Also...Livalo is being detailed heavily now since Lipitor went generic and Crestor is soon to leave patent also. (hence all the Crestor ads).

Livalo was the last statin approved by the FDA, basically because it was in process, coming from Japan. All subsequent statins have NOT been approved after it on RX.

However Pfizer is attempting to get OTC lipitor in the US. All previous statin OTC attempts have been denied. Here is an article discussing it.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnlama...f-otc-lipitor/

If Lipitor goes OTC insurance won't pay for it. (Seniors will not be happy with this arrangement). I can also say based on my experience with patients returning Lipitor during a recall in the mid 2000's....the patients didn't even want the replacement....they hated it more than I expected.

So I don't see an OTC Lipitor working out. But who knows?
It just may appear, and then disappear..like many products do.

Livalo was approved in 2009. This drug has a complex history at the FDA. Here is the patent data:
http://orange-book.findthebest.com/l/21901/Livalo

It is your guess as to which expiration date of this drug is the real one.

All statins are toxic in some ways. So I put up the information here so people can monitor themselves, and request from their doctors a response to problematic side effects. It is up to each person here to decide and monitor their statin use. It is not only PN at stake, however. So watch for any signs of not feeling well.