Bayer voluntarily withdraws cerivastatin
- Author:
Huyen Tich Hoang
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
cerivastatin
- MeSH:
Pyridines;
Withholding Treatment
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2001;16(3):56-58
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The side effects of cerivastatin on the skeletal muscle include muscle pain, muscle weakness accompanying with the increased creatinin - kinase rarely malignant hypermyoglobin uric leading the secondary renal failure. The Bayer pharmaceutical Company withdrawed all dosage form of cerivastatin in England and America in the 8th and 9th August 2001.
