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Why is the starting dose for crestor within Japan is 2.5mg instead of 5mg/10mg for th rest?

April 26, 2017Crestor dose Japan rest TH

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Why is the starting dose for crestor within Japan is 2.5mg instead of 5mg/10mg for th rest?

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– Apparently when Astra-Zeneca studied the drug (generic rosuvastatin), people of Asian (and therefore Japanese) descent taking the drug were found to have twice the level of Caucasians taking the same amount of drug.