<unk>  (brand names: Baycol, Lipobay) is a synthetic member of the class of statins used to lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease. It was marketed by the pharmaceutical company Bayer A.G. in the late 1990s, competing with Pfizer's highly successful atorvastatin (Lipitor).<unk>  was voluntarily withdrawn from the market worldwide in 2001, due to reports of fatal rhabdomyolysis.
During postmarketing surveillance, 52 deaths were reported in patients using<unk> , mainly from rhabdomyolysis and its resultant renal failure. Risks were higher in patients using fibrates, mainly gemfibrozil (Lopid), and in patients using the highest (0.8 mg/day) dose of<unk> . Bayer A.G. added a contraindication for the concomitant use of<unk>  and gemfibrozil to the package 18 months after the drug interaction was found. The frequency of deadly cases of rhabdomyolysis with<unk>  was 16 to 80 times higher than with other statins. Another 385 nonfatal cases of rhabdomyolysis were reported. This put the risk of this (rare) complication at 5-10 times that of the other statins.<unk>  also induced myopathy in a dose-dependent manner when administered as monotherapy, but that was revealed only after Bayer was sued and unpublished company documents were opened.
Cerivastatin
Ioxaglic acid
Desaspidin
Lanatoside C
Salicin
Oxolinic acid
Deslanoside
Proscillaridin