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.

• Lowering cholesterol in those with high cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia). Rosuvastatin reduces total cholesterol, LDL ("bad cholesterol"), ApoB, non-HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides, as well as raising HDL ("good cholesterol").
 
• Lowering triglycerides in people with high triglycerides (hypertriglyceridemia).
 
• Slowing the progression of atherosclerosis (a hardening and narrowing of the arteries).
 
• Treating dysbetalipoproteinemia, a rare genetic condition characterized by high cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
 
• Serving as an add-on treatment in people with familiar hypercholesterolemia to help lower total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and ApoB cholesterol.