Pfizer Is Sued Over Lipitor

Two men who say Pfizer Inc.’s cholesterol fighter Lipitor caused health problems such as memory loss have sued the company, adding the world’s bestselling drug to a long list of those targeted by plaintiffs’ attorneys.

Charles Wilson, a 67-year-old Georgia man, charges that Lipitor caused his memory loss, nerve damage and bouts of fatigue, according to a lawsuit filed late Wednesday in New York Supreme Court.

Michael Mazzariello, a 47-year-old trial attorney from New York, also is suing Pfizer in a separate suit over problems he said were caused by Lipitor.

The $12-billion-a-year drug ruined his life by causing muscle and nerve damage and memory loss, Mazzariello said at a news conference Thursday.

Mazzariello took Lipitor for two months, and Wilson was on the drug for a little more than a year, they said.

A spokesman for Pfizer said the company would vigorously challenge in court all claims in these suits.