Amaranth + Rosuvastatin

These two come up together because they touch the same health topic — not because they do the same job. Rosuvastatin is a prescription medicine with approved uses on its FDA label. Amaranth is a supplement: what follows is what researchers have looked at it for, and how strong that evidence is.

Rosuvastatin is prescribed for: Rosuvastatin tablets are used alongside diet changes to lower LDL-C ("bad" cholesterol), total cholesterol, and triglycerides (blood fats), and to raise HDL-C ("good" cholesterol) in adults with high cholesterol or mixed cholesterol problems. They are also used in adults with very high triglycerides, a condition called primary dysbetalipoproteinemia (Type III, a genetic fat-metabolism disorder), and to slow the buildup of plaque in arteries (atherosclerosis). In people without established heart disease but with multiple risk factors, rosuvastatin tablets can reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, and procedures to open blocked arteries. For children and teens aged 8 and older with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH, an inherited high-cholesterol condition), the tablet form is used to lower LDL-C after diet alone has not worked.

Amaranth has been studied for:

• Hypercholesterolemia studied, not established Amaranth has been studied for this. Natural Medicines rates the evidence: Possibly Ineffective Read what the research shows

  Amaranth for hypercholesterolemia

  Preliminary clinical research shows that eating muffins made with amaranth flour or taking oral doses of amaranth oil 3-18 mL daily while following a reduced fat diet for 3-4 weeks does not reduce serum cholesterol levels more than the reduced fat diet alone.

  4 sources cited

  1. 6188. Maier SM, Turner ND, Lupton JR. Serum lipids in hypercholesterolemic men and women consuming oat bran and amaranth products. Cereal Chem 2000:77;297-302. DOI ↗
  2. 31069. Martirosyan, D. M., Miroshnichenko, L. A., Kulakova, S. N., Pogojeva, A. V., and Zoloedov, V. I. Amaranth oil application for coronary heart disease and hypertension. Lipids Health Dis. 2007;6:1.
  3. 104834. Dus-Zuchowska M, Walkowiak J, Morawska A, et al. Amaranth oil increases total and LDL cholesterol levels without influencing early markers of atherosclerosis in an overweight and obese population: A randomized double-blind cross-over study in comparison w
  4. 104837. Moszak M, Zawada A, Juchacz A, Grzymislawski M, Bogdanski P. Comparison of the effect of rapeseed oil or amaranth seed oil supplementation on weight loss, body composition, and changes in the metabolic profile of obese patients following 3-week body mass

Effectiveness ratings and the research summaries above are the verbatim record from the Natural Medicines database, which grades evidence from “Effective” down to “Insufficient Reliable Evidence To Rate”. A rating below the top of that scale means researchers have looked at it — not that it works, and never that it can stand in for a prescribed medicine. Do not stop or replace Rosuvastatin on your own; if you are taking Amaranth for the same health topic, tell your prescriber, especially if the medicine is being adjusted to a target.

These are real questions from readers, answered by the pharmacists at HelloPharmacist — written by a person, not generated from a database. Each one covers Amaranth or Rosuvastatin, not necessarily both, but if one is close to what you were about to ask it will usually go further than a database entry can:

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This page covers Amaranth only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Rosuvastatin page lists 63 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), Beer (major), Grapefruit (major), Siberian Cocklebur (major) and Wine (major).

By severity: 5 major · 48 moderate · 10 minor.

Open the Rosuvastatin interaction page ›

We hold 404 real supplement products containing Amaranth, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Amaranth. Even though Amaranth itself has no known interaction with Rosuvastatin, another ingredient on your label might. Find your product and we’ll check every ingredient on its label:

Out of every supplement and medication people look up on HelloPharmacist, here is where these two land this week — and which way each has been moving.

Position among everything looked up on this site, not a measure of how commonly either one is used or how important it is. A supplement can climb this list because of a news story. It counts every request to the page, automated ones included, and nothing here identifies anyone.

Natural Medicines records Rosuvastatin as a medicine that can lower these. This is not an interaction with Amaranth — it is a separate effect of the medicine, and it is a reason some people are advised to supplement rather than to avoid one:

• COENZYME Q10›

Read the full Rosuvastatin nutrient depletion report ›

Depletion records come from the licensed Natural Medicines database. Do not start a supplement on the strength of this page — ask your pharmacist or doctor whether it applies to you.