Amanda Antell  |  April 23, 2015

Category: Legal News

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lipitor-diabetes-lettersA Texas woman has filed a Lipitor lawsuit against Pfizer Inc., alleging its popular cholesterol-reducing drug caused her type-2 diabetes.

Plaintiff Mary B. started taking Lipitor in October 2009, according to her Lipitor diabetes lawsuit. In February 2010, she was diagnosed with type-2 diabetes.

Despite the diagnosis, Mary stayed on Lipitor until June 2012 when she learned of its association with type-2 diabetes.

The lawsuit alleges that Pfizer had the responsibility to warn Mary and other Lipitor consumers of all potential side effects. Mary insists that she never would have taken Lipitor if she had known about the potential of Lipitor diabetes.

The lawsuit, filed in a Lipitor MDL, accuses Pfizer of negligence, false advertising, concealing information, and misrepresenting a product.

This Lipitor lawsuit is filed In re: Lipitor (Atorvastatin Calcium) Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2502 in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Charleston Division.

Overview of Lipitor Diabetes

Lipitor was approved over a decade ago to be a cholesterol-lowering medication and prevent heart disease in high-risk patients. Even with the release of generic versions of Lipitor, it still remains one of the most widely prescribed medications in the world.

Lipitor, as well as competitor Crestor, belong to a popular group of medications called statins that work by lowering the body’s so-called bad cholesterol. But numerous studies have found that Lipitor and other statins can trigger type-2 diabetes.

Medical experts theorize that statin drugs may impair certain hormones from the pancreas, which are primarily responsible for regulating insulin. Type-2 diabetes is caused by the insufficient amount of insulin in the body, which means that the body cannot properly convert food into energy.

This concern has become so widespread that the FDA released a public warning in 2012, requiring all statin safety labels to be updated to include type-2 diabetes.

While Pfizer did update Lipitor’s warning label, it did not specifically mention type-2 diabetes. Many have complained that the warning is ambiguous and insufficient.

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