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Crestor Side Effects

Name: Crestor
Generic: Rosuvastatin

Manufacturer: AstraZeneca
Date approved: 2003
Status: Prescription only
Approved uses: Statin drug used for lowering cholesterol.

Off-Label uses: N/A
Side effects:
  • Rhabdomyolysis
  • Serious Muscle Toxicity (Myopathy)
  • Musculoskeletal Symptoms
  • Kidney Damage
Related topics: Zocor, Simvastatin, Vytorin, Zetia, Cholesterol, Unsafe Drugs
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Crestor is a member of the cholesterol-lowering family of drugs called statins. Crestor has been documented to have a severe, sometimes fatal side effect, rhabdomyolysis. Rhabdomyolysis is characterized by muscle cell deterioration and the release of those cells into the bloodstream. Symptoms of rhabdomyolysis include muscle pain, weakness, tenderness, malaise, fever, dark urine, nausea, and vomiting. Fatal Crestor rhabdomyolysis is more prevalent when Crestor is taken in higher doses. Liver damage is also a possible side effect of Crestor and other lipid-lowering statin drugs.

Consumer Groups Ask FDA to Remove Crestor from the Market

In August 2003, the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Crestor, manufactured by AstraZeneca. Between 2003 and 2006, Crestor was prescribed approximately 22 million times to more than 4.7 million patients. Less than four months after Crestor’s FDA approval, three U.S. read more

FDA Issues Warnings For Crestor Side Effects

Cholesterol is a naturally occurring substance in the human body and people need it to live. High cholesterol affects millions of Americans and is becoming a burgeoning and all too common problem in today's society. One of these new drugs is Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium) . read more

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FDA Public Health Advisory for Crestor (rosuvastatin)

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Crestor News Articles

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Crestor Patents

Use of rosuvastatin (zd-4522) in the treatment of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

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Crestor Useful Web Sites

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