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What should you discuss with
your healthcare provider before taking Crestor?
Without first consulting with your doctor, do not take Crestor if you have
Liver Disease.
Tell/Inform your doctor if you have liver disease, have hypothyroidism (low
thyroid function), drink alcoholic beverages, require major surgery, have
a blood disorder, or have a chronic muscular disease; before taking Crestor.
If you have any of the conditions listed above then you may not be able
to take Crestor, or you may need a dosage adjustment or special monitoring
during treatment.
It is recommended not to take Crestor without first talking to your doctor
if you are pregnant or could become pregnant during treatment. Crestor is
in the FDA pregnancy category X. This means that it is known that it causes
birth defects in an unborn baby if taken during pregnancy.
Without consulting to your doctor, do not take Crestor if you are breast-feeding
a baby. This is because it is not known whether Crestor passes into breast
milk and if it will be harmful to a nursing baby.
Crestor
is used with a proper diet to help lower cholesterol and
fat (triglyceride) levels in your blood; this medicine is HMG-CoA reductase
inhibitor (also known as a "statin"). It can also be used in other
circumstances for treatment, as if determined by your doctor.
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