On Oct. 10, the FDA classified the recalled prescription medication as a Class II recall. The risk classification from the federal agency indicates that the recalled medications could cause "temporary ...
If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the generic ...
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 ...
Both drugs safely reduced artery-clogging plaque - study AstraZeneca was looking for clear edge for its Crestor ORLANDO, Fla., Nov 15 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's Lipitor and AstraZeneca's Crestor ...
Drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC’s big gamble, an attempt to prove its top-selling drug works better than rival cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor, appears to have backfired. A study meant to show AstraZeneca’s ...
The FDA is notifying health care professionals that drug interactions between atorvastatin (Lipitor), rosuvastatin (Crestor), and simvastatin (Zocor) and certain protease inhibitors for HIV or ...
Both generic atorvastatin and brand-name Lipitor contain the same active ingredient — atorvastatin calcium — and are ...
LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc announced on Tuesday the first head-to-head clinical trial comparing its cholesterol-fighting drug Crestor with Pfizer Inc's Lipitor, the world's top-selling ...
Plan can save enrollees an estimated $230-$300 in 2011 2 on two popular cholesterol-lowering drugs through a network of 64,000 pharmacies nationwide TexanPlus HMO provides medical and hospital ...
A statin can be a lifesaver if you're at risk of heart disease, but some people who take the cholesterol-lowering drugs -- up to 20 percent, by some estimates -- have to stop because of muscle pain, ...
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