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 ...

FILE PHOTO: A box of the drug "Crestor" made by pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca is held by a pharmacy worker as he poses for a photograph at a pharmacy in London April 28, 2014. REUTERS/Luke ...

In a head-to-head test of two popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs — Lipitor and Crestor — both medications worked equally well.more Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Crestor (rosuvastatin) both ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators see benefits to using an AstraZeneca Plc cholesterol drug in a vast new group of patients but will ask outside advisers to probe various safety issues, documents ...

NHS guidelines urge those taking statins to stop their medication and seek medical assistance should they notice any of ...

Statins rank among the most prescribed medications worldwide, with millions taking these cholesterol-lowering drugs daily to reduce their cardiovascular risk. While these medications effectively lower ...

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 ...

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 ...