Rosuvastatin,sold under the brand nameCrestoramong others, is astatinmedication, used to preventcardiovascular diseasein those at high risk and treatabnormal lipids.[6]It is recommended to be used together with dietary changes, exercise, and weight loss.[6]It is takenorally(by mouth).[6]

Rosuvastatin
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Pronunciation/rˈsvəstætɪn/roh-SOO-və-stat-in
Trade namesCrestor, others
Other namesRosuvastatin calcium (USANUS)
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Bioavailability20%[5][6]
Protein binding88%[5][6]
MetabolismLiver:CYP2C9(major) andCYP2C19-mediated; ~10% metabolized[5][6]
MetabolitesN-desmethyl rosuvastatin (major; 1/6–1/9 of rosuvastatin activity)[4]
Eliminationhalf-life19 hours[5][6]
ExcretionFeces(90%)[5][6]
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FormulaC22H28FN3O6S
Molar mass481.54g·mol−1
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Common side effects include abdominal pain, nausea, headaches, andmuscle pains.[6]Serious side effects may includerhabdomyolysis,liver problems, anddiabetes.[6]Use duringpregnancymay harm the baby.[6]Like all statins, rosuvastatin works by inhibitingHMG-CoA reductase,anenzymefound in theliverthat plays a role in producingcholesterol.[6]

Rosuvastatin was patented in 1991, and approved for medical use in the United States in 2003.[6][7]It is available as ageneric medication.[6]In 2022, it was the thirteenth most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 37million prescriptions.[8][9]In Australia, it was one of the top 10 most prescribed medications between 2017 and 2023.[10]

Medical uses

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Rosuvastatin (marketed as Crestor) 10 mg tablets

The primary use of rosuvastatin is for prevention of cardiovascular disease in those at high risk and the treatment ofabnormal lipids.[6]

Effects on cholesterol levels

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The effects of rosuvastatin onlow-density lipoprotein(LDL) cholesterol are dose-related. Higher doses were more efficacious in improving the lipid profile of patients with hypercholesterolemia than milligram-equivalent doses ofatorvastatinand milligram-equivalent or higher doses ofsimvastatinandpravastatin.[11]

Meta-analysis showed that rosuvastatin is able to modestly increase levels ofhigh-density lipoprotein(HDL) cholesterol as well, as with other statins.[12]A 2014 Cochrane review determined there was good evidence for rosuvastatin lowering non-HDL levels linearly with dose.[13]

Side effects and contraindications

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Side effects are uncommon:[14]

The following rare side effects are more serious. Like all statins, rosuvastatin can possibly causemyopathy,rhabdomyolysis:[14][4]

Allergic reactions can develop:[4]

Rosuvastatin has multiplecontraindications,including hypersensitivity to rosuvastatin or any component of the formulation, active liver disease, elevation of serumtransaminases,pregnancy, or breastfeeding.[4]Rosuvastatin is not prescribed nor used while pregnant, as it can cause serious harm to the fetus.[4]In the case of breastfeeding, it is unknown whether rosuvastatin is passed through breastmilk.[4][15]

The risk of myopathy may be increased in Asian Americans: "Because Asians appear to process the drug differently, half the standard dose can have the same cholesterol-lowering benefit in those patients, though a full dose could increase the risk of side-effects, a study by the drug's manufacturer,AstraZeneca,indicated. "[16][17][18]Therefore, the lowest dose is recommended in Asians.[19]

Myopathy

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As with all statins, there is a concern ofrhabdomyolysis,a severe undesired side effect. The U.S.Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has indicated that "it does not appear that the risk [of rhabdomyolysis] is greater with Crestor than with other marketed statins", but has mandated that a warning about this side-effect, as well as a kidney toxicity warning, be added to the product label.[20][21]

Diabetes mellitus

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Statinsincrease the risk ofdiabetes,[22]consistent with FDA's review, which reported a 27% increase in investigator-reported diabetes mellitus in rosuvastatin-treated people.[23]

Drug interactions

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The following drugs can have negative interactions with rosuvastatin and should be discussed with the prescribing doctor:[14][4]

Grapefruit juice negatively interacts with several specific drugs in the statin class, but it has little or no effect on rosuvastatin.[25]

Structure

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Rosuvastatin has structural similarities with most otherstatins,e.g.,atorvastatin,cerivastatinandpitavastatin,but unlike other statins, rosuvastatin containssulfur(insulfonylfunctional group). Crestor is acalciumsalt of rosuvastatin, i.e. rosuvastatin calcium,[20]in which calcium replaces the hydrogen in thecarboxylic acidgroup on the right of the skeletal formula at the top right of this page.[citation needed]

Mechanism of action

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Rosuvastatin is acompetitive inhibitorof the enzymeHMG-CoA reductase,having a mechanism of action similar to that of other statins.[26]

Putative beneficial effects of rosuvastatin therapy on chronicheart failuremay be negated by increases in collagen turnover markers as well as a reduction in plasmacoenzyme Q10levels in patients with chronic heart failure.[27]

Pharmacodynamics

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The dose-related magnitude of rosuvastatin on blood lipids was determined in aCochranesystematic review in 2014. Over the dose range of 1 to 80 mg/day strong linear dose‐related effects were found; total cholesterol was reduced by 22.1% to 44.8%, LDL cholesterol by 31.2% to 61.2%, non-HDL cholesterol by 28.9% to 56.7% and triglycerides by 14.4% to 26.6%.[13]

Pharmacokinetics

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Absolutebioavailabilityof rosuvastatin is about 20% andCmaxis reached in 3 to 5 hours; administration with food did not affect theAUCaccording to the original sponsor submitted clinical study and as per product label.[4]However, a subsequent clinical study has shown a marked reduction in rosuvastatin exposure when administered with food.[28]It is 88%protein bound,mainly toalbumin.[6]Fraction absorbed of rosuvastatin is frequently misquoted in the literature as approximately 0.5 (50%)[29]due to a miscalculated hepatic extraction ratio in the original submission package subsequently corrected by the FDA reviewer.[30]

Rosuvastatin is metabolized mainly byCYP2C9and not extensively metabolized; approximately 10% is recovered asmetaboliteN-desmethyl rosuvastatin. It is excreted infeces(90%) primarily and theelimination half-lifeis approximately 19 hours.[4][6]

Both AUC and Cmaxare approximately 2-fold higher in Asian patients compared to Caucasian patients given the same dose of rosuvastatin.[4]

Society and culture

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Rosuvastatin is theinternational nonproprietary name (INN).[31]

Economics

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Because low- to moderate dose statins are strongly recommended by theUnited States Preventive Services Task Force(USPSTF) forprimary preventionof cardiovascular disease in adults aged 40–75 years who are at risk,[32]thePatient Protection and Affordable Care Act(PPACA) in the United States requires most health insurance plans to cover the costs of these drugs without charging the insured patient acopaymentorcoinsurance,even if he or she has not yet reached his or her annualdeductible.[33][34][35]Rosuvastatin 5 mg and 10 mg are examples of regimens meeting the USPSTF guideline;[32]however, insurers have discretion as to which low- and moderate-dose statin regimens to cover under this requirement,[36]and some only cover other statins.[37]

The drug was billed as a "super-statin" during its clinical development; the claim was that it offers high potency and improved cholesterol reduction compared to rivals in the class. The main competitors to rosuvastatin areatorvastatinandsimvastatin.However, people can also combineezetimibewith either simvastatin or atorvastatin and other agents on their own, for somewhat similar augmented response rates. As of 2006some published information for comparing rosuvastatin, atorvastatin, and ezetimibe/simvastatin results is available, but many of the relevant studies are still[when?]in progress.[26][needs update]

First launched in 2003, sales of rosuvastatin were $129million and $908million in 2003, and 2004, respectively, with a total patient treatment population of over 4million by the end of 2004.[citation needed] Annual cost to the UKNational Health Service(NHS) in 2018, for 5–40 mg rosuvastatin daily (of one person) was £24-40, compared to £10-20 for 20–80 mg simvastatin.[38]

In 2013, it was the fourth-highest selling drug in the United States, accounting for approximately $5.2billion in sales.[39]In 2021, it was the thirteenth most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 32million prescriptions.[40]

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Rosuvastatin is approved in the United States for the treatment of highLDL cholesterol(dyslipidemia), total cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia), and/ortriglycerides(hypertriglyceridemia).[41]In February 2010, rosuvastatin was approved by the FDA for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events.[42]

As of 2004,rosuvastatin had been approved in 154 countries and launched in 56. Approval in the United States by theFood and Drug Administration(FDA) came on 13 August 2003.[43][44]

Patent protection and generic versions

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The main patent which protected rosuvastatin (RE37,314, which expired in 2016) was challenged as being an improper reissue of an earlier patent. This challenge was rejected in 2010, and thus patent protection did continue until 2016.[45][46][47][48][49]

In April 2016, the FDA approved the firstgenericversion of rosuvastatin (from Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc).[50]In July 2016,Mylangained approval for its generic rosuvastatin calcium.[51]

Debate and criticisms

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In October 2003, several months after its introduction in Europe,Richard Horton,the editor of themedical journalThe Lancet,criticized the way Crestor had been introduced. "AstraZeneca's tactics in marketing its cholesterol-lowering drug, rosuvastatin, raise disturbing questions about how drugs enter clinical practice and what measures exist to protect patients from inadequately investigated medicines," according to his editorial.The Lancet'seditorial position is that the data for Crestor's superiority rely too much on extrapolation from the lipid profile data (surrogate end-points) and too little on hard clinical end-points, which are available for other statins that had been on the market longer. The manufacturer responded by stating that few drugs had been tested so successfully on so many patients. In correspondence published inThe Lancet,AstraZeneca's CEOTom McKillopcalled the editorial "flawed and incorrect" and slammed the journal for making "such an outrageous critique of a serious, well-studied medicine."[52]

In 2004, the consumer interest organizationPublic Citizenfiled aCitizen's Petitionwith the FDA, asking that Crestor be withdrawn from the US market. On 11 March 2005, the FDA issued a letter toSidney M. Wolfeof Public Citizen both denying the petition and providing an extensive detailed analysis of findings that demonstrated no basis for concerns about rosuvastatin compared with the other statins approved for marketing in the United States.[53]In 2015, Wolfe explained why he thought that "the drug should have been withdrawn and why it should not be used", due to the incidence of rhabdomyolysis, renal problems, and significant increase inglycated hemoglobin(HbA1C) and fastinginsulinlevels, and decreasedinsulin sensitivityin diabetic patients. Rosuvastatin indeed lowered cholesterol more than other statins, but Wolfe asked "what about actually improving health, preventing heart attacks and strokes?"[54]

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