Rosuvastatin
Rosuvastatin is used along with dietary changes to reduce total and LDL ("bad") cholesterol and fat levels in the blood, and to increase HDL ("good") cholesterol levels. It belongs to a class of drugs called HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors.
- Support your medication’s effectiveness with vitamin B3 (niacin) Ask your doctor if adding 500 to 2,000 mg of extended-release niacin each day might help your medication work better.
- Try cholesterol-lowering margarine Using margarines containing sitostanol (Benecol), which is made from naturally occurring unsaturated sterols from soybean oil (Take Control), can help lower LDL (“bad”) cholesterol.
- Disrupt your medicine with pomegranate Avoid pomegranate as it may inhibit the body’s ability to break down this drug, making it more toxic.
- Take red yeast rice with statins Although red yeast rice (Monascus purpureas) extract has been shown to lower moderately high cholesterol and triglycerides, it contains small amounts of natural HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors and should not be used with statin medications.
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