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, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ A drug company illegally delayed reporting side effects linked to its anti-cholesterol drug Crestor, a consumer advocate contended Tuesday in urging a Food and Drug Administration ...

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 ...

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 ...

The cholesterol drug Crestor is being relabeled to add a caution that starter doses should be reduced in Asian-Americans and some other patients. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

A study out this month raises questions about who might benefit from taking cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins. Between 16 million and 20 million Americans already take such drugs. The study, ...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration urged doctors Wednesday to use caution in prescribing the cholesterol drug Crestor to patients of Asian heritage, but said that overall the medication ...

Q: I took Crestor for three years. All was well until I started taking my daily meds with pomegranate juice. Then I developed cramps and muscle pain. It was awful until I discovered pomegranate acts ...

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - AstraZeneca's powerful cholesterol drug Crestor cut the risk of dangerous blood clots in the vein by 43 percent in a large study, researchers said on Sunday. The results ...

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 ...