Sunday, May 17, 2009

BAYCOL (Cerivastatin) - Cholesterol

I've tried 'statins' in 2000 which caused severe 'acute attacks'!

After an acute attack from using Lipitor 10mg (Atorvastin) I tried...

Baycol 0,2mg (Cerivastatin) which caused a severe Acute attack; I did not finish!

Suffered terrible leg pain and fatigue - I couldn't walk properly for weeks, I was so weak!
FDA NEWS DIGEST AUG 31 2001
Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Baycol Being Withdrawn - after it was disclosed by Bayer that 40 people developed a muscle weakening disease and died as a result of taking Baycol.

The deaths from Baycol were caused by the muscle disease Rhabdomyolysis. The symptoms of Rhabdomyolysis are: muscle pain, muscle weakness, coca-cola colored urine, malaise, fever, nausea and fast heartbeat ...


BAYER PHARMACEUTICAL DIVISION IS voluntarily withdrawing Baycol(Cerivastatin) from the market following reports of sometimes-fatal Rhabdomyolysis, a severe muscle adverse reaction. Baycol was approved in 1997 to treat elevated cholesterol levels.


4 comments:

ANIL said...

Sjoe, wens mens hoef nooit enige medisyne te drink nie! Verlig een probleem en veroorsaak erger probleme

Rita said...

Sadly--money becomes more important to a lot of these companies!!

Zelia said...

Dit is die probleem met medikasie Anil - Veruil een gif bottel met 'n ander...

Zelia said...

So true Rita - very sad!