Crestor Vs Other Statin Drugs
Study: Pancreatitis risk low in Crestor, other statin users
October 02, 2008
Expert & Community Posts
Why Take Fish Oil If You Take a Statin Drug?
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...this true? If someone takes a statin drug, like Crestor® , Lipitor® , Zocor® ... Read more »
The JUPITER Study: Should everybody take Crestor?
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...reduction in heart attacks with the cholesterol drug, Crestor® . The study has received... Read more »
The JUPITER Trial
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...cardiovascular deaths, when they took 20 mg of the statin Crestor. Reactions have ranged from... Read more »
What’s Coming for Heart Health in 2009
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...showed 54% reduction in heart attack with the drug, Crestor®, 20 mg per day. However, I believe... Read more »
Statin Rage
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...the pharmaceutical companies that keep pushing the statins at us. As a patient I know the... Read more »
Health Guide
Lowering Cholesterol for Patients
...atorvastatin (Lipitor), fluvastatin (Lescol), lovastatin (Mevacor), pravastatin (Pravachol), rosuvastatin (Crestor) and simvastatin (Zocor). The voluntary withdrawal of cerivastatin... Read more »What are the treatments and drugs used to treat Alzheimer's disease?
There are several Alzheimer's treatments, but no Alzheimer's disease cure. One main component of Alzheimer's treatment is ensuring patient safety. This includes limiting the risks associated with... Read more »What are the treatments and drugs used to treat GERD?
Current GERD treatment includes one or a combination of the following therapies: Lifestyle modifications Antacid therapy H2 Receptor antagonists Proton pump inhibitors Surgical... Read more »Bipolar Depression: What are the treatments and drugs used to treat bipolar disorder?
Bipolar disorder treatment includes medication and non-drug therapy. The good news is that most patients respond to treatment and are able to control their illness. Psychotherapy helps patients... Read more »Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Patient Guide
...patients with PAD – should be on a cholesterol lowering medication. Most patients should be on a statin. Statins lower both total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol). Blood... Read more »Medications
...pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to other "statins"; or if you have any other allergies.... Read more »
...the blood. It belongs to a group of drugs known as "statins." Rosuvastatin works in two ways. It... Read more »
Related News
Crestor may be more beneficial than other statins for black patients
October 02, 2008Scientists plan more studies to find how well certain drugs work for different ethnic groups. Crestor, for example, has been found to be more... Read summary »
Zocor, Crestor users won't have to change statins to take torcetrapib
October 02, 2008Zocor and Crestor users do not have to switch statins to reap the benefits of Pfizer's new cholesterol drug torcetrapib. Pfizer had said earlier that... Read summary »
Statins like Crestor help the healthy too
October 02, 2008Cholesterol-lowering drugs like Zocor, Crestor, and Lipitor may help prevent heart attacks and strokes in people who don't already have... Read summary »
Analysis: If statins like Crestor, Lipitor and Zocor work, why diet?
October 02, 2008Does taking medications like Lipitor, Crestor, or Zocor mean that people whose high cholesterol is controlled by these drugs can eat anything they... Read summary »
Vytorin beats Crestor at reducing bad cholesterol
October 02, 2008According to new research, the combination drug Vytorin is more effective at lowering bad cholesterol than Crestor. Vytorin works on two sources of... Read summary »
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