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 ...

Crestor (rosuvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are the top medications for lowering blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides. High cholesterol (and triglycerides) occurs when the fat in your ...

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

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 ...