Can you break up Rosuvastatin 10mg and take it?

Rosuvastatin 10mg is still recommended to swallow the whole tablet, do not break it to eat, so as not to affect the absorption of the drug, and lead to inaccurate dosage of the drug. Rosuvastatin can be used for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, slowing down the progress of atherosclerosis, stabilizing plaque, Rosuvastatin is a film-coated tablet, mainly to reduce the destruction of the drug by gastric acid and reduce the absorption of the drug in the stomach. After breaking open the drug in the stomach absorption can not play a proper therapeutic effect. And after breaking the drug dose is not accurate, want to take 5mg, you can directly choose the specification of 5mg of drugs. After taking Rosuvastatin, side effects such as nausea and vomiting, diarrhea and headache, muscle aches and pains may occur, and it is contraindicated in patients with severe renal impairment or myopathy, and cannot be taken at the same time as cyclosporine. Rosuvastatin belongs to the prescription drugs, it is recommended that the patient after consultation and then under the guidance of the doctor for standardized use of drugs.