In pursuing a legal solution there are things you need to know.

1) some states have new laws that block people from suing drug companies over damages from that company's medication. My state is one of them. The drug companies have pressured many state legislatures for this. But I am unsure how many today, have laws in place to prevent law suits.

2) There is a statute of limitations in each state as to the time interval allowed. Most commonly it is 2 yrs. If you go past that time you cannot bring suit.

3) you have to PROVE it was the Lipitor. This is difficult. The latest round of lawsuits over Vioxx, took many years and even though the FDA took Vioxx off the market, not every person who had damage from it, won their suits.

4)There is a Lipitor class action suit, but I believe the commercials only stated ..."women who had increased incidence of
diabetes on Lipitor." From what I've seen on the TV the liability
lawyers seem to only advertise FDA actions with drugs. The FDA has not ruled yet on neuropathy for Lipitor, but it has on diabetes induction.

Therefore you do have to search as Dr. Smith suggests, or call an attorney who specializes in drug claims. Most liability attorneys do not charge unless you win, and offer free consultations to gather the facts etc.