How rosuvastatin and atorvastatin help lower LDL cholesterol. They also protect the heart and encourage lifestyle changes.

Potent statins are the best-proven weapon against heart disease, especially when paired with lifestyle changes. Most people ...

Rosuvastatin (Crestor) is used to treat several types of high cholesterol and to prevent heart disease. Learn about side effects, warnings, dosage, and more.

There is broad consensus that the overall body of evidence shows lowering LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol provides ...

Based on robust randomized trial data and meta-analyses, FAU experts conclude that statins – particularly rosuvastatin and ...

Among those assigned to rosuvastatin, the median LDL cholesterol level at 12 months was 55 mg per deciliter (1.4 mmol per liter) (interquartile range, 44 to 72 [1.1 to 1.9]), and the median high ...

Atorvastatin, known commercially as Lipitor, was first approved for lowering LDL cholesterol in 1996 and lost patent protection in 2011. Crestor, the brand name of rosuvastatin, was approved in 2003 ...

A total of 5011 patients at least 60 years of age with New York Heart Association class II, III, or IV ischemic, systolic heart failure were randomly assigned to receive 10 mg of rosuvastatin or ...

Compared with atorvastatin, rosuvastatin is associated with increased risks of hematuria, proteinuria and kidney failure with replacement therapy, according to a study.Further, investigators found ...

Rosuvastatin for cholesterol lowering was associated with slightly greater risks for kidney harm than atorvastatin, risks that were greater at higher-dose levels, in a large retrospective cohort ...

Wilmington, DE - Well before its FDA approval in August, rosuvastatin (Crestor ®, AstraZeneca) had been primed to explode onto the statin market. Nicknamed the "gorilla statin," or the "super ...