TRICOR (MICRONIZED) Reviews (FENOFIBRATE)Average Rating: 1.9 (325 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TRICOR (MICRONIZED) with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TRICOR (MICRONI | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | High typicities | Leg cramps upset stoamp dirrehra swelling in my feet | F | 54 | 10 days Yes more | 10/21/2012 | 2 | high cholestrol | I am having allergy like symptoms as well as a rash on my neck. Has anyone else had the symptoms. They have become increasingly more noticeable in the past several weeks. The medication has worked well up to now and I am not certain the medication is causing the symptoms. | F | 67 | 3 years 45 1X day | 4/15/2012 | 2 | High Triglycerides | Dizziness. Numbness in legs & arms. Sore/tendor feet. Severe pain in Achilles tendon. Low energy. Rapid Heartbeat. Anxiety. | Before Tricor I ran 6 marathons. Since starting on it I have run 0. It zapped my energy and has ruined my legs. I have constant trouble with my Achilles tendons. Dizziness and anxiety are also a normal part of my day. My numbers have dropped but it just doesn't seem worth it. | M | 41 | 3 years 148 1X day | 3/27/2012 | 3 | I'm having some stomach discomfort and nausea, especially in the morning, and I'm not sure if it's related, but I've also had an acne breakout....... | My triglicerides were 681 and my overall cholesterol was 305 when I went for routine blood work about 3 1/2 weeks ago, which is incredibly high and alarming since I'm only 26 yrs old and in good shape and work out and watch my diet, especially when it comes to fatty foods. Both of my parents are on statin drugs because they have high cholesterol, my mother's on lipitor and my father's on crestor, and the doctor said my high cholosterol is more genetic than anything. And btw, I also was misinformed and thought Tricor was a statin drug, the doctor also told me that it isn't in that class. It is in a class of drugs known as phenofibrates (not sure if i spelled it correctly) which also lower your cholesterol, but not a statin drug like crestor or lipitor. I'm going to go back for another blood test in a week and see if my levels are down from where they were a month before I started taking it. | M | 26 | 3 weeks 145mg 1X day | 7/15/2011 | 4 | High Triglycerides | Blurred vision. | I had heart spasms all the time before taking this drug. Not sure what the connection could be, but they have almost come to a dead stop. Used to get them as often as 15 times a day. And they woke me up out of a dead sleep. Now nothing. | F | 58 | 2 months 145mg 1X day | 5/2/2011 | 5 | high cholesterol | None! Except improved regularity. | dropped total cholesterol from 302 to 212, LDL from 220 to 135 in 3 months. Fantastic. Taking generic. | F | 55 | 4 months 134 1X day | 4/30/2011 | 1 | High cholestrol | Shortly after starting, began to have continuos, extreme burning sensation on the bottom of both feet -- like a chemical burn. Then after 30 days, due to high stress, my blood pressure (which had been normal) began to rise. At about three weeks, I had a reoccurring, cramp like pain in my left calf; then, after being on Tricor for 30 days and stress at work got sever I began getting more spots of cramping in my left leg. Then, after two days of extreme stress -- which cause very, high blood pressure, I began having cramp-like pain all over my left leg, left arm, and right leg and each spot was painful from a few seconds to 20 minutes. At first (when I had the single cramp-like pain in my left calf), my doctor suspected a possible blood clot but venal ultra sound was negative -- during that time my BP was normal. Later, when my BP was high due to stress I finally went to the E.R. and they ruled out everything except the Tricor. I've stopped it for 2 days (now) and even though by BP | I would definitely NOT recommend TRICOR if you have or begin to have high blood pressure! They are many of drugs I've been on for high cholesterol and this, TRICOR, is the first one that has given me these side-effects. I'm so glad I found this website as it confirmed the E.R. doctor's findings. Since then, I've had other people confirm to me that they have heard of someone who has had bad cramping leg pain due to this drug. | M | 57 | 90 days 145mg 1X day | 4/28/2011 | 1 | High triglycerides | I originally posted on here several years ago regarding my terrible experience with this drug. Since then, the medical community has started to realize how devastating statin drugs can be to some people. In my case, this drug permanently disabled my ability to walk any appreciable distance and it did this in a very short time period. Unfortunately, by the time my physician made the connection, the damage had been done. My Achilles tendons became so degenerated that I had to have both of them resected and grafts put in. For those of you experiencing severe muscle aches and pain in your extremities, I urge you to stop the medication IMMEDIATELY and see your physician and demand that he pay attention to your concerns. Mine did not until it was too late. The condition is known as statin myopathy. Please take the time to research this if you are having problems as I describe. For those with no side effects, you are fortunate. However, in my case, I was perfectly healthy and active and i | F | 62 | 4 months 145 mg 1X day | 4/21/2011 | 2 | High Triglycerides 204 | dizziness, pain and numbness in both arms, headaches, muscle weakness, anxiety, depression, nausea | My doctor prescribed me this and Crestor because my triglycerides are in 204 and cholesterol in 230 (LDL 157, HDL 32) I took the Latin American version of tricor (controlip 250mg) is the same fenofibrate and after 7 days I suspended this drug because Istart to feel a terrible pain in my arms and shoulders and other horrible side effects and I didn't even took Crestor because the side effects are WORST, I rather do exercise and have a good diet diet instead of taking this thing and after reading all these reports of side effects I will send the bottle straight into the garbage can. | M | 33 | 7 days 250 MG 1X day | 4/20/2011 | 2 | Loss of sex drive. Initially I had minor muscle cramps after working out but those symptoms went away. | There seem to be very few comments on loss of sex drive but a few. | M | 55 | 30 days 1X day | 2/19/2011 | 2 | Elevated Triglycerides | Tiredness - especially in the morning, all over muscle weakness, eye pressure and I am thirsty all the time. | I have lost 80 lbs in the last few yrs and am 25 lbs away from being medically "fit" for my height. Before starting Tricor, I walked on the treadmill for 60-90 mins 4-6 nights a week. I ate about 1200 cals a days, mostly fruits, veggies, cherrios and fish. My overall cholesterol was 188, bad cholesterol was 92, good cholesterol was 44 and my Triglycerides were 319 - which is why I prescribed Tricor. I give you the background of my activity level because 3 weeks after starting Tricor and I have no energy, My muscles feel weak and I just want to lay down. I have been this way for 3 days. Almost immediately after starting Tricor, I have been craving fatty food. That is unusual for me. But worst, is the pressure I am feeling behind my eyes. I am going to talk with my doctor this week, but I really think Tricor is the cause of me not feeling well. I am only 39 and very healthy - except the Triglycerides. Maybe there is an alternative out there for me. | F | 39 | 3 weeks 48mg 1X day | 2/19/2011 | 5 | high cholesterol, high LDL | no side effects | I was taking a statin, Lipitor, and after 12 years on this statin I developed a rash that covered my body and it's taken 4 years to bring my itching to a livable level. I had to be on an immune suppressant for 1 year in order to get the rash under control. | F | 69 | 2 years 48 mg 2X day | 11/28/2010 | 1 | TRIG VERY HIGH | Within two days of starting this drug my knee hurt so badly and practically collapsed when walking. I advised my Dr and he did not think this was from the Tricor. I went off for a month and tried again with the exact same result. There was no pain after stopping the Tricor. | F | 50 | 7 days 1X day | 10/6/2010 | 1 | hypertriglyceridemia | Let me start by saying that before I took the TriCor, I was a very healthy and active individual, able to do about anything physically I wanted with a demanding job in a physician's office. After, I felt I had aged 100 years. My symptoms began shortly after taking the medication with aching in the joints. This was tolerable and truthfully, I thought it was just a sign of aging. However, these mild symptoms rapidly progressed to an unbearable pain in my legs so severe I could not walk at all. Despite reporting these symptoms to my physician, her answer was to run tests. All told, several visits to the emergency room, MRI, Doppler, CT scans, numerous blood studies later, the pain was more severe than ever. | On one of numberous trips to my physician, the light went on for her. She said to stop the Tricor, which I did immediately and though the pain stopped, I was left with residual weakness in my lower extremities that is with me to this day. I am happy for those for whom the drug works. However, on reading this board, it appears that the bad far outweighs the good. I don't believe at all, as one poster said, that these symptoms are a natural aging process. When one becomes immediately disabled simply by taking a medication, there is not one thing natural about that. It should be removed from the market, or, at the very least, dispensed with caution and strong warnings about its harmful side effects. | F | 62 | 4 months 145 1X day | 9/24/2010 | 1 | "high" triglycerides | none | A Nurse Practicioner prescribed this for me because my triglycerides were 300 (funny, 10 years ago, medications wouldn't even be considered unless you were over 500. Just like with blood pressure, they keep lowering the target numbers just so they can sell more drugs). Anyway, I got the prescription filled and was ready to start taking it. As soon as I read this website, that bottle went straight into the garbage can where it belongs. By increasing exercise and making one MINOR change in my diet, I cut that number in half in less than one month. There's an article in BusinessWeek magazine from 2008 called "Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good?" I advise everybody here to Google this article. It should be REQUIRED READING for anybody even considering taking drugs to lower their cholesterol. | M | 34 | 0 days 160 1X day | 9/12/2010 | 3 | for ldl coleaterol | I am not sure if my constipation is from the meds or not. My stomach hurts and I have gas pain that has lasted all night and to the afternoon around 3pm | i have had trouble in the past with muscle pain with other meds | F | 72 | 14 days 145 1X day | 9/5/2010 | 4 | sick from lovaza | ill pucking and nauseaus to lovaza | no side effects | F | 63 | 2 weeks 160 mg 1X day | 8/19/2010 | 3 | High tryglycerides | A few years ago a doctor had me on this. My new doctor has just prescribed this to me as my overall cholesterol level is good (145) but the trsi are in the 400+ range. It had reduced my tris before and to be honest, I do not remember any side effects. Most of what I read here are side effects I already have including arthritis in both knees | My question is when do you take this. I also take Zocor at night and wonder if I should alos take tricor at night or as part of my morning routine which is mostly my diabetic meds? | M | 65 | 3 days 145 1X day | 7/24/2010 | 4 | High Triglycerides | Possibly fatigue & minor heartburn | I took Tricor a few years back. It took me from 650 to 300 in three months (with diet & exercise), then shot back up to 530 when I went off. Starting back up at 550 and so far no real side effects. Im a little sleepy, but its been a big week ;0) | F | 33 | 4 years 145mg 1X day | 7/15/2010 | 1 | High cholestrol | sleepiness,dizziness, body aches, headaches. | I was put on fenofibrate for high cholestrol because I was allergic to zocor and lipitor. The doctor said this drug would not have many side effects because its not a statin, WRONG! First thing I felt was extreme tiredness then headaches, the the kicker was the feeling like I had the flu, this was with body pains all over. I quit, no more for me. I will take fish oil. My cholestrol being high is supposed to be genetic. | F | 47 | 3 weeks 160mg 1X day | 6/6/2010 |