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While there are other medications on the market that are used to treat these conditions, there is not currently a drug similar to Crestor available. The Crestor generic drug is Rosuvastatin, and it is ...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc's cholesterol drug Crestor significantly slowed build-up of plaque in the main artery supplying blood to the brain compared with a placebo in a two-year study ...

The powerful cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor is significantly more likely than other statins to cause muscle deterioration that can lead to kidney disease and failure, according to a study in the ...

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 ...

Current international and national guidelines[2,3,4] continue to stress the significance of reducing LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), an important risk factor for the development and progression of ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares in Japanese drug maker Shionogi & Co Ltd <4507.T> soared nearly 8 percent on Tuesday, boosted by news that the cholesterol drug Crestor it originally developed had done so ...

Crestor is prescribed to treat high or unhealthy cholesterol levels, as these may lead to dangerous cardiovascular problems like heart attack or stroke. Triglycerides are a kind of fat. This leads to ...

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 ...

BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- AstraZeneca's newly approved cholesterol-lowering drug will be available to U.S. patients within two weeks, a top company executive said Wednesday. "We have a well-oiled machine, ...

MUMBAI, India The Food and Drug Administration has given tentative approval to a generic cholesterol drug made by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries. Sun announced Wednesday the tentative approval of ...

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