Word: lipitor
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...trip last November, Clark did even better than that, buying a six-month supply of medications for a little more than $1,000, a cache that she estimates would have cost about $3,000 in Maine for the same drugs. One of them is Lipitor, the expensive, heavily marketed cholesterol-lowering drug developed by Pfizer. "Lipitor is my biggest savings," Clark says. "For a six-month supply, it's $1,900 in the U.S. I paid $500 [in Canada]." At U.S. prices, she couldn't afford her total drug bill and would have to pick and choose which conditions...
...look at the prices of newer prescription drugs that offer similar treatments to existing ones (e.g. Viagra and Levitra, Lipitor and Zocor, Paxil and Zoloft) you notice that the prices are very close to each other. That suggests collusion among the drug manufacturers. If it was an effective free market, such as in computers, cameras and televisions, the prices of newer products would be lower. Why hasn't media raised this question? Congress or the FTC should look into the pricing policies of the big pharmas. Gopal Las Vegas...
...what about everyday drugs like Lipitor or Celebrex, which can be had on the Net for as much as 60% off? The FDA, to my surprise, is taking a hard line on those too, warning about the risk of counterfeits and contamination. Reached for comment on the New Hampshire plan, William Hubbard, associate commissioner of the FDA, said that all imported drugs could be considered "unsafe...
...Steven Nissen, the cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic who conducted the research, wasn't prepared to tell me that I should start taking Lipitor. But he thinks this study could change the way doctors look at cholesterol profiles like mine, because the findings suggest that the lower the bad cholesterol level the better. If further studies support this thesis, the government may be under pressure to reduce its recommended LDL level to below...
There's still a lot of work to be done. As Nissen points out, it's not yet clear whether Lipitor's protective benefits are due to its power to reduce LDL levels or to its ability to fight inflammation, a major cause of heart disease. And although it seems logical to assume that reducing fatty deposits will translate into fewer heart attacks and deaths, that hasn't been proved. The patients in this study will have to be watched a lot longer than 18 months to find out. Meanwhile, there are more statin studies in the works, including...