sacredhands on Mar 6th, 2007Cholestrol Down Janet Brill Just Says No to Liptor
Do you ever get the feeling that pharmaceutical companies are run by former dictators from renegade countries? We sure do. Any company that needs to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to hire gorgeous women to traipse into a doctor’s office to get her to write prescriptions sure isn’t selling a product on its merits [...]
sacredhands on Jun 21st, 2006Statins cut Risk of Cataracts
A statin in the hand is worth two reduced health risks, namely lower cholesterol and now news that it may also help reduce the risk of cataracts.
Statins, the cholesterol-lowering drugs taken by millions of Americans, might also reduce the risk of cataracts, a preliminary study suggests.
Adults who took statins were found to be 45 percent [...]
sacredhands on Jun 8th, 2006Lipitor’s Undisclosed Side Effects: Memory Loss, Nerve Damage
If you’re on the Lipitor pill popping train for high cholesterol, the cost of the ride just got a whole lot more expensive. Two new lawsuits contend that Pfizer failed to reveal that the drug sometimes causes memory loss and severe nerve damage.
Hey, why would they, if they can make money off your bad health [...]
sacredhands on Apr 4th, 2006Dr. Robert Jarvik, Inventor and Lipitor Huckster
Do you know this man? He’s Dr. Robert Jarvik, the inventor of the artificial heart that has saved millions of lives. He’s also the pitchman for Pfizer’s cholesterol drug, Lipitor. While it may be true that the average heart beats two billion times, get a load of the average annual sales from Lipitor: $13 billion [...]
sacredhands on Mar 14th, 2006Statin Drugs High Stick the Arteries, Cross Check Heart Disease
When you think of the heart, the first thing that comes to mind is probably not heart disease, and yet the modern life has made this condition a priority that can’t be ignored. Once diagnosed with heart trouble, it’s not going to do you much good to swear at that donut sitting on your morning [...]