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Crestor
Crestor Debate Intensifies
Dec 28, 2004 | www.cbsnews.com
The Food and Drug Administration is raising questions about the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor, the newest in a class of drugs known as...
Crestor Ads Draw Fire; FDA Could Act
Dec 8, 2004 | USA TODAY
A House Democrat has asked the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on the maker of the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor for what he calls...
Five Brands of Risk
Dec 7, 2004 | Washington Post
It's been a tough couple of weeks for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and pharmaceutical companies. But it's also been difficult for the...
Updated Safety Information Regarding Crestor
Nov 24, 2004 | Health Canada
Health Canada wishes to advise Canadians of safety concerns about Crestor, a cholesterol lowering drug, when used at the highest recommended dosage...
Danger Link Gets Stronger For Heart Drug
Nov 22, 2004 | The Gazette (Montreal)
Health Canada has received more reports of a rare but potentially serious muscle reaction in people taking the anti-cholesterol pill Crestor a...
Concern About Drug Safety Doesn't Stop With Vioxx
Nov 22, 2004 | USA TODAY
Doctors have been taking calls from anxious patients ever since a Senate hearing on Vioxx last week at which an FDA scientist expressed concerns...
Medical Experts Weigh Safety In Using Five Drugs
Nov 19, 2004 | Knight Ridder
A day after an FDA official raised safety concerns about five widely prescribed medicines, doctors and patients had the same question: Should they...
Advocate Suggests Crestor May Harm Kidneys
Oct 29, 2004 | AP
Consumer advocate Dr. Sidney Wolfe renewed his effort Friday to get the anti-cholesterol drug Crestor removed from sale. Wolfe sent a letter to the...
Group Renews Call for Withdrawal of Cholesterol Drug
Oct 29, 2004 | www.healthcentral.com
A leading consumer watchdog group issued a new warning Friday about the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor, alleging that patients who use it are 75...
Rate of Kidney Damage in Crestor Patients Is 75 Times Higher Than in Patients Taking Other Cholesterol Drugs
Oct 29, 2004 | www.PharmaLive.com
The rate of reports of kidney failure or damage among patients taking the cholesterol drug Crestor is 75 times higher than in all patients taking all...
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