Category: Side Effect: Rhabdomyolysis (severe muscle breakdown / toxicity)
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Zocor-Amiodarone Drug Interaction Causes Rhabdomyolysis; Fifth Such Case Reported
Causation Theory: Zocor Is Metabolized By Same Enzyme Which Is Being Inhibited By Amiodarone On March 14, 2006 The Annals of Pharmacotherapy published online an article about what the authors described as "the fifth…
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Crestor: Full-court Press on CBS News Reporter Sharyl Attkisson
Numerous Doctors Lined-Up to Sing Praises of Crestor for CBS News Report There is an insightful article published in the July/August 2005 edition of the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), Bitter Pill: How the press…
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Health Canada Advisory About Statins and Rhabdomyolysis Side Effect
July 2005 Statin Advisory Provides Patients With Important Safety Information On July 12, 2005 Health Canada issued an advisory about rhabdomyolysis being a serious side effect of all cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins. Specifically,…
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Drug-induced Rhabdomyolysis and Acute Renal Failure (ARF) Cases On Increase
Rhabdomyolysis is Result of Skeletal Muscle Injury Caused by Drugs (and Other Things) The number of drug-induced rhabdomyolysis adverse event reports submitted to the FDA is rising, seemingly due to the introduction to market…
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Crestor Side Effects: Reports to FDA MedWatch Analyzed by Tufts Doctors
Crestor-Rhabdomyolysis Link: New Study May Support Allegations by Public Citizen Group Rhabdomyolysis, proteinuria, nephropathy, and kidney or renal failure are serious side effects which apparently occur more often with the use of Crestor (rosuvastatin)…
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Crestor Label Changes from March 2005 Not Posted on FDA MedWatch Site Until May 2005
Crestor Package Insert Label Changes Include Rhabdomyolysis Risk In March 2005 the FDA and AstraZeneca reached agreement about making certain changes to the package insert label for the pharmaceutical company’s cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor (rosuvastatin). …
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Rhabdomyolysis Risk for Statin Users Increased By Drinking Grapefruit Juice
Risk is Most Significant for Patients on Cholesterol-lowering Zocor There is an increased risk of developing rhabdomyolysis, a potentially life-threatening muscle disorder, for patients taking statins when they drink grapefruit juice. This problem occurs…