Lipitor is effective at lowering cholesterol but at what cost? It is very expensive and has a long list of side effects. These include,chest pain, malaise, muscle pain, pancreatitis, insomnia, impotence and peripheral neuropathy just to name a few and there are many many more. Lipitor belongs to a class of drugs called statins. Statins work by inhibiting the body’s ability to produce cholesterol. Your body needs cholesterol. It is a vital cell wall component and the basic precursor for many of our hormones like testosterone and estrogen. It is even the basic building block of our vitamin D. More importantly, the mechanism by which lipitor inhibits cholesterol formation may also interfere with countless other physiological functions important to the body. It is likely that this cholesterol production inhibition is causing collateral physiological damage which is resulting in these  large number of side effects. Basically,  lipitor is running rampant through the physiologies of trusting, brainwashed consumers often causing them permanent damage.

Nevermind that we now know cholesterol levels are completely inadequate at predicting the likelihood of a heart attack(and are not the primary cause). How much is it worth to have muscle pain, be unable to sleep and unable to attain or maintain an erection, among other things? We may not be able to answer that value question but the pharmaceutical industry certainly can.  Lipitor had 13 billion dollars in sales in 2006. That is how much it is worth to the company Pfizer that manufactures lipitor.   And therein may lie the only real value to be ascribed to lipitor;making money for the drug companies.

Why is this? Here in the U.S., an elaborate scheme of media manipulation, control, and financial incentive has been set forth to deliberately and systematically deceive the public into thinking that only pharmaceutical drugs can treat disease.  Not only is this reckless and greedy, but it is simply untrue.