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Baycol

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Baycol®
Cerivastatin Vascular disease A cholesterol-lowering, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor–statin–for managing hypercholesterolemia and mixed dyslipidemia–it ↑ HDL-C by 4% and ↓ LDL-C by 36%. It was withdrawn fronm the market in mid-200/. See Statin.
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Baycol is linked to 39 deaths in this country and more around the world.
Home Remedies for Cholesterol by david son / Food/cooking/nutrition community
Like Baycol (cerivastatin), Crestor is one of a class of drugs called statins, used in patients who have high cholesterol levels and are at risk for atherosclerosis--a hardening or thickening of the arteries.
A second cholesterol drug poses hazards, may spawn suits by Ertel, Karen / Trial
In reports in scientific journals, they concluded that Baycol was no riskier than the other statins.
Dangerous practices: critics see flaws in drug-safety monitoring by Harder, Ben / Science News
 
 
 
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