ZOCOR Reviews (SIMVASTATIN)Average Rating: 1.8 (893 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZOCOR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZOCOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | F | 33 | | 5/6/2001 | 1 | High cholesterol | muscle aches, flu like feeling, nausea | Terrible reaction to this drug | M | 41 | 2 weeks | 5/19/2001 | 5 | high cholesterol | M | 35 | 4 years | 5/24/2001 | 1 | for increased cholesterol | arm muscle aches, fatigue, memory problems, overall not feeling well and shortness with others because I don't feel well!! | It cannot be good for you if it makes your muscles ache! How many deaths will occur with this one? Why do your physicians not explain the side effects! What can be done to help with the muscle pain? | M | 52 | 60 days | 9/3/2001 | 3 | High LDL level | Achy legs and arms. Just felt tired most of the time. | Lowered LDL from 155 to 86 in 3 weeks. Lowered cholestrol from 235 to 160 in 3 weeks. | M | 44 | 5 weeks | 9/5/2001 | 1 | high cholesterol | I already have fibromyalgia & myofascial pain (pain every single day). I was on Lipitor & doing fine & the insurance co. changed me to Zocor (they are the manufacturer!). I had excrutiating pain all over, depression turned severe, fever, headaches, sinus infections, etc. | Anyone who has any type of disease or none at all should not take Zocor. I recently tried to kill myself. Couldn't take the pain anymore even after stopping it for 2 weeks. Stiffer regulations re: side effects made available to patients are needed. I will be contacting the FDA & anyone else who will listen. Happy to be alive though! | F | 50 | 60 days | 9/10/2001 | 1 | high cholesterol | muscle weakness, pain in all "joints", sometimes dizzyness, tired | My doctor ignored the symptoms for 5 months. Internet alerted me to the SERIOUS and PERMANENT muscle damage possible from Zocor. Within 3 wks off it an on Lipitor my symptoms vanished. I've alerted friends on Zocor with similar symptoms. Don't count on your doctor being interested unless you demand a change. | F | 63 | 5 months | 10/7/2001 | 2 | lower blood cholesterol | Achy shoulders and legs with periodic pain in neck and ankles.I kept telling myself maybe I Squated some weight somewhere that made my quadrocepts feel like I had been doing squats.Woke up last nite with tremoring/tingling sensation. I triggered on this symptom when mentioned in the side affects. Most noticible pain is in my quads | M | 40 | 27 days | 10/18/2001 | 3 | Cholesterol 225 to 250, diabetic | Muscle pain in shoulders mostly. Not sure if Bursitis, frozen shoulder or side effect. Now in both shoulders. Started about 1-2 months after taking Zocor. Doctor said if side efect, would be symmetrical pain. Now it is becoming that way. Am concerned. Very painful! | Reduced cholesterol to 167 range. | M | 45 | 210 days | 10/24/2001 | 1 | High Total Cholesterol | Trembling in left arm, pain & tingling in right arm, weakness in legs and right arm, problem with verbalizing thought (memory), extreme fatigue & nausea. | I didn't realize Zocor caused such severe side effects.Because of all the symptoms just suddenly appearing, I have just underwent extensive testing for MS. I still have to see the Neurologist. I'm praying that it is the Zocor causing everything. My doctor took me off Zocor for a couple of weeks and just put me back on for a week to see if the side effects return. I started feeling nauseated and extremely tired almost immediately. I now have the weekness in my legs back. | F | 50 | 2 months | 10/29/2001 | 4 | Triglycerides | No muscle problems yet. But I noticed on the backs of my arms I have bumps, kinda looks like pimples, But they stay and haven't gone away. They haven't spread either, and Ideas??? | M | 28 | 30 days | 12/7/2001 | 4 | Cholesterol | After five months I am having loss of taste and smell. Not sure if caused by Zocor. | After taking Baycol for 3 years most of my side effects are clearing up. I didn't realize that Baycol had compromised my physical and mental well being until I was taken off of the drug. | M | 51 | 3 years | 12/16/2001 | 1 | High Cholesterol | extremely queasy/ nauseous/ less energy/ feet have been aching for two years after going back on cholesterol drugs after being off after bad experience with lipitor/ have gotten worse again after beginning zocor/ baycol was the best for me but was recalled/have experienced muscle weakness with all cholesterol drugs/heart palpitations with pravachol/I'm more afraid of the drugs now that the high cholesterol/any ideas anyone out there?? | F | 53 | 45 days | 12/16/2001 | 3 | high clorestrol | after 3 years of use now expericeing shoulder pain,simular to rotator culf simtims painfull at times , starting to have sleep problems. Thought is may be old injury from sking. Will finfd out next week | lowered my chloreterol but , what is it going to cost to repair any damage to muscels | M | 59 | 3 years | 12/28/2001 | 1 | high cholesterol | Day 8 - lost all muscle strength in both hands - extreme pain both hands - back spasms. Now after being off Zocor 4 days have 90% use of my hands, though are still swollen and stiff - persistent diarrhea and general achiness. | F | 64 | 8 days | 1/13/2002 | 3 | high cholostrol | achy muscles, tired all the time. No energy. | Was taking lipitor, Dr. took me off it because he thought zocor might help better and also because of the insurance. Lipitor is considered a high price drug. I felt fine when I was on Lipitor. | F | 44 | 3 months | 1/31/2002 | 2 | high cholesterol | severe joint pain, both legs,knees, lower calves, constipation, slight dizziness, pain, tingling in arms, hands, fingers. slight shortness of breath when I first began medication...all symptoms have subsided except severe joint pain which is increasing | should be taken with caution & monitored constantly | F | 58 | 90 days | 2/6/2002 | 2 | For leaky valves and cholosteral | Extremely tired and irritable. I generally am highly sensititve to most drugs. Had a heart attack recently and was put on Atenenol, coumadin, and zocor. Already on Teneretic. Felt fine until I took the zocor. I am irritable (not my general nature) and sleep half the day away. Am fighting it, but I am unhappy with not being alert. My husband is terminally ill, and I need all the strength I can get. | M | 72 | 2 weeks | 2/12/2002 | 2 | high cholesterol | I've been taking Zocor for 2 months, Starting to notice extreme fatigue,shortness of breath and minor muscle pain! Back for check up with doctor on march 5. Not happy at this point, but I will wait another couple of weeks to see what doctor has to say | M | 54 | 2 months | 2/17/2002 | 1 | High cholesterol | I experienced a pretty ugly case of the skin acne (described in the product side effects as "nodules") on my shoulders, upper arms and sides of torso, and also an almost complete loss of sexual desire and considerable loss of sexual performance ability. I was in my late 40's and attributed the latter to the normal aging process. Two dermatologists were unable to improve the skin nodules. I had been on Zocor for almost five years. My doctor switched me to Pravachol, but these side effects continued and actually worsened. After six months on Pravachol, I stopped taking statin medications completely. Within six months, both of these side effects reversed themselves. My skin cleared up slowly, and my libido returned with a vengeance. | There are other things that happened to me while on Zocor (blurry vision, collapsing to the floor once when reaching down to pick up something off the floor) that I can't definitively attribute to the drug. But about the above two side effects there can be no doubt, and these two side effects worsened my quality of life in many ways for over five years. I believe there are many side effects of these strong statin drugs that are never reported or, if reported, are not connected with the statin drugs by the diagnosing doctor. I would never go back on these drugs. And through exercise and a new eating regimen, I was able to reduce my cholesterol to 147 (from over 300) without any drugs at all. | M | 54 | 6 years | 2/18/2002 |
ZOCOR (SIMVASTATIN): Simvastatin is used along with a proper diet to help lower "bad" cholesterol and fats (such as LDL, triglycerides) and raise "good" cholesterol (HDL) in the blood. It belongs to a group of drugs known as "statins." It works by reducing the amount of cholesterol made by the liver. Lowering "bad" cholesterol and triglycerides and raising "good" cholesterol decreases the risk of heart disease and helps prevent strokes and heart attacks. In addition to eating a proper diet (such as a low-cholesterol/low-fat diet), other lifestyle changes that may help this medication work better include exercising, losing weight if overweight, and stopping smoking. Consult your doctor for more details. FDA Approval Date: 1998-07-10 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)