2014: The year the FDA said no to a Black Box for Crestor
The start of a new year gives pause to look back at the year that was, and the various stories and issues relating to pharmaceutical drugs and medical products that defined 2014. One defining moment...
View ArticleMore Crestor side effects on the horizon?
A new study suggests that Crestor side effects and the side effects of other statin drugs may include an increased risk of developing cataracts. Crestor and other statins have been previously linked to...
View ArticleHave Crestor side effects done me in?
Can we talk? Thank you. This is written in the first person as the subject at hand is Crestor and I have been mandated to take the stuff by my doctor. I fit the profile: I am middle-aged and my...
View ArticleCrestor found to raise diabetes risk by 46 percent
Millions of people take pills known as statins each year to lower their cholesterol levels. A new study shows the medicine also raises their risk of developing diabetes by 46 percent. The report in the...
View ArticleCrestor issues maintain center stage in lawsuits
While a Crestor lawsuit alleging the withholding of test results linking Crestor to diabetes and other side effects quietly percolates through the courts, a couple of one-year anniversaries are due...
View ArticleStatin drug rosuvastatin (Crestor) ‘does not deserve’ best-selling slot
The best-selling statin drug, rosuvastatin, which is sold under the Crestor brand, “should not be used,” according to a doctor writing in The BMJ – because the evidence of benefit has been weak, and...
View ArticleCrestor should be withdrawn from the market, says doctor
Dr Sidney Wolfe, senior adviser of the health research group at Public Citizen in Washington, recently published in the journal The BMJ an opinion article concerning the use of rosuvastatin, the...
View ArticleIs Crestor linked to aggression?
When people start taking Crestor, they likely watch for some of the reported Crestor side effects that affect them physically. Not many people think to watch for emotional side effects linked to...
View ArticleNew drug could help Crestor-intolerant patients
A new drug that just received FDA approval about three weeks ago, could be a game changer for some high-cholesterol patients. You’ve heard the names Lipitor and Crestor. Statins that lower...
View ArticleCrestor lawsuits still percolating
Not that Americans could be accused of popping any medication like candy. But there are times when consumers have become so desensitized to medications, that popping a pill such as an aspirin or a...
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