The Dark Side of Statins: New Science That Shows How Drugs Like Lipitor May Do More Harm Than Good

Pfizer's statin drug, Lipitor, has been marketed to the American people (and their doctors) as a wonderdrug capable of lowering cholesterol, reducing heart disease risk and lengthening life without major side effects. But powerful new science refutes many of the arguments made by statin advocates and exposes the fact that Lipitor can actually cause many serious and life threatening side effects, including diabetes.

Given that the statin industry now generates an astonishing $29 billion dollars -- yet heart disease rates have not been positively impacted by these drugs -- it is time to have a frank national conversation about their actual utility and their potential for serious harm to consumers.