Complications were more common with Crestor than the other three statins available, but less than half the rate of those reported during the first year of Baycol's use. But even for Crestor, the ...

The widely used cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor has at least twice the incidence of side effects as other drugs in the statin family, although it should still be considered safe for long-term use, ...

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) today announced results of the LUNAR (Limiting UNdertreatment of Lipids in Acute Coronary Syndrome with Rosuvastatin) study, which showed ...

DALLAS -- Contrary to government claims, side effects happen more often with Crestor, a cholesterol-lowering drug that consumer advocates tried to get off the market earlier this year, a new analysis ...

Crestor rosuvastatin calcium is a statin drug, that works by slowing the production of cholesterol by the body, used to lower cholesterol and fats triglycerides in the blood and is used to reduce the ...

A consumer advocate is urging the government to ban the new anti-cholesterol drug Crestor, citing new cases of a life-threatening muscle side effect among patients taking a low dose thought to ...

The rate of serious muscle damage in patients who took AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical's cholesterol drug Crestor was six times higher than with similar medicines, the consumer group Public Citizen said ...

DALLAS - Contrary to government claims, side effects happen more often with Crestor, a cholesterol-lowering drug that consumer advocates tried to get off the market earlier this year, a new analysis ...