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Can I Take Crestor For Lipid Metabolism Disorders ?

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Dr.      Vinay Bhardwaj MD

Hi I recently got obesity analysis and vitamin analysis done and my test results which are beyond defined range are as follows: Testing item Normal range actual value Abnormal Lipid metabolism co ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj ( Neurologist)
Dr.   Anshul Varshney MD

today Lipid reading are: Total Cholest: 161 Triglic:177 HDL: 28 LDL: 96 VLDL: 35.4 Do Crestor allevate ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anshul Varshney ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Suma Parinam MD

Does crestor cause fatigue , drowsiness , sleepness, and sinus drainage? That is my only question. Since taking Crestor, I have been fatigued, I am not sleeping well, my legs have become uncommonly weak ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Suma Parinam ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.     Bhanu Partap MD

Is there a significant difference between Crestor and Rosuvastatin? I currently am on Crestor 40 mg ... insurance company will not pay for my Crestor and want me to use the Generic. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bhanu Partap ( Cardiologist)
Dr. Benard Shehu MD

200mg and Crestor 10mg for over a year. I have lost 30 lbs and would like to reduce the medication I ...I recently had testing done for Lipid Panel with LDL/ HDL Ratio, Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Benard Shehu ( Cardiologist)

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Dr.  Ralph Chambers MD

I have high cholesterol and I have taken Crestor for 1 month. After lipid panel, my SGOT and SGPT doubled. My doctor wants me to come back for retest in 1 week. Can I expect much of a drop in scores in ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ralph Chambers ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Sagar Makode MD

Yes, I have been taking Crestor generic and find that I have lost energy, have joint pain and lots of back pain. My cardiologist suggested to come off the Crestor for 5 days to see if my pain is less ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sagar Makode ( Cardiologist)
Dr. Purva Patel MD

have recently started Crestor 5mg Qod. Had a stroke 16 mos. ago. NOticed my confusion and memory loss have become worse. Had tried crestor several years ago and had to discontinue due to muscle pain ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Purva Patel ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Jose Ignacio Artero Munoz MD

Crestor. I am currently on Niaspan 1500mg and have been for a year and a half… just recently I was prescribed Crestor 6 months ago 5 mg and my hair started falling out and my ferritin levels were extremely ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Jose Ignacio Artero Munoz ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Hardik Sanghvi MD

I have a total plaletet count of 127... dropped to that in last six months.. happened two years ago when i was on crestor.. stopped crestor and went back to normal. Not on crestor now...but am taking... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hardik Sanghvi ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)