"Rosuvastatin Calcium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA-REDUCTASE INHIBITOR, or statin, that reduces the plasma concentrations of LDL-CHOLESTEROL; APOLIPOPROTEIN B, and TRIGLYCERIDES while increasing HDL-CHOLESTEROL levels in patients with HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA and those at risk for CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES.
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D000068718
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.884.650 D02.455.526.510.432.500 D02.886.590.700.650 D03.383.742.775
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rosuvastatin Calcium" by people in Profiles.
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Truwit JD, Bernard GR, Steingrub J, Matthay MA, Liu KD, Albertson TE, Brower RG, Shanholtz C, Rock P, Douglas IS, deBoisblanc BP, Hough CL, Hite RD, Thompson BT. Rosuvastatin for sepsis-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2014 Jun 05; 370(23):2191-200.
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Harrington C, Horne A, Hasan RK, Blumenthal RS. Statin therapy in primary prevention: new insights regarding women and the elderly. Am J Cardiol. 2010 Nov 01; 106(9):1357-9.
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Singh S. Drug induced pancreatitis might be a class effect of statin drugs. JOP. 2005 Jul 08; 6(4):380; author reply 380-1.
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Singh S, Nautiyal A, Dolan JG. Recurrent acute pancreatitis possibly induced by atorvastatin and rosuvastatin. Is statin induced pancreatitis a class effect? JOP. 2004 Nov 10; 5(6):502-4.