The FDA said that nearly 142,000 bottles were recalled because of failed dissolution specifications, meaning the medication did not dissolve as it should have, and may not work as effectively, Fox ...

Zocor (simvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are both statin drugs, which are medications used to lower cholesterol levels in the blood. Statins primarily work by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA ...

If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the generic ...

The FDA has issued a recall for Atorvastatin Calcium Tablets, a generic version of Lipitor. The drug was manufactured by Alkem Laboratories, Ltd. India and distributed nationwide by Ascend ...

Thousands of bottles of a popular and widely used cholesterol drug are being voluntarily recalled for "failed dissolution specifications," which suggests the drugs did not properly dissolve at a ...