AstraZeneca's Crestor May Harm Kidneys
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Twenty-nine patients who took  AstraZeneca Plc's AZN.L AZN.N anti-cholesterol drug Crestor  have developed kidney damage, a U.S. consumer group said on  Friday as it called again for a ban on the medicine.
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WASHINGTON Dec 22, 2004 - The Food and Drug Administration is seeking to block an ad touting the safety of the cholesterol drug Crestor, calling the claims misleading.
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Amgen Inc. has added a warning to  its anemia drug, Aranesp, for kidney dialysis and cancer  patients after studies on similar drugs showed higher doses can  cause blood clots and death, the company said a letter released  on Friday.
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Bayer AG and Onyx Pharmaceutical Inc.'s  key cancer drug Nexavar significantly raises the risk of high  blood pressure, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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AstraZeneca Plc's experimental cancer drug AZD2281 has been given orphan drug status by the European Medicines Agency for treating women with ovarian cancer, Britain's second biggest drugmaker said on Tuesday.
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The Food and Drug Administration has asked the maker of cholesterol-lowering medication Crestor to stop running an advertisement that makes &quot;false or misleading&quot; claims about the drug&#39;s safety.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers yesterday not to buy or use the supplements Actra-Rx or Yilishen because they contain an ingredient that could lower blood pressure to unsafe levels.
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High doses of Zocor provide no benefits in preventing new problems in heart attack patients: study. MUNICH  - Merck&#39;s anti-cholesterol drug Zocor suffered a setback after a major study found high
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A study of recommended blood pressure drugs has produced a result even the researchers find hard to explain: Adding a calcium channel blocker to a diuretic was associated
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FRIDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- The bizarre death of a  New York City high school track star  from a muscle pain cream overdose is raising a red flag once again on the hazards of overusing common over-the-counter medications, experts say.
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The new drug-coated stents implanted to keep arteries open might increase the risk of a later heart attack if a patient stops taking clot-preventing drugs such as aspirin even briefly, Dutch cardiologists warn.
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The move follows recent studies suggesting that the medications might cause heart attacks.
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Sept. 14, 2004 -- In a study of people with heart disease, results show that high doses of the popular cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor may not prevent heart disease deaths and heart attacks -- and may cause muscle damage.
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Shares in AstraZeneca tumbled today after a key drug it has developed in the fight against strokes was provisionally rejected by US regulators.
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Two studies offer more evidence about  the dangers of some painkillers, adding kidney problems to  heart concerns already raised with the drug once sold as Vioxx,  researchers said on Tuesday.
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Agency says painkillers, such as Alleve and Naprosyn, can cause an increased risk of heart problems. WASHINGTON  - The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday issued a warning to patients taking
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Shionogi Co. shares fell as much as 14.4 percent in Tokyo on concerns in the European Union and US about the safety of Crestor, a cholesterol-reducing drug developed by the Japanese company and sold by AstraZeneca Plc.