All the statin drugs increase heart attacks
BTW there is no study proving high cholesterol levels cause heart attacks.
The majority of victims have normal levels.
See "Heart Frauds".
Kirk
JAMES PHELPS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Kids?
>From: Keith Addison
>Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
>To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
>Subject: [Biofuel] Bayer Owns Up to Poison Pill
>Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 02:53:03 +0900
>
>Hm, so it's okay to kill kids just as long as you're prepared to
>cough up 0.02% of your income.
>
>Who gets the money anyway?
>
>Bayer's another prime candidate for the corporate death penalty, IMHO.
>
>Best
>
>Keith
>
>------
>
>http://www.prwatch.org/node/5676
>Center for Media and Democracy
>Spin of the Day ยป Jan 25, 2007
>Bayer Owns Up to Poison Pill
>
>Source: Houston Business Journal, January 19, 2007
>
>Bayer, a global drug and biotechnology company with a turnover of
>$US35.5 billion in 2005, has agreed to pay $8 million to settle a
>legal action by 30 U.S. states over its failure to disclose
>potentially serious consequences of using Baycol, a
>cholesterol-lowering drug. Baycol was withdrawn from the market in
>August 2001 due to its "sometimes fatal" side effects. Under the
>terms of the settlement, Bayer agreed that it failed to adequately
>warn doctors and patients of the results of clinical studies that
>demonstrated serious consequences from using the drug. The settlement
>also requires Bayer to post the results of all future clinical
>studies on the Internet at the time of the completion.
>
>
>http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2007/01/22/daily29.html
>Houston Business Journal:
>Bayer reaches settlement over drug disclosure
>
>Houston Business Journal - January 23, 2007
>
>Bayer Corp. will pay $8 million to 30 states, including $200,000 to
>Texas, as part of a settlement requiring the company to fully
>disclose when drugs pose risks for patients with specific health
>conditions.
>
>According to the settlement, Bayer (NYSE: BAY) failed to adequately
>warn physicians, pharmacies and patients of clinical studies
>revealing serious consequences of taking Baycol, a
>cholesterol-lowering drug. The company pulled the drug from the
>market in August 2001 due to its muscle-weakening side effects.
>
>The terms also extend to the disclosure of clinical studies involving
>other Bayer drugs with possibly harmful side effects.
>
>"Texans deserve to be fully informed about the adverse effects of
>their medications," said Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. "This
>agreement ensures that patients have access to the information they
>need to make educated health care decisions."
>
>The terms of the judgment require that Bayer (NYSE: BAY) register its
>clinical studies and, upon the completion of each study, post the
>results on the Internet. The marketing, sale and promotion of Bayer's
>pharmaceutical and biological products must comply with the law and
>cannot include false or misleading claims.
>
>In 1997, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Baycol, a
>"statin" cholesterol-lowering prescription drug, which Bayer began
>marketing in May 1998. While patients who take statin drugs
>frequently experience muscle-weakening side effects, Bayer failed to
>disclose that its product posed significantly greater risks than did
>statins produced by other drug companies.
>
>Because of Bayer's failure to disclose risks exacerbated by its
>product, patients who were prescribed Baycol were not informed of its
>potential side effects. Concealing risks in the name of profit
>violates the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
>
>Bayer Corp. USA is a subsidiary of Bayer AG, part of the Bayer Group
>of companies based in Germany. The company has facilities across the
>U.S., including Channelview and Baytown.
>
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