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What Is Rosuvastatin Used For?Many people wonder, "What is rosuvastatin used for?" Rosuvastatin is used for lowering cholesterol in people with high cholesterol, reducing triglycerides in people with high triglycerides, and serving as an add-on treatment in people with familiar hypercholesterolemia to help lower total cholesterol and "bad cholesterol" and increase "good cholesterol." The medicine has not been approved to treat high cholesterol in children.
Written by/reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
Last reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD;
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