Crestor (Rosuvastatin) is used to reduce the cholesterol amount in your blood.

Before taking rosuvastatin, inform your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to rosuvastatin or any other drugs, if you have diabetes, serious infection, the heart attack, the hypotension; or liver, kidney or thyroid gland disease. Also tell your doctor if you are taking any prescription and non-prescription medicines, food additions, vitamins, or herbal products.

Don’t use the drug if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Contact your doctor if you have the following side effects: jaundice, chest pain, stomach pain, swelling in your feet or hands, constipation, weakness, etc.

Lipitor (Atorvastatin) blocks the production of fat in the body. It raises high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. Lipitor is used with an appropriate diet. Certain patients use it to decrease the risk of heart stroke, attack, chest pain that is caused by angina, or blockage of blood vessels.

Do not use the drug if you have any allergic reaction to Atorvastatin, if you are pregnant or are breast-feeding, if you have liver problems.

Possible side effects are headache, dizziness, nausea, constipation, diarrhea, upset stomach. Contact your doctor if you have muscle pain, difficulty breathing, weakness, tightness in the chest, etc.

Mevacor is used for reducing the cholesterol level. It can also be used for other purposes as defined by your doctor.

Before using the drug, tell your doctor if you have other medical conditions, such as problems with muscles, alcohol usage, allergies, pregnancy or breast-feeding. Don’t take the medicine if you have liver disease. Tell your doctor if you have low blood pressure, uncontrolled fits, serious infection. Contact your doctor if you have any questions or if some problems have appeared while taking this medicine.

Pravachol reduces the high cholesterol level. The drug is also taken to lower the risk of heart attack, stroke in patients who have coronary heart disease.

Certain medications can interact with the drug. So, before using Pravachol tell your doctor about all the prescribed and non-prescribed medicines that you are taking. Don’t use this medicine if you have allergic reactions to pravastatin, if you experience liver/kidney disease, diabetes, if you are a heavy drinker or in case of pregnancy or breast-feeding.

Contact your doctor at once if you have tumor of the hands, chest pain, muscle pain, weakness with fever, etc.

Zocor is used for reducing the bad cholesterol and triglyceride level and for raising the good cholesterol. The drug is used together with low-fat and low-cholesterol diet. Zocor does not treat high cholesterol, but can control it.

Do not to take the drug if you are allergic to any component of the product.

Before using Zocor, tell your doctor about your medical conditions, especially if you have kidney/liver problems, allergies, muscle problems, if you are heavy drinker, if you are pregnant, or breast-feeding.

Tell your doctor if any unusual or inconvenient side effect appears.