Background: Although most patients with hypercholesterolemia require life-long therapy with
statins, these drugs are underused due to high costs. Every-other-day therapy could be one …

Background Compared with other statins, rosuvastatin has a relatively long half-life, which
may allow for the administration of this medication on an alternate day basis. Objective To …

Background: Rosuvastatin is an effective treatment for patients with hypercholesterolaemia.
However, the incremental benefit and risk of increasing through the licensed dose range …

Background Nondaily statin dosing is an alternative for patients unable to tolerate daily
dosing. The higher potency and longer half-life of rosuvastatin lends itself to this regimen …

BACKGROUND: Alternative dosing is often used clinically to address common barriers with
statin therapy, such as intolerance and cost. Previous findings have demonstrated significant …

Objective The primary objective of this trial was to compare the efficacy of rosuvastatin with
that of pravastatin and simvastatin for lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) …

The aim of this multi-center, open-label, randomized, parallel-group trial was to compare the
efficacy of rosuvastatin with that of simvastatin in achieving the 1998 European …

To compare the efficacy, safety and tolerability of rosuvastatin 10mg with atorvastatin 10 mg
in adult Indian patients with hypercholesterolaemia, a prospective, open-label, comparative …

A total of 5 randomized, double-blind trials in patients with hypercholesterolemia were
prospectively designed to allow pooling of plasma lipid data after 12 weeks of treatment. The …

Objective: To examine the efficacy and tolerability of rosuvastatin 5 mg at daily and non-daily
dosing regimens. Research design and methods: A retrospective survey was conducted at …