With the Food and Drug Administration’s statement that Crestor could be used in an increased number of patients as it had been previously, February 2010 became a dangerous starting point for dozens of Crestor side effects. While the drug had previously only been approved for use in patients who had been diagnosed with heart disease, the FDA suddenly allowed doctors to prescribe certain patients – males over 50 and females over 60 – with only an apparent risk of heart disease the statin drug.
A number of patients who had not previously been eligible to take Crestor and other statin drugs were now taking them – and furthermore, a number of patients were now experiencing side effects of Crestor when, without the medication, they would never have been at risk. Cardiomyopathy, kidney injury, muscle injury, and Crestor diabetes have all been linked to the drug, and have affected many
