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Agreed. There have been several books written about this, including "The Cholesterol Myth." Lipitor has been the best se...
The statins have significant side effects especially in the elderly. I stopped taking Lipitor at age 90. Since then,now...
Dr. Paton, Since Ansel Keys 7-country-Study was a fraud report that generated entire Margarine and Statin industry,...
$ESPRRoger appreciate your comments. And cheers! to 88! Here’s to many more! I too have struggled with muscle p...
Dr. KSS, thank you so much for your insights. I was on sim or until this was discontinued and my cardiologist put me on ...
$MRK $ESPR $CETPBarron's article: "Merck: Heartbreak over a cholesterol drug"In excerpts: In study data releas...
12/7/14 Dr. KSS, MD PhD, author of this article, says: December 7, 2014 at 6:58 pmWell, all the statins cause loss...
Based on my experiences with statins, it strikes me as possible that statins' effect on mood may vary with the individua...
Nice to know, but it seems to me that such combinations still don't resolve the problem of significant muscle problems w...
$ESPR, $AMGN, $SNY, $PFE New Atherosclerosis Study Results Bode Well For PCSK-9 Cholesterol-Lowering DrugsJohn LaMa...
I am more concerned with the "number needed to treat" (NNT) for a drug like Lipitor, & the fact that the 1 2nd. hear...
A very nice article. However as one of the rare individuals who has experienced the side effects of Lipitor (all the mu...
$ESPR http://www.esperion.com/note-from-our-ceo/This is Tim Mayleben – CEO of Esperion Therapeutics with some tho...
Hmmm... Dr Kiss of Death, eh? I see he likes to tout his close relationship with Viagra, which turned my eyes into dis...
Myron Have been in Healthcare all my life and what I have learned is "if you rely on the current system for your qualit...
As you have said all along Bempedoic does not affect muscle steroid synthesis, and thus the muscle symptoms that keeps s...
GENFIRE IPO: Reading the following article made me think I was reading about $ESPR, both in terms of its past history, b...
I took Lipitor for years until the muscle thing occurred. Put on Zetia as being better than nothing. After several yea...
KennyG - I really appreciated receiving this article. I take both statins and blood pressure meds. I'm 76 and getting ...
CoQ10...anecdotal results...my domestic partner was prescribed Lipitor to lower cholesterol but decided against taking i...
Yes, sorry if I glossed over that -- they partnered on Lipitor in 1996, then Pfizer bought all of Warner Lambert in 2000...
have to say that lipitor was deveoped by warner lambsrt pfe waa counted i n beausew of a superior distribution sytem...
This one's being pitched pretty aggressively again today -- lots of comparisons to Lipitor again, hinting that ALNY's dr...
My belief may be simplistic, but it qualifies as "common sense" i.e. I put nothing into my body that does not build heal...
$ESPR, $PFE. Here's a marginally relevant factoid I missed this week and find interesting. FDA nixes OTC sale of atorv...
I began taking Red Yeast Rice (400-600 mg/day) when Lipitor began giving me problems. My bad Cholesterol went down, and ...
I found it interesting that Lipitor gets mentioned as one of the most profitable drugs ever generating $131, Billion. In...
It’s a Novartis world – everybody else just lives in itSource EP Vantage Company Novartis, Actavis, AstraZeneca...
Statins block CoQ-10. Were you taking supplemental CoQ-10 and still got muscle weakness? I started on a Lipitor generic...
Agreed-- impressive indeed! Important catalysts this month and again by eoy. Mayleben projects ETC-1002 as a 2nd line th...
If you are taking Lipitor, you must supplement with CoQ10 to avoid muscle wasting and weakness....
I went through a myriad of medications including statins before I insisted my Doctor prescribe Lipitor, originally 40mg/...
Well, all the statins cause loss of CoQ10, and while there has never been a study that shows that CoQ repletion in stati...
For those of you either owning or considering big Pharma companies here is an article on Patent Expiration for you to co...
Thanks Doc, I totally understand your feelings as its been your field for a long time and you know how success goes abou...
Communication today with Dr Roger Newton, founder of Esperion and discoverer of Lipitor. He's positive and enthusiastic...
I would love to be an expert witness for the defense in the Lipitor litigation against Pfizer by people alleging the dru...
I am long espr Dr. KSS and I truely thank you for the recommendation, even if I lose some money, not your fault. As for ...
I can't resist commenting on Statins, Lipitor, Big Pharma, and any other drug that gets overhyped in the media. Pressure...
Great write up Dr.K !! Good for Espirion and Robt Newton after its first buyout from PFE who did its best to close the ...
Doc, thanks again. Was taking 500mg twice daily and learned about ER version. PCP prescribed me 500mg ER once daily. The...
Michael...oh, I am not suggesting taking a position in Alnylam. It has been heinously overvalued. Its anti-TTR siRNA for...
Kenny, Statins do help lowering my LDL. With 10mg Lipitor, my numbers are within guideline except triglycerides. I am re...
Kenny, Many thanks. It’s comforting to hear from Dr. KSS that my #’s are not problematic. I have been taking Costco...
Dr. KSS, personal question – I seem to have problem managing Triglycerides. With 10mg Lipitor, my LDL is 89, HDL 53, b...
I've been on 10 mg lipitor and now generic for about a decade...sometimes on and off. As I'd had to change GPs recently...
So given the above, Dr. Lundell," what's the safest, most effective way to eliminate or decrease inflammation? (saw repo...
Hi, DocGreat article. You must have written it with the Goldilocks principle in mind!Please comment on:1. ...
My Dr. thinks I need 4 pills a day of Fish Oil......for high cholesterol........now what do I do? I take Lipitor and s...
This is on point regarding that Inflammation is real enemy. This is Pat Robertson presentation. He mentions Lipitor htt...
CR Childress, Thank you very much for the link to the article "Lipitor Dilemma". Some of those side effects of Lipitor ...
@ C.R. Childress - I am on LIPITOR are you saying that i should get off this drug and try to fight the inflamation in my...
The battle is inflammation not cholesterol . I hate statins....long term side effects. Google Smart Money Lipitor Dilem...
lipitor was a discovery by warner lambert they cut pfe into the pie because of pfe tentacles all over th world ive bee...
Since the generic Lipitor has been recalled recently, it could cause PFE to see surge in profits with Lipitor again....
Versus Lipitor GoogleRCP-006" READ the charts on effectiveness in HUMAN BLOOD...
All this anecdotal information looks very interesting, but have there been any randomised controlled trials against, say...
I don't disagree -- my point is that there's no chance for them to deserve this valuation unless Anatabloc becomes a big...
"BTW, Lipitor 'working' means that it, like the other statin drugs, reduces the level of LDL cholesterol by inhibiting c...
BTW, Lipitor "working" means that it, like the other statin drugs, reduces the level of LDL cholesterol by inhibiting ch...