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 Tris and moderate high chol. | 3 weeks into treatment...back muscle spasms/aches..hardly can get out of bed in AM. Although it's not a statin..since I had the same side effects from 5 of those..I am not surprised...Am no longer going to take it or any other "drug". All heart studies normal..so diet and exercise will be my lifestyle..I'm fed up with trying prescription drugs. | probably worse symptoms sooner than the statins I tried. | F | 69 | 22 days | 4/20/2009 | 1 | High Cholesterol | A day or so after I began using it, I got a fever blister on my top lip, then days later, on the bottm lip. I have had horrible joint pains in my elbow joints and some chest pain in the muscles. Pain in my hand joints also. Bad fatigue, stomach problems. I think I need to stop this medicine and try something else. Has anyone else has pains in the chest muscles, elbow joints? I can barely move my arms and after reading all these posts, Im afraid it is the Tricor. | F | 47 | 7 days | 4/16/2009 | 1 | To reduce my Triglycerides | Pain in my wrists, fingers, and feet; severe weakness, diarrhea, shortness of breath, flue-like symptoms, lack of appetite, abdominal cramps, and paleness. | If you would like to turn your life into hell, do take Tricor. I'd rather control my triglycerides with diet and exercise. If I continued to take Tricor, I'd have ended up in a mental asylum or ER, if not in the grave ! | F | 55 | 2 days | 4/15/2009 | 5 | Familial High Triglycerides | None, although I did get some eye floaters at one point early on, but they ended up going away. | I've been on Tricor since 11/2005 and I'm still having fantastic results. I'm 40 years old and just had my annual physical- my triglycerides were 123, total cholesterol was 153, HDL was 54, LDL 75. Those were some of my best numbers since I've been on the medication. All I can politely say to those of you that are experiencing side effects, please make any and all necessary life style changes if you haven't already done it. | M | 40 | 3.5 years | 4/13/2009 | 1 | triglycerides | began with tingling in arms and stiffness in hip joints; then pain in joints, muscles, low grade fever and weakness. | Side effects started with tingling in arms at night after taking. Progressed to sore hip joints and trouble raising legs. Woke one night after taking meds and had muscle and joint pain so bad I could hardly move. Also low grade fever about 100. Next morn still very painful and weak. Called Dr. to report and she wanted me to wait a week and try again because not sure it was meds with the fever. I replied I had read it from other patients on this website and would not continue it. This was only the 48mg too. | F | 64 | 3 weeks | 3/30/2009 | 1 | High Cholesterol | After a week of taking this, I felt fine. I painted a bedroom on a weekend, and the next day felt sore. The day after that, even more sore. My thigh muscles were tender to the touch, almost as bad as riding a horse for the first time. My elbows and knees hurt. My back hurts. As the days went on, I realized it was not the painting that caused this pain. I can't even finish a full shift of work! It feels like my legs want to collapse when walking. It hurts to walk! | I called my doc, and doc said not to take it for a week. If I felt better, they may retry it. I absolutely refuse! I can't sleep either. Every hour I have to move, and the pain wakes me up. No pain killer has proven to help either. I have tried ibuprofen to a few spare codeine's. Not even those helped. Worst side effects ever! I can deal with a minor side effect, but when it screws with your work and daily life, I would rather die of a heart attack. No joke folks. | M | 33 | 12 days | 3/26/2009 | 4 | hyperlipidemia | None that I know of. | It worked to get my lipids and cholesterol down some. | F | 53 | 2 years | 3/20/2009 | 1 | High triglycerides | AWFUL HURTING FEET | I was getting to the point that I could not walk because my feet were hurting so badly. I was to start therapy this week on both feet. Went to a podiatry doctor.Paid $60 for inserts for my shoes.I had to get PVL done on both feet...showing no problems. I stopped taking TRICOR last week and it is amazing my feet seem to be getting back to normal. I am now taking Zocor and feel really afraid of taking it after reading so many bad comments. If anyone has any help on high triglycerides and minor cholestrol problems please let me know. | F | 57 | | 3/2/2009 | 1 | Hi Cholesterol | Started Tricor about a month ago. Noticed some flu like symptoms 2 weeks ago, last week palms of hands, feets and privates started itching. I stopped taking tricor on last Sunday, continued to itch. I went to the MD on Tuesday. He said continue to stay off the medicine and see if that helps. If it doesn't start taking it again. On Wed. my left hand started hurting which I assumed maybe some arthritis. By Friday afternoon both hands, wrists and arms were swollen and hot to the touch. I am 46 years old and feel I tolerate pain above average but this had be the worst pain of my life. I was unable to move my hands and arms. I was unable to remove my clothes, take a shower or place my arms on pillows. We called the MD he started me on Ultram for the pain. It took about 12 hours to get the pain undercontrol. Another 12 hours later and I am able to slowly move my arms above my head and move my fingers again. Last night I too maintained a temp of 99.9. This evening, Sat., I am still in the bed | M | 46 | | 2/21/2009 | 1 | High triglicyrides - 879 | I was taking Tricor concomitantly with Lopid for nearly two years. Shortly thereafter I was led to believe my body was simply falling apart when the symptoms begin: Peripheral Neuropathy (numbness in the extremities – hands, fingers and feet); severe joint pain; muscle pain and inability to do the functions of daily living (near the end I was unable to button my shirt, turn a door knob or hold a brush to comb my hair). My M.D. first told me I had Carpal Tunnel (I saw a Specialist (Neurologist)) who gave me the most painful test I ever had in my life. He told me I would never regain use of my hands (both) without surgery… I opted NOT! As the pain increased in my muscles and joints my M.D. told me he thought I should see yet another Specialist (Rheumatologist) - $500 later she reviewed my meds and told me to get off of the Lipitor and Tricor. With exercise for my hands (working the flexor muscles) and about 1 year after quitting the meds I regained complete use of bo | One would think these side-effects are rare when it appears more people than not have been subjected to exhaustive and excruciating discomfort. It is sad that those we look to for help are so thoroughly indoctrinated into serving the needs of the pharmaceutical companies than those who their oaths obligate them to serve. | M | 55 | 19 months | 2/20/2009 | 1 | Triglycerides | Kidney failure. I am now in line for a kidney transplant. | I was only on this medication 2 WEEKS. Immediately I experienced severe back pain, shoulder and joint pain, ect. I stopped taking it, but the damage was done. Please be aware that doctors are not REQUIRED to report adverse reactions on medications to the FDA. Also, some drug companies do not report these side effects to the doctors or the general public and are not required to do so. Drug company reps will downplay the side effects to the doctor they are trying to market to. In some instances, they actually recommend drugs for uses that are "off label". BEWARE! | M | 58 | 14 days | 2/17/2009 | 2 | High Triglycerides | Tension headache for two months since I started taking the meds. Just figured it out that it is the medicine. | No other symptons and it really lowered my numbers which were 800. | F | 46 | 2 months | 2/9/2009 | 1 | elevated trig | after 10 days on generic I had unexplained pain above one knee that turned into some itching after a day or so. I awoke the next day to itching on buttock only to discover a blister like rash that in the following day broke out on the same leg. Saw my Dr and was diagnosed with herpes zoster (shingles) I did associate the new med with this outbreak and stopped it only to read later in an ad for Tricor at the very bottom " may cause herpes zoster". | F | 72 | 10 days | 2/7/2009 | 1 | To lower my cholesterol | sholder pain, 99 degree temp aches in neck, arms (flu like symptom)Very difficult breathing. | Went to doctor over struggling to breath seemed to mainly effect me in the early morning they took xrays and breathing tests he couldn't find any thing wrong that evening my normal 97' temp stayed at 99' and my arms ached at times like the flu and I have had my shoulder twinge in pain a few times strange to me...this all is adding up to TRICOR 145 MG. that I just started taking! | F | 39 | 12 days | 2/6/2009 | 5 | ldl hdl | None | Dropped it down nice and low. | M | 52 | 4 years | 2/5/2009 | 1 | High Triglycerides | Never took medication because of concern of how big pharma uses doctors as prescription pushers. I knew my doctor would push a statin drug after the nurse called with my blood test results. So I wanted to get patient info since i had serious suspicions in taking a statin or any rx for that matter. Notice how when patients report pain and other side affects the doc prescribes a hydrocodine to relieve pain, not addressing the cause just the symptoms and usually by prescribing another drug. This is one of the most addictive substances (Opiate Based pain killers)known to man. This is the same old Allopathic school of medicine that doctors are indoctrinated into by utilizing regulatory agencies to control the education of Doctors. The same ones who brought you the cut slash and burn method of cancer control. | additional google searches: Dr. Russell Blaylock M.D. author of Exitotoxins the Taste that Kills, Murder By Injection written by Eutace Mullins, G. Edward Griffin author and lecturer of A World Without Cancer the Story of Vitamin B-17 I would try exercise and diet before taking any medication from a doctor of Allopathic school. Look for a Homeopathic doctor, u know the quacks and charlottins that treat the cause not symptoms with small weakened doses of the infecting agent and especially using nutrition and vitamins to strengthen your immune system. This site is awesome for this purpose. To get info on drugs from real people who have used them and not be limited to web sites and doctors funded by big pharma that spout nothing but benefits for the drug and hide the truth of toxic side effects. | M | 29 | 0 days | 2/5/2009 | 3 | High Triglycerides | I've taken this drug for 10 years, along with Niaspan. It worked great. Triglyceride numbers were way down! Within the last 6 months I have developed fatigue, muscle aches and horrible nausea and indigestion. My doctor, after trying everything, wondered aloud whether it could be the Tricor or maybe the Niaspan. After enduring an upper GI endoscopy (which I had to pay for) and finding nothing...I decided to stop taking both drugs. Within 3 days I was feeling like the old me - and I could eat again! Last nite I took a tricor just to see...the first 8 hours were fine, then the nausea and gas returned. I'm off of this stuff. I'm now looking for other options. Thank you for this website. | It's hard to rate a drug that actually worked but made me sick! | F | 61 | 10 years | 1/29/2009 | 1 | lower tryglycerides/cholestorol | strange pain in legs...like a restlessness kind of feeling, breathing difficulty, feeling bloated, chest pain, weight gain | Wow! After reading all of these comments, I am stopping the Tricor tonight! Lipitor gave me all the same side effects. What now? Without taking this med, my cholestorol sky-rockets. Any advice?.....e-mail me @ [email protected](my wifes e-mail) | M | 40 | 4 months | 12/27/2008 | 1 | high triglycerides | Roving muscle pain, legs, shoulders, arms, neck, back, bottoms of feet, can't raise left arm above shoulders, getting out of bed and chairs very difficult, feel like I am 100 years old. | I will never take Tricor again. I have no significant signs that I am getting better after stopping drug three months ago. My GP also states the Tricor isn't the problem, but has no explaination for cause. I changed my diet and lowered the triglycerides from 240 to 96. | M | 56 | 9 months | 12/8/2008 | 5 | high triglycerides | None at all | I have been taking Tricor for a almost two years without any side effects. I take 160 mg a day. Triglycerides were almost 500 in early 2007 and now they are 220. | F | 46 | 2 years | 12/5/2008 |