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Can Cholestyramine And Crestor Be Taken Together?
Question: Hi, I am taking cholestyramine powder 3 times daily, I am also taking Crestor. The dose of cholestyramine is the large scoop AND 4 level small scoops each dose. Is this too much? Will the two cumulatively reduce my cholesterol too far? Should I cease the Crestor stat? I cannot contact my doctor until Wednesday.
Brief Answer:
you can take these two medicines together
Detailed Answer:
Welcome at HCM
I am Dr Saad Sultan and will be answering your query. I have read and understood your health concerns.
Have you done your lipid profile? As far as taking these medicines together is concerned, there is no as such contraindication. In fact , these two medicines help each other in lowering cholesterol. You can continue with it.
Get your fasting lipid profile and send me the values so that I can better correlate it.
Hope it helps
Regards
Dr Saad Sultan
you can take these two medicines together
Detailed Answer:
Welcome at HCM
I am Dr Saad Sultan and will be answering your query. I have read and understood your health concerns.
Have you done your lipid profile? As far as taking these medicines together is concerned, there is no as such contraindication. In fact , these two medicines help each other in lowering cholesterol. You can continue with it.
Get your fasting lipid profile and send me the values so that I can better correlate it.
Hope it helps
Regards
Dr Saad Sultan
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