February 8, 2008.
Dr. Jarvik Update: He Can't Prescribe or Row

I've always wondered why anyone would buy Lipitor from a doctor that made an artificial heart that usually killed people within one year. But give credit to John Mack for outing that Dr. Jarvik didn't have prescribing priviledges, and now we discover that he wasn't actually rowing the boat in his Lipitor commercials on TV.

We don't know much about Dr. Jarvik's medical history, but as I previously posted, if he
doesn't have risk factors for heart disease or a history of heart disease it is unlikely that he is deriving
much benefit from his Lipitor, at least in terms of his health.

Doug Bremner, MD, is a physician
and researcher in Atlanta GA
and author of Before You Take That Pill:
Why the Drug Industry May be
Bad for Your Health

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