While it may be true that cholesterol reducing drugs can save countless lives by preventing stroke and heart attack deaths, the ones it does injure deserve attention and due compensation. Two lawsuits filed last week claim that Pfizer’s drug Lipitor causes severe lasting damages to the muscle and nervous systems, including memory loss.
Three years after using Lipitor, 60-year-old Charles M. Wilson of Atlanta, Georgia suffered burning sensations in his hands and feet, a loss of balance, and periods of extreme fatigue or memory loss. Michael Mazzariello of New York, 47, claimed that the defective drug caused him impairing muscle damage and extensive memory loss. Reports in scientific literature have suggested a link between statins, the group of cholesterol reducing drugs to which Lipitor belongs, and peripheral neuropathy, a type of nerve damage.
If you or someone you know has been injured by a defective drug such as Lipitor, please feel free to contact a personal injury attorney such as Robbins and Associates in Atlanta, Georgia.
