Cerivastatin

Cerivastatin

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Systematic (IUPAC) name
(3R,5S,6E)-7-[4-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-(methoxymethyl)-2,6-bis(propan-2-yl)pyridin-3-yl]-3,5-dihydroxyhept-6-enoic acid
Clinical data
Pregnancy category	AU: D
Legal status	Withdrawn from market
Pharmacokinetic data
Biological half-life	2–3 hours
Identifiers
CAS Number	145599-86-6 N
ATC code	C10AA06 (WHO)
PubChem	CID: 446156
IUPHAR/BPS	2950
DrugBank	DB00439 Y
ChemSpider	393588 Y
UNII	AM91H2KS67 Y
KEGG	D07661 Y
ChEBI	CHEBI:3558 Y
ChEMBL	CHEMBL1477 Y
Chemical data
Formula	C26H34FNO5
Molecular mass	459.55 g/mol
SMILES O=C(O)C[C@H](O)C[C@H](O)/C=C/c1c(nc(c(c1c2ccc(F)cc2)COC)C(C)C)C(C)C
InChI InChI=1S/C26H34FNO5/c1-15(2)25-21(11-10-19(29)12-20(30)13-23(31)32)24(17-6-8-18(27)9-7-17)22(14-33-5)26(28-25)16(3)4/h6-11,15-16,19-20,29-30H,12-14H2,1-5H3,(H,31,32)/b11-10+/t19-,20-/m1/s1 Y Key:SEERZIQQUAZTOL-ANMDKAQQSA-N Y
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Cerivastatin (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). Cerivastatin was voluntarily withdrawn from the market worldwide in 2001, due to reports of fatal rhabdomyolysis.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 cerivastatin, 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 cerivastatin. Bayer A.G. added a contraindication for the concomitant use of cerivastatin and gemfibrozil to the package 18 months after the drug interaction was found. The frequency of deadly cases of rhabdomyolysis with cerivastatin 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. Cerivastatin 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in a dose-dependent manner when administered as monotherapy, but that was revealed only after Bayer was sued and unpublished company documents were opened.