Baycol

COHEN: Tillman Harris isn't here because after taking a cholesterol lowering drug called Baycol, he developed an unusual muscle wasting condition called rhabdomyolysis.

CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2004 2004

There was another medications as well, Bill, called Baycol, and that medication was actually taken off the market a few years ago because of problems with actually muscle pains and possibly deaths as well.

CNN Transcript Aug 20, 2002 2002

From last year's Avandia warnings to the withdrawal of Vioxx, Bextra, Baycol, Meridia, Trovan and Fen Phen, "Pill Buyer Beware" seems to be a shrewd stance, especially when a drug is new.

Martha Rosenberg: Moms-To-Be: Are You Taking This Dangerous Drug? Martha Rosenberg 2011

From last year's Avandia warnings to the withdrawal of Vioxx, Bextra, Baycol, Meridia, Trovan and Fen Phen, "Pill Buyer Beware" seems to be a shrewd stance, especially when a drug is new.

Martha Rosenberg: Moms-To-Be: Are You Taking This Dangerous Drug? Martha Rosenberg 2011

The cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol, for example, was withdrawn in 2001 after 52 deaths from rhabdomyolysis, a muscle and kidney disorder, turned up in the adverse-event files.

Searching for Side Effects Melinda Beck 2012

In 2001 the New York Times reported that the AMA generated $20 million dollars a year from licensure sales to drug companies in a complex scheme to market drugs like Baycol to doctors.

Wonk Room » A Symbiotic Relationship – The AMA And The For-Profit Health Lobby 2009

The withdrawal of Bayer's cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol scared many patients away from all cholesterol drugs, even though others, like Lipitor or Merck's Zocor, were proved to save lives and had fewer side effects.

Medical Flops Of The Decade 2010

The withdrawal of Bayer's cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol scared many patients away from all cholesterol drugs, even though others, like Lipitor or Merck's Zocor, were proved to save lives and had fewer side effects.

Medical Flops Of The Decade 2010

The withdrawal of Bayer's cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol scared many patients away from all cholesterol drugs, even though others, like Lipitor or Merck's Zocor, were proved to save lives and had fewer side effects.

Medical Flops Of The Decade 2010

But the recent deaths caused by Vioxx, Baycol and other drugs showed that the government was on the right track by requiring sufficient testing and reporting.

Dave Johnson: Maybe We Really Do Want Government to Make the Decisions 2009