Rosuvastatin

Crestor · Statin

Generic
rosuvastatin
Brand
Crestor
Class
Statin
Say it
roe-SOO-va-STAT-in

What technicians need to know

Potent LDL reduction

Commonly mispronounced

"ros-OO-vah-stah-tin"

The -statin pattern

Rosuvastatin ends in -statin, which marks a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) — used for cholesterol. Learning the suffix families turns roughly 200 separate drugs into about 20 patterns you can reason from. See all the families.

Other statins

atorvastatin pravastatin simvastatin

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