Can you stop taking Rosuvastatin?

Different patients have different courses of medication, some patients can stop taking Rosuvastatin, some patients need to take the drug for life. Rosuvastatin belongs to lipid-lowering drugs, mainly used in the treatment of patients with high cholesterol. For patients with simple elevated cholesterol, they can take Rosuvastatin for a short period of time, and if the cholesterol level is back to normal, they can control it through diet and stop taking the drug temporarily. For patients with high cholesterol combined with cardiovascular diseases, such as cerebral infarction, coronary heart disease and other patients, long-term oral Rosuvastatin can stabilize the plaque of the arterial vasculature and reduce the occurrence of acute events, patients need to take long term oral Rosuvastatin or other statin drugs. Before taking oral Rosuvastatin, it is important to understand the patient’s indications and develop a patient-specific dosing schedule. Adverse effects of the drug include gastrointestinal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, jaundice, myalgia, etc. It is contraindicated in patients with hypersensitivity to drug components, unexplained elevation of liver enzymes, and severe hepatic impairment.