The new cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor has more potentially harmful side effects than similar drugs and should be taken off the market, according to a lengthy correspondence published in today ...

Despite government assurances that the popular cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor is safe, a new study has raised questions about the medication, saying it produces double the adverse reactions of ...

March 31, 2010— -- Millions of Americans who do not have high cholesterol may get advice at their next doctor's visit that they should be taking Crestor-- a drug known widely known as a ...

The Food and Drug Administration is raising questions about the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor, the newest in a class of drugs known as statins. The consumer group Public Citizen has long been ...

BOSTON, May 23-A new analysis of post-marketing safety reports suggests that patients using Crestor (rosuvastatin), a super-potent statin, are more likely to develop serious side effects than ...

A study last week found that the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor (rosuvastatin) is two to six times more likely than other statins to cause muscle fiber damage that can lead to kidney failure.

A patient taking the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor has died, the drug's manufacturer reports. The death occurred in December 2004. Initial reports suggested the patient died of a muscle ...

The cholesterol drug Crestor (search) is being relabeled to add a warning that starter doses should be reduced in Asian-Americans and some other patients. The Food and Drug Administration said ...

But perhaps most notable are the patent expiries for two major LDL-cholesterol (LDL-c) lowering drugs: the statin, Crestor, from AstraZeneca and the cholesterol absorption inhibitor, Zetia ...

Is Crestor dangerous? There have been rumors to that effect for years. Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration said no, arguing that there was no scientific evidence to implicate the drug.

AstraZeneca Plc’s cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor has been linked to the death of a patient, Europe’s third largest drugmaker said on Monday. The death, possibly due to the severe muscle ...

AstraZeneca's Crestor is the most powerful statin on the market when it comes to lowering bad cholesterol, but it still struggles for respect among doctors and patients against Pfizer's $13 ...