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What Is The Difference Between Crestor And Lopid?
I want to know the difference between crestor and lopid? I was taking 10mg of crestor and now they want me to take 600mg of lopid twice a day. I am 55 years old 5 7 200lbs woman, I have type 2 diabetes, had a stent put in had several back surgeries along with cancer in my small intestine which was removed successfully.
Tue, 9 Feb 2016
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Crestor is the trade name for the medication rosuvastatin. This is in the family of medications called statins, they work through a particular mechanism to decrease the cholesterol.
It is very helpful in reducing LDL and VLDL types of cholesterol.
Lopid is the trade name for a medication called gemfibrozil, it works in a different way from the crestor and it is particularly helpful in reducing triglycerides and VLDL.
They would together to make sure, all this types are normal.
I hope this helps
Crestor is the trade name for the medication rosuvastatin. This is in the family of medications called statins, they work through a particular mechanism to decrease the cholesterol.
It is very helpful in reducing LDL and VLDL types of cholesterol.
Lopid is the trade name for a medication called gemfibrozil, it works in a different way from the crestor and it is particularly helpful in reducing triglycerides and VLDL.
They would together to make sure, all this types are normal.
I hope this helps
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