Baycol Recall Lawsuit

Baycol Recall Information in the Media

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The family of an Oklahoma man who died of kidney failure after taking cholesterol drug Baycol is suing the drug's U.S. manufacturer, Bayer Corp., the family's attorney said on Tuesday

TALLAHASSEE, FL (Reuters) - A Florida woman has sued Bayer Corp., claiming its recently recalled cholesterol drug caused her to suffer muscle degeneration and chronic fatigue, her lawyer said on Tuesday.

http://news.lycos.com/news/story.asp?section=Health&pitem=
HEALTH-BAYCOL&rev=20010814&pub_tag=REUTG

FDA today announced that Bayer Pharmaceutical Division is voluntarily withdrawing Baycol (cerivastatin) from the U.S. market because of reports of sometimes fatal rhabdomyolysis, a severe muscle adverse reaction from this cholesterol-lowering (lipid-lowering) product.

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2001/ANS01095.html

Baycol-Related Organizations

The official website of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Do a search for "Baycol" or "Cervistatin."

http://www.fda.gov/cder

The Health Research Group is the health arm of Public Citizen and promotes research-based, system-wide changes in health care policy as well as providing advice and oversight concerning drugs, medical devices, doctors and hospitals and occupational health.

http://www.citizen.org

Bayer AG is a health care and chemicals group numbering some 350 individual companies, represented in virtually every country in the world. For more Baycol information, patients and doctors can contact Bayer at 1-800-758-9794 or the FDA at 1-888-INFO-FDA.

http://www.bayer.com/en/index_en.html