{"id":809,"date":"2024-01-02T13:13:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T18:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/products-liability\/?page_id=809"},"modified":"2024-01-02T13:44:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T18:44:35","slug":"lipitor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/products-liability\/drugs\/lipitor\/","title":{"rendered":"Lipitor Diabetes Lawsuit Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lipitor lawsuits were filed by plaintiffs&#8217; lawyers after there were studies suggesting that Lipitor was linked to diabetes. These lawsuits were getting big in 2014-2015. Lipitor and related drugs are often prescribed to people who have high cholesterol. The purpose is to reduce the level of cholesterol in the patient\u2019s blood. Most studies seem to indicate they work for this intended purpose. Lipitor is one of a group of anti-cholesterol drugs that are called \u201cstatins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Statin medicines include Lipitor, Crestor, and Zocor. The chemical names for these medicines all contain the word \u201cstatin.\u201d Lipitor is atorvastatin, Crestor is rosuvastatin, and Zocor is simvastatin. Lipitor may be prescribed as a generic medicine, under the name \u201catorvastatin,\u201d which is less expensive than the brand name medicine. All of the statins appear to increase a patient\u2019s chance of becoming diabetic.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back in 2024, we know this litigation did not go anywhere.\u00a0 We are unaware of a single Lipitor lawsuit alleging a link to diabetes that was successful.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/products-liability\/drugs\/lipitor\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Lipitor Diabetes Lawsuit Update\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lipitor lawsuits were filed by plaintiffs&#8217; lawyers after there were studies suggesting that Lipitor was linked to diabetes. These lawsuits were getting big in 2014-2015. Lipitor and related drugs are often prescribed to people who have high cholesterol. The purpose is to reduce the level of cholesterol in the patient\u2019s blood. Most studies seem to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":636,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-809","page","type-page","status-publish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lipitor Diabetes Lawsuit | 2024 Update<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A 2024 lookback on the Lipitor diabetes lawsuits. 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