What are the long term side effects of Crestor?

CRESTOR® (rosuvastatin calcium) may cause serious side effects, including:

• Muscle pain, tenderness and weakness (myopathy). Muscle problems, including muscle breakdown, can be serious in some people and rarely cause kidney damage that can lead to death.
• Your chances of getting muscle problems are higher if you:

Is Crestor hard on kidneys?

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The rate of reports of kidney failure or damage among patients taking the cholesterol drug Crestor is 75 times higher than in all patients taking all other statins, according to a Public Citizen analysis of government data.

Is it better to take Crestor at night?

Rosuvastatin (Crestor) may be taken at any time of the day. This is different from other statins that work best when they’re taken at night. This is because some statin medications do not stay in your body for very long (shorter half-life), and the body makes the most cholesterol at night.

Is Crestor harmful?

Crestor’s side effects range from common, relatively mild reactions such as headaches to a rare, severe condition called rhabdomyolysis, which has been linked to kidney damage and death. Statins may possibly increase the risk of a hemorrhagic stroke. Crestor may also increase the chances of liver damage and diabetes.

What is the best natural alternative to statins?

7 cholesterol-lowering alternatives to statins

1. Fibrates. Mostly used for lowering triglyceride levels in patients whose levels are very high and could cause pancreatitis.
2. Plant stanols and sterols.
3. Cholestyramine and other bile acid-binding resins.
4. Niacin.
5. Policosanol.
6. Red yeast rice extract (RYRE)
7. Natural products.

Does Crestor make you gain weight?

Crestor does not appear to cause weight gain directly, but it may indirectly lead to increased weight. Crestor’s most common side effects in clinical trials include headaches, nausea, myalgia (muscle pain), asthenia (weakness or lack of energy), and constipation (FDA, 2010).