Drug details

Roszet (rosuvastatin and ezetimibe tablets)

type of Lipid-Lowering Agents, Statins, Lipid-Lowering Agents, 2-Azetidinones

Roszet (rosuvastatin and ezetimibe) is a combination of an HMG CoA-reductase inhibitor (statin) and a dietary cholesterol absorption inhibitor indicated in adults either as an adjunct to diet in patients with primary non-familial hyperlipidemia to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL¬C), or alone or as an adjunct to other LDL-C lowering therapies in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) to reduce LDL-C.

This drug may have the following side effects:

• nausea,
• vomiting,
• weakness,
• loss of appetite,
• fever,
• stomach pain,
• itching, and
• severe dizziness
• rash,
• hives, 
• difficulty breathing, 
• swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat, 
• muscle pain,
• dark urine, 
• unusual tiredness, 
• tenderness,
• change in the amount of urine, 
• foamy urine, 
• yellowing of your eyes or skin (jaundice), 

The following drugs are related to Roszet, either as a replacement or used together:

• Altoprev (lovastatin extended-release tablets)
• Antara (fenofibrate)
• Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium)
• Questran (cholestyramine)
• Prevalite (cholestyramine for oral suspension, us)
• Plavix (clopidogrel bisulfate)
• Welchol (colesevelam hcl)
• Colestid (colestipol)
• Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium)
• Epanova (omega-3-carboxylic acids soft-gelatin capsules)
• Triglide (fenofibrate)
• Tricor (fenofibrate)
• Lescol (fluvastatin sodium)
• Lescol XL (fluvastatin sodium extended-release tablets)
• Lopid (gemfibrozil)
• Vascepa (icosapent ethyl capsules)
• Mevacor (lovastatin)
• Lovaza (omega-3-acid ethyl esters)
• Niaspan (niacin)
• Omtryg (omega-3-acid ethyl esters a capsules)
• Pravachol (pravastatin sodium)
• Zocor (simvastatin)