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| 2 | high total cholestorl 236 | posted on zocor experience previously 12/09/09 & 12/20/09 | have now been on Crestor for 30 days with no side effects that I can attribute to the drug. Will switch to Crestor secetion to report future experience with this medication. After the hell of zocor, thank God there are so many statin options! In light of the dangers of high cholestrol, it is worth trying as many as possible until one that works for you is found. I am happy to report that I have regained my libido!!! | M | 62 | 60 days 20mg 1X day | 2/11/2010 | 1 | PAD, Heart Attack Dec 2008 | After 12-months on Zocor began feelings of toxic shock, lack of balance, losing consciousness/almost passed out, anxiety, short spikes in heart rate, etc. These symptoms have been going on sporadically from the beginning but worst over last month. | My doctor is a drug pusher, just like others say. I will chance another heart attack or death and leaving my wife and 10-year old son in this world for a chance to feel healthy. I hope I have a chance to avoid a heart attack since I had smoked for 30-years when I had a heart attack and quit 13 months ago. My diet is fairly healthy. I look like I am in very good physical shape and exercise one or two times a day at the gym. | M | 49 | 13 months 80 MG 1X day | 2/11/2010 | 4 | High cholesteral ( LDL) | Experiencing severe pain in back and right side of heel. | I have a sleeping disorder. Since I have been taking Zocor, I don't have to take my sleep medication any more. When I wake up in the morning, I feel energetic and well rested. | F | 68 | 12 days 20 1X day | 2/10/2010 | 5 | high cholesteral | no side effects | had 4x bypass in 1995, started taking 40mg zocor then, lowered cholestral from 290 to 135. No side effects at all. Now diagnosed with PAD in my toes, hope they can save them. | M | 53 | 15 years 40mg 1X day | 2/8/2010 | 1 | Have all side effects as everyone describe. After reading the post i stoped taking zocor 3 days ago hope i will get better soon...... | M | 46 | 4 years 40mg 1X day | 2/6/2010 | 1 | genetic high cholesterol | Little over a month of taking this drug, started to experience nausea and extreme dizziness. 2 episodes without passing out, third episode not so lucky - passed out in the shower, fell backwards out of the tub and hit my head, back and neck on cabinet. First ever 911 event. In the hospital for 3 days. Took Zocor first night in hospital - doctor said it wasn't connected - had the same reaction. Doctor then stopped the drug. All heart tests came back negative. Took Crestor for 2 months with no side affects whatsoever. Insurance co wouldn't pay for it and said I had to take Zocor. Guess they really have paid now, 3 days in a California hospital with every heart test under the sun has really added up fast. Given that my condition is genetic - diet does absolutely nothing - I don't have a lot of choice given that I'm at an age where this genetic condition starts to do damage. | F | 56 | 30 days 10MG 1X day | 2/5/2010 | 1 | I have the worst salty taste in my mouth. It never goes away. I'd rather have high cholesteral than deal with this. I stopped tne drug yesterday. I pray I go back to normal. This is poison! I have always been a healthy and smart person. I feel like I have been duped! | This drug is not worth the price you pay while on it! | F | 58 | 4 days 1X day | 2/3/2010 | 1 | High LDL | Kidney Pain, Joint Pain, Darkened Urine, Sleeplessness, Cramping in feet. Felt so bad one night I made sure to take my cell phone to bed with me in case I needed to call someone for help. | All of this after only 6 days of taking simvastatin! I had trouble with Lipitor and Crestor but nothing compared to this. Physician told me to cut 10mg tablet in half. Cut it in half again(2.5mg) after a couple of days to see if it made a difference but side effects remained just as bad. Wouldn't recommend this drug to anyone that has any sensitivity to medication. | F | 50 | 6 days | 1/26/2010 | 1 | NO | caused the disintegration of my muscles in a short period of time. Lost so much strength I went from lifting 25 lb boxes at work to not able to lift even 2 lbs without pain. No strength. Had a therapist and one doctor tell me to stop taking immediately. It has taken over 1 yr to rebuild my muscles. Still not there yet. | Should be taken off market. | F | 57 | 1 years | 1/24/2010 | 1 | moderately high cholesterol | hand tremor right awaym all the time | Doc does not believe it was due to the drug. after discontinuing it, the tremor improved but didn't go away. | M | 62 | 2 months | 1/24/2010 | 5 | cholesterol | Tiny sores on my head at first. Feel unmotivated but could be due to darkness outside. Stopped anti-depressant after years of very low dose. Biggest issue is weight gain. Not sure if it's my age, lack of activity. I wondered if I started to crave sweets after taking it, but wasn't sure if it was just because I felt if it controlle my cholesterol I could eat what I wanted. But this has continued. | Only on 10mg and it's brought me down to just above the healthy leevel. Tried 15 mg. but it didn't make any difference (1 1/2 pills). Main concern now is weight gain. Will focus on getting exercise and eating better and see if it helps. | F | 53 | | 1/23/2010 | 3 | Mild high cholesterol | Similar to a citrate reaction when giving platelets: Bilateral tingling in thumb, base of thumb, index finger, up the lateral forearm, lower lips and chin. | I called the doctor at the VA. He said to discontinue, and just exercise and diet. | M | 57 | 2.5 months | 1/21/2010 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Started Simvastatin 20mg in Jan 2009. Side effects crept up on me gradually until they became unbearable a year later. Have gained 10lbs, probably cuz of reduced exercise due to pain. Had pain in feet, toes, arms, hands and fingers. Month 5: Started having pain in my left arm. Month 12: Told my PCP that I have had this pain for several months and that it isn't getting better - he thought it was a rotator cuff injury, gave me instructions for exercises. This month, my RIGHT arm started to hurt also. First thought it's from overusing the right arm to compensate for left arm pain but I'm convinced it's the medication. Month 8: My wedding rings no longer fit because they were so tight and I was hoping that this was a temporary issue due to weight gain. Recently I had my ring size measured. I was a size 6.5 through the 1970s/1980s, and had been a 7 all through the 1990s up till last year August - I was told that it's a 9 now! I can't believe that my size would increase that much in such a s | I stopped taking Simvastatin on Jan 10. The pains are diminishing gradually but are still there. My arm pain is much better on my right arm but I still have my left arm pain and I do believe that I do have an actual rotator cuff injury and I need to keep doing the exercises to see if it will get better without some sort of repair surgery. My fingers still hurt although it doesn't seem to be as constant as it was previously. They are still swollen. I recently spoke with my sister and it turns out that she has had almost all the same side effects as mine which she first got on Lipitor a couple of years ago, then went off it and then started Simvastatin last year and got the same problems again so she went off it before the end of the year. I wish I had spoken to her about this earlier - we didn't know that we were going through the same issues as we live far apart and usually don't discuss health problems. | F | 54 | 1 years | 1/21/2010 | 3 | cholesteral | I've been gaining weight, for no reason. And I just can't get motivated to work out. Just total lethargy | Anybody else gaining weight?? | F | 51 | 2 months | 1/20/2010 | 3 | High colestorol | I started 40mg Simvastin 2 weeks ago a year after procrastinating starting it. A week later, I had extreme vertigo and my first 911 call ever, but the doctor the next day said it was caused by a sinus infection and prescribed an antibiotic (Azithromycin). Ever since, though, while I have no clear physical symptoms, I have felt a difference in fatigue/sleep. I'm 320 lbs. and get little exercise, and had irregular sleeping patterns while not working for a period right now, so my sleep was irregular already, but I felt like I understood the patterns/tiredness. Since then it feels very different. I feel a sort of constant tiredness, a 'crash' when I go to deep sleep, I haven't come close to remembering a dream when I wake up, I wake up in a sort of 'still tired' feeling, I just 'don't feel normal' in a way. I can't tell if it's the drug or not, I started Mertformin and it at the same time for diabetes diagised a year ago, blood sugar went from 300 to sometimes over 400 without med to 175-2 | I just don't know if it is having any bad effects. I don't know how to even check my cholestorol without asking for a lab test, bt I'm interested in this 'different feeling' right now. I'm deciding whether to stop taking it ands see if there are any changes, it sounds like there are no problems stopping/starting, hope that's correct. | M | 46 | 14 days | 1/10/2010 | 2 | High Cholesterol | Right from the first day I noticed sore feet for no apparent reason. Woke up on the second day with a stabbing pain (similar to an extreme cramp)in my left bicep area from my shoulder to my elbow along with and ache in my left hand. These are my only two symtoms as I am only on my third day and am about ready to abort mission. I have read many negative reports online about Zocor that make me question whether or not the side effects are really going to be worth the possibility of lowering my cholesterol. It seems that there are many more side effects to look forward to if I continue to use this DRUG. I will give it a full week and make my decision accordingly. Destroying my body in one way to repair it in another is simply out of the question. | I realize that these medications (drugs) have different side effects on different people and some may tolerate it better at certain levels. I am a 44 year old male, 6' 4" - 215 lbs, with no physical ailments other than high cholesterol. I am alarmed at the fast rate in which the side effects from this drug seemed to alter my body. I will remain on this pill for a total of 7 days and after that if the adverse effects are still apparent I will no longer take this medication. I take no other medications at this time. | M | 44 | 3 days | 1/10/2010 | 1 | Cholesterol | 1st signs rash itching difficulty breathing; nausea; stuffy nose tightness in the chest; chest pain; weakness; pale stools; red, stabbing stomach pain; | 1st episode was in August of 2009; Came off because I thought I was getting the flu. No fever;no phlegm, got better in about 1 month. Went back on the drug in early November at 80mgs again. This time along with 2 niacin per Dr. orders because the zocor was working but not for another type of cholesetorol (not sure ldl etc..) that he thought the niacin would bring down. After over 1 month I thought I was getting a cold again; sluggish feeling had difficulty getting out of the chair. I felt intoxicated and could not walk. My 1st symptms started to get a tingling - then redness; maybe it was the niacin but the I was familiar with the diffulty of getting out of the chair so I came off the drug again because I thought I was getting sick again. Stiff upper back; spasms in lower back. I went to hospital twice no signs of any type of flew. I then got chest tightness and nasuau. I kept waiting for phlegm to come up from my chest but never did. I don't believe it after reading this board. After 3 weeks of being off this drug ; no I don't have nausua anymore; just yesterday my leg strength started to come back. Stools started to get a bit more solid. I am still in a fog like I'm drunk but it's not as bad as 3 weeks ago. I'm hoping it will go away. I'm realizing that throughout the year on this drug I always wanted to massage my head. Do not take this drug and if you do especially DO NOT MIX with Niacin. This is not a way to live life. Someone from this site should send this to the F | M | 39 | 2 years | 1/9/2010 | 1 | high cholesterol | General Weakness, painful wrists and joints, shooting pains in various parts of body, hot sweats, memory loss, dizziness, palpitations, heartburn, belching, nausea, just feeling generally unwell and old before my time! | Was on these originally for about 6 months last year and came off them due to side effects. Dr advised me to try them again and have only been on them 2 months and all the side effects have reappeared again. Will not be taking again especially after reading all other comments on this site! | F | 51 | 60 days | 1/8/2010 | 1 | high Cholesterol | Now age 64. Started zocor 5 years ago at docs advice. Read several articles saying statins had many positive effects on whole health. Was happy to be able to take it. But....in the past 6 months noticed aches, deep muscle pain, more than normal fatigue, fuzzy memory issues, screaming calf cramping and feet cramping, weakness. Last weekend could hardly pickup my 3 year old grandson. I got scared. Was having a hard time believing it could be this drug that was causing all this. Was thinking I had symptoms of MS or some neuro muscular disorder. I like to dance and exercise but was feeling like i couldn't connect my brain to the movement I wanted to make, seamlessly. I have always had a strong kinesthetic awareness and never felt disconnected from my body at all. But i am beginning to realise that the statin has contributed or caused this malaize. Libido non existent for a long time. Believed this was all age and work related. Was exhausted over the holidays with 8 days of family visiting | Today is day 5 off the drug. Feel better already. Not 100% but improvement noticable.I think my symptoms are zocor related. And will stay off drug for 60 days then call the doc. Zocor alone did not bring my levels under 218. Diet and exercise with zocor did get it under 200. I weigh 126 and am 5'2". I must get weight down to 110. And maybe take fish oil.And exercise daily. | F | 64 | 5 years | 1/8/2010 | 1 | high cholesterol | Pain in hands, neck and shoulders (had previous problems on occasion, but seems suddenly much worse). Stiffness (never had before). Headaches, nausea, gas and frequent diarrhea. I thought the diarrhea might stop, but it hasn't completely. The headaches and nausea seem to occur simultaneously when my stomach is empty. I always have had to eat 3 regular meals to avoid the drop in blood sugar and accompanying nausea / hot flash, but it is much worse now. I had to pull over the other day when this "hit" me while driving I felt so sick. | I told my doctor today about all these side effects and we agreed that I would stop taking this medicine today. She is going to start me on niacin in 30 days to see if this will provide results without so many side effects; however, she did mention it causes hot flashes, but these can be reduced by taking the niacin with aspirin. I am also going to go on a diet to try to lose 20 pounds although we know that high cholesterol is gentic for me. I don't want to take any more statins so will try everything else before I take this again. | F | 50 | 20 days | 1/6/2010 |