Lawsuits Filed Over Lipitor Side Effects

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" Chris Gupta " <chrisgupta

Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:21:34 -0400

[electroherbalism] Lawsuits Filed Over Lipitor Side Effects

 

 

 

 

 

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Lawsuits Filed Over Lipitor Side Effects

By DAVID B. CARUSO

The Associated Press

Thursday, June 8, 2006; 9:33 PM

 

NEW YORK -- Two men who believe they suffered lasting muscle damage

from taking the popular anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor are suing

medication's maker, Pfizer Inc., claiming the company didn't issue

loud enough warnings about potential side effects.

 

Charles M. Wilson, a former insurance executive from Atlanta, and

Michael Mazzariello, an attorney from New York City, said in separate

lawsuits that they began experiencing debilitating pain, weakness and

memory problems after taking the drug.

 

" It ruined my life, " said Mazzariello, 47. He said that within weeks

of going on the medication, he couldn't walk without a cane, tend his

garden or lift his 1-year-old child.

 

The symptoms subsided once Mazzariello stopped taking the medication

_ he stood under his own power at a news conference Thursday at a

Manhattan hotel _ but he said he still suffers from pain, fatigue and

a tingling sensation in his hands and feet.

 

Pfizer called the two suits " baseless " and vowed to fight them in

court. A spokesman for the company, Bryant Haskins, said all

potential side effects of the drug are included on its labeling and

often mentioned in advertising.

 

Haskins said the number of Lipitor users experiencing those symptoms

is " very, very small ... well under 1 percent, " and that they are far

outnumbered by the millions of people who have taken it safely.

 

Mark Krum, the lawyer handling the suits filed by Wilson and

Mazzariello, acknowledged that the medication may be safe for most

people, but he said that didn't absolve the company of its duty to

market it responsibly and adequately disclose side effects.

 

APPLICATION FOR REPRESENTATION

BY MARK KRUM

RE: STATIN DRUG DAMAGE COMPLAINT

 

First name:________ Middle:________Last:___________

Street address:___________________________

State:_______________

Zip:_______

E-mail:___________________

Telephone:_________________

Age:_____ Sex:______

Statin drug used (check applicable):

Lipitor_, Zocor_, Mevacor_, Crestor_, Pravachol_, Vytorin_

Date statin started:_______Date symptoms began:_______

Date statin stopped:_______

Brief description of your symptoms (fifty words or less):

 

Were your symptoms primarily Memory__? Muscle aches and pain__? Loss

of nerve function__? Emotional__?

Other__? (check all that best apply)

 

I request representation by Mark Jay Krum

 

E-mail to me:

spacedoc.

 

 

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