Consumers get the shaft from Lipitor

If you were counting down the days for generic Lipitor to come out you'll need to add a couple hundred more. Pfizer will get patent rights until November 2011.

But if you read my prior blog about statins then you should have come to the conclusion that Lipitor is a waste of money for the vast majority of people anyway. This is just another reason to knock Lipitor off your formulary a take it out of your medicine cabinet.

Pfizer may be protecting their bottom line, but so can consumer and the health care system. I say fight fire with fire. You can have Lipitor Pfizer, because guess what...we don't need it.