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.

Ok, thanks.

Here is a Yahoo article on this topic today:

http://news.yahoo.com/studies-drugs-...181128072.html

Yahoo links don't last long, so I quoted a brief part including the name of this product, so people can search Google for more information about it.

i started livalo about 10 days ago.

i will come back and post up my exact numbers before and after.

i am taking 1/2 of a 2 (1mg) for 2 weeks.

then 2 mg for 4 weeks.

then i rum out of samples. prescript is for 2 mg adjustable of course.

i have a blood test in 10 weeks.

That is a statin and has all the risks statins
carry.

Amen!

David

Since that post my doctor and I traced my irritability
to my thyroid medication. It appears that my status
Changed and that my need for levothyroxine
Changed. So even 3 months with no
Medication I do feel much better. The plan now
is for retesting in 6 months.
It is a mystery however why this happened to
me.

while your answer is correct its NOT COMPLETE.



gabapentin

Percentage of NEURONTIN patients where NEUROPATHY PERIPHERAL is a reported side effect: 4.0435324988171%

livalo

Percentage of PITAVASTATIN patients where NEUROPATHY PERIPHERAL is a reported side effect: 8.8235294117647%


i can deal with some neuropathic discomfort to lower my cholesterol.

the risk appears double that of taking neurontin which LOTS of us take......I currently take 3600mg of neurotin BTW.

so IMO, its worth the risk to try LIVALO.

sorry you dont agree mrs D....but IMO you dont agree with anyone trying ANYTHING

You don't have to agree with me, Rob.

But the statin PN is often permanent. Also the new information on other toxicities is concerning. I really don't need to say much more on this matter until new information comes out.

Keep in mind that Livalo is new, and stats take up to 10 yrs to
come forth on new patented drugs. But the family of statins are all quite difficult because they affect the same biochemical pathway...the link I put up earlier in this thread. They all work the same way basically, with minor differences in lipid solubility.

and remember, there is little "proof" that statins do much/anything for persons without hx of heartattck.