Lipitor and observation

I thought this would be interesting for everyone to read. I went to my dentist the other day for my checkup and he commented "I see you're no longer taking the Lipitor". I was quite surprised and wondered how he knew since I did stop taking it 4 months ago because it left me in crippling muscle pain in my back and legs. He said he could tell by looking at my gums - that they look much more healthier now. I never had any gum problems my entire life even while taking lipitor so I was surprised at this observation. It just goes to show you how dangerous this drug is, that if it can be seen in the gums this drug must affect the entire body whether you have symptoms there or not and who knows what it's silently doing to you. The dentist commented that everyone that takes this drug seems to get muscle pains and many are left crippled long after they discontinue the drug and he wonders why doctors so blindly keep prescribing this drug and why they keep advertising it on TV like it's candy.