Health Supreme Update: Crestor Linked To Patient Death

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12 Jan 2005 19:11:48 -0000

 

Subject:Health Supreme Update: Crestor Linked To Patient Death -

Statin Drugs Safety Questioned

 

 

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Health Supreme Update: Crestor Linked To Patient Death - Statin Drugs

Safety Questioned

 

January 12, 2005

 

 

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Astra Zeneca, the maker of cholesterol lowering statin drug

Crestor, has confirmed that a patient died of rhabdomyolysis, a

potentially fatal muscle wasting disease linked to statin use,

but says that the drug " is safe " , reports WebMd. This case

fuels the debate on the safety or rather the lack of safety of

statin drugs in general. Meanwhile, the Food and Drug

Administration is seeking to block an ad touting the safety of

the cholesterol drug, calling the claims misleading. Dr.

Mercola comments that ... " because statins are such a huge

money-maker -- try $15 BILLION -- Big Pharma will move

mountains to keep them on the market, although virtually no...

 

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http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2005/01/12/crestor_linked_to_patient_death_\

statin_drugs_safety_questioned.htm

 

 

 

Kind regards

Sepp

 

 

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