Judge Tosses Chronic Pain Sufferer's Crestor Lawsuit

CINCINNATI - A federal judge has thrown out a case brought against Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals by a woman who claimed that the company failed to adequately warn patients with chronic pain about experiencing new onset muscle-related symptoms as a result of taking the cholesterol drug Crestor. Reece v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, No. 05-322 (S.D. Ohio).

Judge Herman J. Weber of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ruled June 25 that plaintiff Carolyn Reece failed to present evidence sufficient to create a fact issue as to whether Astrazeneca may be held liable for failing to warn of rhabdomyolysis following …