Atorvastatin, one of the world’s most widely prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs, has played a major role in reducing heart ...

On Oct. 10, the FDA classified the recalled prescription medication as a Class II recall. The risk classification from the federal agency indicates that the recalled medications could cause "temporary ...

Do you take the medication Lipitor to help with high cholesterol? If so, you should know that there has been a massive recall on a generic version of the drug. Over 140,000 bottles of a prescription ...

A massive recall of atorvastatin, a widely used cholesterol drug, has raised serious concerns about drug quality and FDA oversight. Despite a prior sanction for substandard manufacturing, a global ...

Several batches of the drug did not dissolve properly, which means the person taking them would receive a lower dose. Chimperil59/iStock via Getty Images If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called ...

(NEXSTAR) – More than 140,000 bottles of a popular drug prescribed to reduce cholesterol have been recalled for a defect that could make the medication less effective. Ascend Laboratories, LLC, a New ...

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 ...

If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October 2025 about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the ...

If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October 2025 about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the ...

A drug taken daily by millions of Americans has been recalled nationwide after federal regulators said it failed quality ...