CRESTOR is indicated for patients with primary hypercholesterolaemia, (type IIa, including heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia) or mixed dyslipidaemia (type IIb) as an adjunct to diet when response to diet and exercise is inadequate.
CRESTOR reduces elevated LDL-cholesterol, total cholesterol, triglycerides and ApoB, and increases HDL-cholesterol.
CRESTOR is also indicated in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia as an adjunct to diet and other lipid lowering treatments (e.g. LDL aphaeresis).