In a head-to-head test of two popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs — Lipitor and Crestor — both medications worked equally well. Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Crestor (rosuvastatin) both effectively ...

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's Lipitor and AstraZeneca's Crestor cholesterol drugs, taken at their highest dose, safely reduced artery-clogging plaque in heart patients, according to data ...

The battle of the statins has resulted in a draw, as the data from the two-year SATURN study of over 1,300 patients are in. Scientists found that AstraZeneca s Crestor (rosuvastatin) and Pfizer s ...

The long list of side effects marked on the packaging of statins can be a turn-off for those who might benefit from the cholesterol-lowering drugs. But a new study found only a few of those side ...

Seen enough Lipitor ads yet? Well, get ready for a slew of new pitches, spurred by the Food and Drug Administration's imminent approval, perhaps coming as early as today, of Crestor, the latest ...

To investigate the efficacy and the safety of the three most commonly prescribed statins rosuvastatin, atorvastatin, and pravastatin zyprexa mg 5 managing dyslipidemia among diabetic patients in Qatar ...

March 13, 2006 — -- Dr. Christopher Cannon, a cardiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, said that his patients often ask him if there is anything they can do to shrink the blockages ...

Both drugs safely reduced artery-clogging plaque - study AstraZeneca was looking for clear edge for its Crestor ORLANDO, Fla., Nov 15 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's Lipitor and AstraZeneca's Crestor ...