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Women Who Take Lipitor® May See No Healthy Results


Women spend billions of dollars each year on Lipitor and other statin drugs that lower cholesterol. Now a new study of all the research data associated with this drug raises serious questions as to whether or not the all of this cash is buying any healthy benefits.
Sales of Lipitor account for over $12 billion in [...]

Anti-Smoking Medication Grounded. Chantix® Disallowed for Pilots, Controllers!


The anti-smoking drug Chantix from Pfizer, Inc., has been steeped in controversy since it came on the market in 2006. It has been the subject of U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisories due to reports of Chantix-induced dreams, attempted suicides and at least one death. Now the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered any pilots [...]

Diabetes Inhaler Testers Get Cancer, FDA Warning Issued


Persons who use an Exubera® inhaler to control high blood sugar, or who are thinking of using this product, should definitely consider an alternative form of treatment. This is especially important now that six cases of lung cancer have been reported in persons who participated in clinical trials of the product.
Exubera is a drug made [...]