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• Some doctors are so high on statins, they seem to think most everyone should take them, that there's no down side.
• Lipitor's maker even says it may help Alzheimer's patients.
• When Jim Matthews needed to slash his cholesterol and heart attack risk, he joined the millions taking the world's top-selling drug, Lipitor.
• Did I give my dog her thyroid pill, or did I just think I gave the dog the thyroid pill?"
• When he came back to his senses, he suspected Lipitor was to blame, but only found one glowing report after another on Lipitor and similar drugs - all called statins.
• In fact, some doctors are so high on statins, they seem to think most everyone should take them, that there's no down side.
• Lipitor's maker even says it may help Alzheimer's patients.
• But researcher Dr. Beatrice Golomb warns the studies generating the bulk of the positive press were funded by the companies that make the drugs, like Pfizer, which earns $9 billion a year from Lipitor.
• Pfizer told us Lipitor's safety is supported by peer reviewed articles and scores of studies,"including the most extensive statin clinical trial program ever conducted."

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