Objective: The study compared low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction obtained after switching patients on a statin therapy to rosuvastatin or simvastatin in real-world clinical practice ...
Efficacy of switching statin therapy from generic simvastatin was examined in a VA population. Ezetimibe/simvastatin was more potent than atorvastatin or rosuvastatin in lowering LDL. Treatment of ...
A network meta-analysis of 42 clinical trials concludes that rosuvastatin, simvastatin, and atorvastatin are the statins most effective at lowering non-high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) ...
Statins are considered safe and effective, but they may not be right for everyone to lower cholesterol.
Background: Statins are generally well tolerated, but some patients discontinue therapy secondary to adverse effects. Dosing a statin (rosuvastatin) every other day (EOD) may provide significant ...
AstraZeneca (($AZN)) announced an update on their ongoing clinical study. Study Overview: AstraZeneca’s recent clinical study, titled An ...
If you were prescribed medicine to lower your risk of a heart attack or stroke, would you take it? Millions of Americans are prescribed statins such as Lipitor, Crestor or generic formulations to ...
The widely used cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor has at least twice the incidence of side effects as other drugs in the statin family, although it should still be considered safe for long-term use, ...
Kyoto, Japan, Monday 29 September 2003. New data presented at the XIIIth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis (ISA) show AstraZeneca's highly effective statin CRESTOR (rosuvastatin) achieves ...
The rate of serious muscle damage reported in patients who took AstraZeneca Plc’s cholesterol drug Crestor was six times higher than with similar medicines, a consumer group said on Thursday. The ...
Crestor (rosuvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are the top medications for lowering blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides. High cholesterol (and triglycerides) occurs when the fat in your ...
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