Baycol

Cerivastatin sodium or "Baycol" is a synthetic pharmaceutical that belongs to a class of drugs called statins. Unlike the other statins, Baycol use frequently leads to a condition called rhabdomyolysis that has caused more than one hundred deaths and hundreds of serious injuries. 
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Oxycontin

Purdue Pharma introduced the painkiller Oxycontin into the U.S. market in 1995. It was marketed as a better way to control chronic, debilitating pain, since its time-release component enabled it to be administered in larger dosages to eliminate pain for a longer period of time than other painkillers. 
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Fen-Phen

Manufactured by American Home Products, Fen-Phen was once hailed as a wonder diet drug. It was both quick and effective in combating obesity for millions of users around the world. In the United States alone, an estimated 1.1 million people were prescribed this combination of diet drugs...
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Rezulin

In March of 1997, Warner-Lambert Company introduced Rezulin as the newest drug on the market for the treatment of type 2 adult onset diabetes. U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval followed an extraordinary accelerated six-month review, making Rezulin the fastest-approved diabetes pill in the nation...
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Stadol

Stadol is a nasal spray form of pain killer, intended to be used for migraine headaches. Because Bristol-Myers Squibb, the manufacturer, claimed there was an extremely low potential for abuse, the FDA allowed physicians to prescribe Stadol without government control...
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Serzone

Serzone is an anti-depressant. Unfortunately Serzone has been linked to liver failure. According to the manufacturer the rate of liver failure associated with Serzone use is about 3-4 times than greater than non-users....
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Levaquin

In 1997, Levaquin was introduced in the United States. Although the package insert carried the typical standard quinolone warning, it also indicated that in clinical trials, tendon injury occurred in less than 1 percent of all patients. The Levaquin label did not warn nor recommend to modify or decrease strenuous activities while taking Levaquin to decrease the chance of tendon injury.
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