Rosuvastatin – safety of use Review article

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Marcin Barylski

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The strongest hypolipidemic statin – rosuvastatin – is also a very safe drug, which has been shown by independent analyses of safety and tolerability, and incidence rate of therapy cessation with this drug, resulting from the occurrence of adverse events, is comparable with other statins. Hydrophilicity of molecule, small hepatic metabolism and absence of the drug metabolism by cytochrome P450 3A4 have influence on lower risk of drug interactions and side effects during therapy with rosuvastatin.

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Barylski , M. (2015). Rosuvastatin – safety of use. Medycyna Faktow (J EBM), 8(3(28), 24-27. Retrieved from https://journalsmededu.pl/index.php/jebm/article/view/2292
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