LUNAR Examines Cholesterol-Lowering Effects of CRESTOR® (rosuvastatin calcium) Compared with Atorvastatin in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome - Boston Globe

AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) today announced results of the LUNAR (Limiting UNdertreatment of Lipids in Acute Coronary Syndrome with Rosuvastatin) study, which showed that CRESTOR 40mg significantly decreased LDL-C or “bad” cholesterol and ...

The Stats on Statins: Should Healthy Adults Over 50 Take Them? - YAHOO!

One known as JUPITER reported in 2008 that rosuvastatin (Crestor) lowers the risk of heart attacks and other events by 44 percent in healthy subjects but experts about its methodology in part because the trial was stopped early, which might have created ...

Study shows statins could help prevent enlarged prostate - Examiner

A new study shows statin drugs, like Crestor, Lipitor and Zocor, may also slow the unhealthy growth of the prostate in men with elevated blood levels of a protein known as prostate-specific antigen. The study, funded by GlaxoSmithKline, was presented ...

Rosuvastatin can reduce plaques that cause myocardial infarction - Xagena Medical News

Findings from the ASTEROID trial showed that patients with heart disease who took the maximum dose of Rosuvastatin ( 40 mg per day; Crestor ) for 24 months and achieved on average LDL cholesterol levels below 70 mg/dL and significant increases in HDL ...

Lisa Scottoline: A gummi addict and healthier for it - Philadelphia Daily News

In fact, in a great way. By gummi vitamins. Let me explain. I’m supposed to take a multivitamin, B complex, calcium, CoQ10, and Crestor. But the only thing I take is Crestor. Why? because I don’t like taking pills, or I forget, and pills suck.

Statin Users Suffering from Side Effects Are in the Dark - Yahoo Finance

under brands such as Lipitor®, Zocor®, Pravachol®, and Crestor®. Statins are among the most widely prescribed drugs in the United States and cardiologists agree that they remain the most effective long-term treatment for cholesterol patients ...

Doctors Find Less Need For Abbott's 'Good Cholesterol' Pill - Forbes

Doctors say statins like Zocor, which are used to lower levels of bad cholesterol or low-density lipoproteins (LDL), and include Pfizer Inc.’s (PFE) Lipitor and AstraZeneca’s (AZ) Crestor, do a good enough job on their own reducing the risk ...

Roche scraps hoped-for cholesterol blockbuster - Yahoo Finance

Those drugs, which collectively have racked up hundreds of billions of dollars in sales but mostly have generic competition now, include Lipitor and Crestor, plus the older drugs Zocor, Mevacor and Pravachol. Testing of CETP inhibitors has been ...

Muscle pain a drawback to taking statins - Evening Star

Of all the statins, rosuvastatin (Crestor) has been shown to have the best ratio of lowering bad (LDL) cholesterol to creatine kinase increase, which is a chemical spilled from injured muscle cells. Therefore, Crestor may be a good option in patients ...

Good” Cholesterol Not So Good After All, New Study Shows - Singularity Hub (blog)

The pharmaceutical giants all have their own version of cholesterol-lowering statin: Merck’s Zocor, AstraZeneca’s Crestor, and Pfizer’s Lipitor, which has become the most profitable drug of all time at sales of over $130 billion.