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Baycol: anti-cholesterol drug linked to 52 deaths

October 24th, 2002 · No Comments

Bayer said new reports allege 52 people died after taking the anti-cholesterol drug Baycol. Bayer pulled from the market Lipobay, which is linked to about 40 deaths, after increasing evidence that the drug caused deterioration in muscle tissue, a condition called rhabdomyolysis.

“There is currently no proof” that the drug is the cause of the deaths, said Bayer.

(via CNN)

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