Trusted Prescription Drug Information

• Take Crestor exactly as directed by your doctor. If you do not understand these directions, ask your pharmacist, nurse, or doctor to explain them to you.
• Take each dose with a full glass of water.
• Crestor can be taken with or without food.
• Crestor is usually taken once a day. Try to take each dose at the same time daily. Follow your doctor’s instructions.
• It is important to take Crestor regularly to get the most benefit. Do not stop taking it without first talking to your doctor. It may be weeks or months before beneficial effects are seen from this medication.
• Your doctor may want to monitor your liver function with blood tests before starting treatment with Crestor, at twelve weeks after start of treatment and after any increase in dose, and periodically (every 6 months) thereafter. Depending on the results of these tests, your doctor can determine how much monitoring you will require.
• Eat a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet. To realize beneficial effects from Crestor, avoid fatty, high-cholesterol foods.
• Store it at room temperature away from moisture and heat.