Taking rosuvastatin with other medicines and herbal supplements

Cautions with other medicines

Some medicines can affect the way that rosuvastatin works, and increase the chances of you having side effects.

Tell your doctor if you're taking any of these medicines:

• antibiotics, such as erythromycin or fusidic acid
• some antiviral medicines used to treat infections such as HIV and hepatitis
• medicine for indigestion, such as Gaviscon
• medicines that help to prevent blood clots, such as clopidogrel or warfarin
• ciclosporin, used to treat psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis
• contraceptive pills, such as the combined pill
• hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
• other medicines, called fibrates, used to lower cholesterol

If you're taking rosuvastatin and need to take one of these medicines, your doctor may:

• prescribe a lower dose of rosuvastatin
• prescribe a different statin
• recommend that you stop taking rosuvastatin for a while

These are not all the medicines that can affect rosuvastatin. For a full list, see the leaflet inside your medicine packet or check with your pharmacist.

Mixing rosuvastatin with herbal remedies and supplement

There's some interest in taking Co-enzyme Q10 (CoQ10) together with statins. But there's no clear evidence that taking CoQ10 at the same time as rosuvastatin will benefit your health. More research is needed.

If you decide to take a CoQ10 supplement, tell your doctor or pharmacist. Supplements can affect any other medicines you are also taking.

There's not enough information to say that other complementary medicines and herbal remedies are safe to take with rosuvastatin. They're not tested in the same way as pharmacy and prescription medicines. They're generally not tested for the effect they have on other medicines.