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Did you know that Baycol could cause kidney disease?  It can.  Were you ever tested for kidney problems after you stopped taking Baycol?  You should be, especially since some of the symptoms you describe could be related to kidney disease.  Call you doctor !!!  Good luck.

[quote]I was wondering does this reaction to Baycol get worse as time goes on. I've got to where I can't hardly do anything. Chronic fatique and extreme pain and weakness.  [/quote]


I was on Baychol for 2 years until it was recalled. My Dr. Didn't prescribe it at first but it was the only one my insurance would pay for so he finally agreed to give it to me. I quit the day the story broke on the news. A week later my Dr. called to tell me to quit taking it and come back so he could prescribe something else. I had suffered muscle weakness and pain for months but did not link the 2 for a while. I suffered a leg and hip injury because my leg buckled on me. Now I suffer from cramps, weakness and high blood pressure. I have such soreness in my arms and legs that I can't hardly do yard work. I'm 54 but in good shape otherwise and should be able to do more. I walk 2 miles a day and keep my weight fairly well in control. 6' 200 lbs. I seem to get steadily worse even though I quit taking Baychol ages ago. I don't really know if it's the Baychol or just old age.

Toba - I don't know if these are the correct names, but I think they do a test called a kidney function test which determines if your kidneys are functioning at 100%, 90%, 80%, etc.  Also, I guess they do urine tests too.  I hope they figure out whatever it is that is wrong with you.  I've heard of fibromyalgia -- isn't it pain in different parts of the body that they can't put a name on.  My neighbor has it (but I have to admit she claims to have a lot of things, but always looks fine and can do the things SHE LIKES to do) and she takes all sorts of medication for it.  Hope you get some answers and solutions!

I too took Baycol for a year. After 3 months I could not walk around the warehouse where I am employed. I was only 48 6' 170 lbs. and in formerly good health. Recent CT scan showed lesions on liver, one kidney not functioning properly and I limp, even AFTER a recent operation to replace the femoral artery in the leg I limp on. I live in a small town in the Mojave Desert. All the MD's stick together and deny, deny deny ! There is'nt a damn one of them that will admit they screwed up. I too have heard the "fibromyalgia BS". However I am now manifesting so many problems it's getting REAL hard for them to deny it now. Funny how Bayer Corp. is in the news saying that there were "only a few people affected by this drug" Yeah right !! Good luck to all of you, I'm kind of at my wit's end.........

Yes, I have contacted these very same nice folks who host this website. I am hoping they can do something, perhaps at least get me some answers. SO MANY law firms, (when this Baycol stuff first got started) talked all big and bad, but turned "chicken", when dealing with the Bayer Corp. We will see how this law firm deals with this. All the best to you.

  my lawyer just dropped the case i still hurt and am now on pain killers just to keep walking any ideas?