Is Crestor hard on your liver?

Infrequent but serious side effects of Crestor include rhabdomyolysis (muscle damage or destruction) that can lead to acute renal failure and liver damage. Crestor is available in tablets of 5, 10, 20 and 40 mg strengths. Usual dose ranges from 5 to 20 mg per day.Click to see full answer. Hereof, can Crestor cause elevated liver enzymes?Statins can raise the levels of liver enzymes called serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT). Studies also show as many as three in every 100 patients taking Crestor experience side effects from elevated liver enzymes. Liver injury is rare but if it happens, it usually occurs two to four months into Crestor therapy.One may also ask, what does Crestor do to your liver? About Crestor Crestor is a HMG-CoA inhibitor, also known as a statin. Drugs in this class help treat high cholesterol by blocking a substance your liver needs to make cholesterol. They also work with your liver to break down the cholesterol already in your blood. People also ask, do statins cause liver problems? Very rarely, statins can cause life-threatening muscle damage called rhabdomyolysis (rab-doe-my-OL-ih-sis). Rhabdomyolysis can cause severe muscle pain, liver damage, kidney failure and death. The risk of very serious side effects is extremely low, and calculated in a few cases per million people taking statins.What are the bad side effects of Crestor? The most common side effects may include: Headache, muscle aches and pains, abdominal pain, weakness, and nausea. Additional side effects that have been reported with CRESTOR include memory loss and confusion. Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.