Dr. Jarvik Answers Critics of His Lipitor Pitch

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[frogjerk]

Of course, the DIMS are against this BIG PHARMA scandal - sarc

[ElkGroveDan]

As soon as they crack down on movie actors going on TV to dish out political advice, I’ll listen to them.

[mass55th]

I couldn’t take Lipitor. It screwed up my liver enzymes big time.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Here is what I would say to critics:

And that is about it. What I do is none of their business. If Jarvik, or whatever his name is, thinks the stuff is good, then he ought to pitch it and make some dough.

[Leo Carpathian]

“Tell your doctor to prescribe this or that” in TV ads just makes me sick!!!

[Tall_Texan]

A truly bogus story, if you ask me. If you need tv ads to tell you what drugs to take, you’re too stupid to be trusted with taking medications at all.

And I still have a problem with Dole doing those Viagra ads. All it proved was that the 1996 election came down to choosing between the candidate who couldn’t get it up versus the candidate who couldn’t keep it down.

[HangnJudge]

I couldn’t take Lipitor. It screwed up my liver enzymes big time.

Try Coenzyme-Q-10 @ 200mg twice a day, may lower damage to liver and muscles....

http://www.heart-health-for-life.com/coenzyme-q10.html

[keepitreal]

His title is Robert Jarvik, M.D. He is a doctor of medicine, just not a licensed physician.

Maybe Congress can get Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman to come in and testify against him.

[montag813]

He’s a pharma whore. What’s to defend? He has a right to make a living, if he can live with himself.

[TADSLOS]

“We’re looking to see if there is wrongdoing but also we’re looking to see if the law needs to be changed to give us a better level of protection for the consumers,” Rep. Dingell says.

That's funny, I'm looking for a law to seek a better level of protection against congress invading every aspect of my life. What a coincidence.

[Rudder]

If he were licensed than he would be forbidden to endorse the product.

[lonestar]

“I’m glad I take Lipitor...”

From the first time I heard him say that, I thought that was the dumbest thing I've ever heard!

I'm GLAD I don't need to take Lipitor!

[Daffynition]

In 2010, Lipitor will lose its patent protection and Pfizer will no longer need Dr. Robert Jarvik.

[rickomatic]

I looked all over my Lipitor Rx, and for the life of me, I can’t find where Dr. Jarvik signed it!!

[steveo]

...in TV ads just makes me sick!!!

Then you need Damitol^TM

[John 3_19-21]

The first time I saw this commercial I couldn’t help but notice how much like a Reese’s(sp) monkey this man looks like.

My wife say’s she can’t look at him with out thinking of this.

JC

[hunter112]

"I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV..."

Anybody remember that line? By the way, does Jarvik remind anybody else of Ron Paul, or is it just me?

"I'm not really Presidential material, but I play it at the debates!"

[muir_redwoods]

I’ll wager Jarvik knows more about cardiology than most of the dermatologists with prescription privileges.

[boop]

"If he were licensed than he would be forbidden to endorse the product."

Not true. He can endorse whatever he wants. But he has to disclose that information if he has a financial arrangement with the drug company. I could care less, as long as the information is accurate. Why is this different than Mickey Mantle wanting his Maypo?

[3niner]

But lending his credibility to create the impression he is prescribing the drug is the question that Michigan Representatives John Dingell and Bart Stumpak want to explore further.

I've seen the commercial in question. I never got the impression that he implied he was prescribing the drug. He only speaks as a well informed user.

Interestingly, many medical researchers understand drugs better than most of the doctors who are licensed to prescribe them. Though there is no reason to believe that this is the case with Dr. Jarvik.