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Crestor Danger

There seem to be a number of related dangers to the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor. Kidney problems, in particular, are reported to be as high as 75 times more than other drugs in Crestor's class. The citizen rights group "Public Citizen" reported that there have been about 6 reports of acute kidney failure or damage per each million Crestor prescriptions. The rate of Crestor danger is higher than other statin medications.

The dangers of Crestor include the potentially fatal disease rhabdomyolysis. Rhabdomyolysis can start as just minor seeming muscle aches but can eventually result in death. The disease can cause severe and total muscle degeneration, which floods the blood's minerals with other substances that can cause kidney failure. Crestor danger can occur from the resulting side effects of the drug, which can injure or even kill people.

Other dangerous side effects of Crestor include cardiac arrest, which can happen due to dangerous levels of potassium being released by decaying muscles into the blood. Dr. Sidney Wolfe of the group "Public Citizen" says that Crestor causes primary renal failure and it is the only statin drug to do so.

Dr. Wolfe says that the danger from renal or kidney failure can be as much as 75 times more than every other statin drug combined. The Crestor danger is heightened by realizing that you can take higher doses of other statins to reduce more cholesterol without the same side effects of Crestor.

Crestor has recently changed its dosage recommendation for some people. This change comes after learning about serious health dangers in Asian people and people with existing kidney or liver problems. The drug and the FDA both recommend lower doses for people in this category. The danger involved in Crestor and these people who are at risk is enhanced more than for other people not in those categories.

Crestor has had a shaky history since and before FDA approval. The drug's approval took an extra year while the FDA looked into allegations of severe side effects including rhabdomyolysis. The FDA and AstraZeneca determined that the dosing during testing was too high and that these high doses could lead to dangerous side effects. The drug company has since lowered its dosing recommendations following serious developments in people taking Crestor.

If you or a loved one is concerned about dangers relating to Crestor, contact a lawyer immediately for a free consultation. All lawyers on this site are certified and have years of prescription drug related experience.

More Crestor Resources

Crestor Side Effects - Information from Online Lawyer Source.com

Crestor - Official pharmaceutical website from Astra Zeneca.

Mercola.com - "Crestor and Other Statins: Are They Really Worth the Risk?"

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