Has Anyone"s Health Been affected By Baycol?

[Lenin]

rstarre,
There are many lawsuits pending against Bayer (maker of Baychol.) God, that stuff was strong...FDA initially topped it out at .3 mg. MAX and slowly upped the allowance to .8 milligrams. August, 2001, after a passle of deaths, Baycol was "voluntarily" withdrawn from the market.

The cases against Bayer are almost all from rhabdomyolysis (severe muscle necrosis) which either does or doesn't damage or destroy the kidneys. That kidney destruction from being flooded with waste material from the muscles is what killed those who died.

Fibromyalgia is a tough case to prove. Most doctors pay it lip service while really doubting its existence. Some view it as a fancy name for "aches and pains." There is no test to confirm it and it's damage is invisible, thus it won't do well in a court of law. Without confirmable damages there is usually no compensation.

There are class actions mentioned all over the net. Perhaps get in touch with one of the law firms and see if you can join one of the actions? (I just watched Erin Brockavitch for the third time )

[jkhh]

Lenin,

How would Crestor compare in strength to Baycol? I thought Crestor was potent myself . I would assume that Baycol would be much stronger than Lipitor, Vytorin, etc???

[Lenin]

Judge,

Just speaking from dosages, the maximum for Crestor is condsidered 40 mg.; the maximum for Lipitor is 80 mg.
For Baycol (cerivastatin) the maximum approved dosage was 0.8 mg. That seems to indicate how very strong it was.

I guess I was lucky. Back in 1998 when I decided it ws indeed angina I had been suffering for 5 years in spite of passing a plain vanilla stress test with echo and EKG that said otherwise. I asked my doctor to prescribe Lipitor when I saw my ratio of TC/HDL over 9.
For some fortuitous reason, I had never HEARD of Baycol. Thank the gods.

[JJ]

I didn't realize the doseage of Baycol, no wonder I felt half dead on it. I was taking 5, which I thought was 5 mgs. Like I said, I had no computer so was VERY ignorant about statins at that time. All I know is the Lipitor was 10 mgs., and knocked my TC down from 266 to 168 in less then 3 months, then the GI problems started, and the Baycol was horrid. Dr. should have realized with me being so petite to give me a smaller dose, as just one Tylenol will put me to sleep within a half hr. Me and meds. don't get along........