
Crestor: rosuvastatin calcium
We study 140,502 Crestor users. The information eHealthMe analyzes includes:
- Effectiveness of Crestor- 113 alternative drugs to Crestor
- 8,709 Crestor side effects and drug interactions
Phase IV trials are used to detect adverse drug outcomes and monitor drug effectiveness in the real world. With medical big data and AI algorithms, eHealthMe is running millions of phase IV trials and makes the results available to the public. Our original studies have been referenced on 600+ medical publications including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature.
Number of reports submitted per year:

How effective is Crestor?
- High blood cholesterol - reported by 2,874 people
- Cholesterosis - reported by 56 people
- Hyperlipidaemia - reported by 37 people
- Coronary heart disease - reported by 30 people
- Blood cholesterol decreased - reported by 25 people
- High blood pressure - reported by 23 people
- Colestid - reported by 18 people
- Heart attack - reported by 17 people
- Familial hypercholesterolaemia - reported by 16 people
- Cholestasis - reported by 15 people
- Heart disease - reported by 15 people
- High density lipoprotein - reported by 15 people
- High density lipoprotein abnormal - reported by 15 people
- Weight loss - reported by 12 people
- Atherosclerosis - reported by 11 people
- Familial hypercholesterolemia - reported by 11 people
- Diabetes - reported by 9 people
- Blood pressure abnormal - reported by 8 people
- Blood pressure management - reported by 8 people
- Heart disease congenital - reported by 7 people
- Stent - reported by 7 people
- Atheroembolic renal disease - reported by 7 people
- Heart bypass surgery - reported by 6 people
- High arch - reported by 5 people
- High density lipoprotein increased - reported by 5 people
- Chloracne - reported by 5 people
- Familial combined hyperlipidemia - reported by 4 people
- Stroke - reported by 4 people
- Cholera - reported by 3 people
- Hypocholesterolaemia - reported by 3 people
- Elevated mood - reported by 3 people
- Triglyceride level - reported by 3 people
Alternative drugs to the conditions Crestor treats:
- High blood cholesterol
- Cholesterosis
- Hyperlipidaemia
- Coronary heart disease
- Blood cholesterol decreased
- High blood pressure
- Colestid
- Heart attack
- Familial hypercholesterolaemia
- Cholestasis
- Heart disease
- High density lipoprotein
- High density lipoprotein abnormal
- Weight loss
- Atherosclerosis
- Familial hypercholesterolemia
- Diabetes
- Blood pressure abnormal
- Blood pressure management
- Heart disease congenital
- Stent
- Atheroembolic renal disease
- Heart bypass surgery
- High arch
- High density lipoprotein increased
- Chloracne
- Familial combined hyperlipidemia
- Stroke
- Cholera
- Hypocholesterolaemia
- Elevated mood
- Triglyceride level
Compare Crestor with similar drugs, by side effects and effectiveness:
- Crestor vs. Advicor
- Crestor vs. Altace
- Crestor vs. Amlodipine
- Crestor vs. Amlodipine besylate
- Crestor vs. Amlodipine besylate and atorvastatin calcium
- Crestor vs. Antara
- Crestor vs. Aspirin
- Crestor vs. Atenolol
- Crestor vs. Atorvastatin calcium
- Crestor vs. Avastin
- Crestor vs. Baby aspirin
- Crestor vs. Benazepril hydrochloride
- Crestor vs. Benicar
- Crestor vs. Benicar hct
- Crestor vs. Bystolic
- Crestor vs. Caduet
- Crestor vs. Carvedilol
- Crestor vs. Cholestyramine
- Crestor vs. Cholestyramine light
- Crestor vs. Cinnamon
- Crestor vs. Clopidogrel
- Crestor vs. Coenzyme q10
- Crestor vs. Coenzyme q - 10
- Crestor vs. Colestid
- Crestor vs. Colestipol hydrochloride
- Crestor vs. Coq10
- Crestor vs. Coreg
- Crestor vs. Cozaar
- Crestor vs. Diovan
- Crestor vs. Diovan hct
- Crestor vs. Enalapril maleate
- Crestor vs. Ezetimibe
- Crestor vs. Ezetimibe; simvastatin
- Crestor vs. Fenofibrate
- Crestor vs. Fenofibric acid
- Crestor vs. Fenoglide
- Crestor vs. Fish oil
- Crestor vs. Fish oil fatty acid
- Crestor vs. Flaxseed oil
- Crestor vs. Fluvastatin
- Crestor vs. Fluvastatin sodium
- Crestor vs. Folic acid
- Crestor vs. Garlic
- Crestor vs. Gemfibrozil
- Crestor vs. Hydrochlorothiazide
- Crestor vs. Hyzaar
- Crestor vs. Irbesartan
- Crestor vs. Krill oil
- Crestor vs. Lescol
- Crestor vs. Lescol xl
- Crestor vs. Levothyroxine sodium
- Crestor vs. Lipidil
- Crestor vs. Lipitor
- Crestor vs. Lipofen
- Crestor vs. Lisinopril
- Crestor vs. Lisinopril and hydrochlorothiazide
- Crestor vs. Livalo
- Crestor vs. Lopid
- Crestor vs. Losartan
- Crestor vs. Losartan potassium
- Crestor vs. Lotensin
- Crestor vs. Lovastatin
- Crestor vs. Lovaza
- Crestor vs. Marine fish oil
- Crestor vs. Metformin
- Crestor vs. Metformin hydrochloride
- Crestor vs. Metoprolol succinate
- Crestor vs. Metoprolol tartrate
- Crestor vs. Mevacor
- Crestor vs. Niacin
- Crestor vs. Niacin and niacinamide
- Crestor vs. Niaspan
- Crestor vs. Niaspan titration starter pack
- Crestor vs. Nicotinic acid
- Crestor vs. Norvasc
- Crestor vs. Omacor
- Crestor vs. Omega 3
- Crestor vs. Omega-3
- Crestor vs. Omega-3 fatty acid
- Crestor vs. Omega-3 fatty acids
- Crestor vs. Omega-3 oil
- Crestor vs. Omega 6
- Crestor vs. Omeprazole
- Crestor vs. Plant sterols
- Crestor vs. Plavix
- Crestor vs. Policosanol
- Crestor vs. Pravachol
- Crestor vs. Pravastatin sodium
- Crestor vs. Prevacid
- Crestor vs. Propranolol hydrochloride
- Crestor vs. Questran
- Crestor vs. Ramipril
- Crestor vs. Repatha
- Crestor vs. Rosuvastatin zinc
- Crestor vs. Simcor
- Crestor vs. Simvastatin
- Crestor vs. Slo-niacin
- Crestor vs. Toprol-xl
- Crestor vs. Triamterene and hydrochlorothiazide
- Crestor vs. Tricor
- Crestor vs. Triglide
- Crestor vs. Trilipix
- Crestor vs. Ubiquinol
- Crestor vs. Valsartan
- Crestor vs. Vascepa
- Crestor vs. Verapamil hydrochloride
- Crestor vs. Vitamin d
- Crestor vs. Vitamin e
- Crestor vs. Vytorin
- Crestor vs. Welchol
- Crestor vs. Zestril
- Crestor vs. Zetia
- Crestor vs. Zocor
Common Crestor side effects:
- Fatigue (7,832 reports)
- Weakness (7,259 reports)
- Pain (6,370 reports)
- Muscle aches (6,308 reports)
- Dizziness (6,106 reports)
- Diarrhea (6,060 reports)
- Drug ineffective (5,926 reports)
Crestor side effects by duration, gender and age:
- Crestor side effects (134,344 reports)
Browse all side effects of Crestor:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zCommon Crestor interactions:
- Crestor and Aspirin (25,460 reports)
- Crestor and Metformin (13,206 reports)
- Crestor and Nexium (12,026 reports)
- Crestor and Lisinopril (11,693 reports)
- Crestor and Plavix (11,383 reports)
- Crestor and Synthroid (8,242 reports)
- Crestor and Lasix (7,585 reports)
- Crestor and Omeprazole (7,473 reports)
- Crestor and Vitamin d (7,358 reports)
- Crestor and Amlodipine (7,285 reports)
Browse all interactions between Crestor and drugs from A to Z:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zDo you take Crestor?
- You can start a phase IV clinical trial to monitor Crestor safety and effectiveness.Who is eHealthMe?
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