CRESTOR INFORMATION



About AstraZeneca

One of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies with 60,000 people—12,000 in the US alone—dedicated to the discovery, development, and marketing of new pharmaceutical solutions, to enrich the quality of people’s lives all over the world. Produces Crestor, once daily synthetic lipid-lowering agent. It is a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor, commonly known as a statin.


In August of 2003, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Crestor, the latest in a series of cholesterol-reducing drugs called statins. Like the other six statins to enter the US market, Crestor is approved for use only in conjunction with a low-cholesterol diet and an exercise program designed to lower cholesterol. Crestor is only available in doses of 5, 10, 20, and 40 milligrams. The 40 milligram dose of Crestor is only available to patients who meet special restrictions.


CRESTOR® (rosuvastatin calcium) SIDE EFFECTS

CRESTOR is contraindicated in patients with a known hypersensitivity to any component of this product, in patients with active liver disease or with unexplained persistent elevations of serum transaminases, in women who are or may become pregnant, and in nursing mothers. Crestor may cause muscle damage. Crestor can cause serious muscle damage that can lead to kidney damage. Crestor can cause liver damage. This risk may be increased when Crestor is used with certain medicines.



CRESTOR CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT

No Class action law suit has been fiiled. If you have developed rhabdomyolysis, kidney damage, myoglobinuria, drug-induced hepatitis or a family member has died from acute renal failure (ARF) or any of the above that could potentially be linked with your regular use of Crestor, you may want to consider a Crestor law suit


CRESTOR RECALL

In March 2004, the Public Citizen consumer group called on the FDA to immediately remove Crestor from the market because its link to cases of life-threatining muscle damage and kidney failure or damage.Several consumer groups are asking the FDA to recall Crestor due in part to the reported serious complications within five months of Crestor's approval. These groups cited three patients who developed kidney failure or muscle damage while taking the approved doses of Crestor. One 39-year-old woman died of kidney failure and rhabdomyolysis. In studies prior to Crestor's approval, seven other people became ill with rhabdomyolysis. There is no recall at this date.


FINDING A CRESTOR CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT LAWYER

The law firms featured at the top of the page can assist you with filing your claim in a Crestor Class Action Lawsuit, or in filing a seperate lawsuit, outside the Class Action. To determine if you or a family member have a Crestor side-effect lawsuit, please consult a lawyer.