Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Crestor (rosuvastatin) are prescription drugs used to treat high cholesterol and lower the risk of serious heart and blood vessel problems. Both drugs come as tablets that ...

Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Crestor (rosuvastatin) are brand-name oral tablets. They’re both prescribed for some types of high cholesterol and to reduce the risk of serious cardiovascular problems in ...

The cholesterol drug Crestor (search) is being relabeled to add a warning that starter doses should be reduced in Asian-Americans and some other patients. The Food and Drug Administration said ...

Contrary to government claims, side effects happen more often with Crestor, a cholesterol-lowering drug that consumer advocates tried to get off the market earlier this year, a new analysis shows. The ...

BOSTON, May 23-A new analysis of post-marketing safety reports suggests that patients using Crestor (rosuvastatin), a super-potent statin, are more likely to develop serious side effects than patients ...

The Food and Drug Administration is raising questions about the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor, the newest in a class of drugs known as statins. The consumer group Public Citizen has long been ...

Pfizer Inc's Lipitor and AstraZeneca's Crestor cholesterol drugs, taken at their highest dose, safely reduced artery-clogging plaque in heart patients, according to data from a clinical trial ...

Federal scientists say AstraZeneca's cholesterol pill Crestor lowers the risk of heart attack, death and stroke in patients without a history of heart disease, though some safety concerns remain.

Medically reviewed by Anisha Shah, MD Key Takeaways Crestor and Lipitor are statins that help lower cholesterol and ...

Crestor (rosuvastatin) is a brand-name oral tablet. It’s prescribed for reducing certain heart-related risks and lowering triglyceride and cholesterol levels. Crestor has interactions with some other ...

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

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A fresh look at data from a landmark study showed that AstraZeneca's powerful cholesterol fighter Crestor dramatically cut deaths, heart attacks and strokes in women at ...