Medical News Summary: Cholesterol drug implicated in death from muscle wasting condition

About: Cholesterol drug implicated in death from muscle wasting condition
Date: 10 January 2005
Source: CNN Money - Reuters
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by CNN Money - Reuters): AstraZeneca has announced that a patient taking their high cholesterol medication Crestor, has died from the medication. It is believed that the drug may have resulted in the person developing rhabdomyolysis which is a severe muscle-wasting condition. The company spokesman points out that 14 million prescriptions have been written for it’s cholesterol reducing medication world wide so it is really not a significant risk. Also, all statins are believed to carry some risk of muscle problems. This news follows previous concerns about the safety of the drug.
URL: http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/10/news/international/astrazeneca.reut/
Related Disease Topics: High cholesterol, Rhabdomyolysis
Related Symptom Topics: Muscle wasting

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• cause of muscle wasting
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• Death from rhabdomyolysis
• Death from muscle wasting

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