FACTS ABOUT LIPITOR

- Lipitor is manufactured by Pfizer. It is the world’s largest selling drug and was the first drug to reach $10 billion in worldwide sales. It has earned Pfizer close to $50 billion in revenue since 2000

- 60 known side effects include stomach pains, abnormal heartbeat, back pain, chest pain, constipation, decreased sex drive, diarrhea, distorted facial muscles, fatigue, headaches, joint pain, lack of coordination, leg cramps/spasms, muscle aching/weakness/wasting away, tingling. Numbness of hands, arms, legs and feet (known as “neuropathy,” and unstable emotions.

- New guidelines issued recently come from 9 “cholesterol experts,” six of which received consulting or speaking fees/income, research 

money or other support from the makers of widely used anti-cholesterol drugs. 

- Elevated cholesterol is a sign of hypothyroidism. Low thyroid inhabits the absorption of B Vitamins. Instead of putting Lipitor in your body to lower Natural Cholesterols, why not deal with thyroid function and see if that is the answer? (Get to the cause of the problem,now there’s and idea. 

-Drug companies now want cholesterol drugs to be used with children as young as 8 years old. If only 10% of those children were prescribed Lipitor, it would generate an extra$2.5 billion in sales per year! (Do you think the drug company might push this for an extra $2 billion per year?!!)