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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZOCOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | high cholesterol | weakness and pain to the point of being bed-ridden. At first I thought it was my fibromyalgia but there was dizziness, extreme dreaming and waking up during the night. My arms and legs hurt the worse but I felt like I had the flu. | I quit and some of the symptoms subsided within a day. Still have some residual weakness. I was taking the generic version. I am going back to natural remedies! | F | 47 | 5 weeks | 2/4/2009 | 1 | heart attack at age 80 | Severe pain and swelling in knees. I was only able to limp around the house with the aid of a walker | After angioplasty and 4 stents, I was walking 2 miles/day. After a year on 40 mg Lipitor, this was becoming painful. My doc switched me to 80 mg Zocor to get my LDL down to 70. After 10 days the severe pain started. The day after I stopped taking Zocor, the pain began to subside. I am now walking a mile/day comfortably. A friend of mine, same age, had a similar problem. Lipitor for 5 years then Zocor. Leg pains started. His doc measured his CK and said it was the highest he had ever seen. He said "stop taking simvastatin". A few days later on a doc visit, his CK was measured again and was back to normal. He subsequenly had a kidney removed. | M | 81 | 10 days | 2/1/2009 | 5 | lower chlorestral | NONE | It is working great for me. !! | F | 70 | 7 years | 1/29/2009 | 1 | High cholesterol | Severe muscle pain and body aches, felt like the flu; insomnia; memory problems; could not lose weight despite being on a 1200-1400 calorie diet | I read an article in the paper today about problems with statin drugs, and I am absolutely stunned. I had no idea. What really blows me away is that I went to my doctor several months ago complaining of weight gain, muscle aches and insomnia. All he could come up with was that I was depressed. He'll be getting a phone call from me tomorrow. | F | 54 | 5 months | 1/28/2009 | 1 | high cholesterol | severe pain and weakness of legs, hair falling out, itching, fatigue | a very dangerous drug | F | 81 | 4 years | 1/24/2009 | 4 | Heart Attack High Colesteral | Upper back pain in afternoon, subsided after adding a daily cod liver oil pill. Cured my dermatitis , topical treatment no longer required after 40 years of use. | The generic version from Wallgreens had no effect on my colesteral..... The brand name product worked | M | 52 | 5 years | 1/23/2009 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Extreme fatigue. | Since I started taking Zocor, I wake up in the morning feeling exhausted and by mid afternoon I am completely spent, it's all I can do just to make it through the day. Co-workers, friends and family have noticed this change in me as well. | F | 40 | 20 days | 1/23/2009 | 3 | High Cholesterol | I am watching my self closely...for muscular issues or anything abnormal for me...possible tiredness and muscle soreness. | A friend of mine could not tolerate and was switched to Lipitor- no problems for her. I AM also seeking currently the help of a Naturopathic doctor...he has told me they know these statins can damage your liver that why the lab test for liver function. These drugs also reduce/deplete the body of Co enzyme Q10 which the body needs for muscular function...gee your heart is a muscle...mmm what is it doing to your heart then??? These drugs slow dodwn your liver so that it controls the cholesterol. Slowing down your liver is not always a good thing. As for myself I am taking the zocor for now and working toward getting off of it with the supplements the naturopath is recommending...everyone is unique...but I am taking choline, coq10, a blend with niacin and another blend called lypo, soy lecithin which gently cleanses the arteries. I would not recommend trying to figure out what is best for you on your own but seek out a reputable naturopath to have him formulate what your individual body n | F | 48 | 26 days | 1/21/2009 | 1 | high cholesterol | After taking one dose before bed, I awoke the next morning with intense upper and lower arm pain (both arms), intense right shoulder pain and pressure, and chest pain and pressure. It was so bad I truly thought I was having a heart attack | Please think carefully before taking this drug. | F | 54 | 1 days | 1/14/2009 | 1 | cholesteral levels | I started feeling queezy, tight in chest, not very hungry at all, had tightness in neck one night, then into back,, then chest, on the left side, felt terrible pulpitations, abdominal pain, dizziness when walking, and an overall not so good feeling,,,actually feel crampyness when breathing in and such | After reading the notes of others,,I know I got it right. I went on the drug for 10 days and all that others have felt,,I have as well. I stopped asap, and feel better in just one day, but 100 percent. I will certainly excercise and diet before I ever take that stuff again. I do plan on seeing my doctor tommorow to let her know how bad I feel, and her example of pain sometimes when taken,, was way to low in her explanation,,,I will never take again | M | 38 | 10 days | 1/12/2009 | 4 | low HDL and high LDL levels | pain in shoulders and neck | Zocor has helped my overall cholesterol I had to increase dosage from 10 mg daily to 20 mg daily to see if my cholerterol improves even more | M | 56 | 2 years | 1/9/2009 | 1 | high cholesterol | achy joints and muscles, muscle weakness, tingling in feet and arms. Everyday chores are impossible now. Extreme fatique. Weight gain. | Was taking Lipitor and switched to Zocor with our work prescription plan having been changed. I feel "toxic" on this drug. I stopped taking it one week ago, however, symptoms have not subsided yet. | F | 52 | 2 months | 1/5/2009 | 1 | control cholesterol /diabetic | achilles tendon complications, both legs (hobbled, limping) requiring MRI & surgical repair and reattachment w/ 12 wks in cast, severe and imflamed hand joint and wrist pain, 40+ lb. weight gain, loss of libido,night sweats, low energy - feeling like I was strangely, getting very old very quickly. | I would never had known to relate my symptoms to this medication, except for being housebound and reading about recovery from achilles tendon surgery. My hand pain was so bad it was worse than the pain from my AT surgery. I stopped the medication just three days ago and my hand joints are much improved, simple asprin helps. I believe this is a very dangerous and toxic drug for many unknowing people, like me. I can trace my symptoms beginning when I started the medication, only 20mg at night. I too, think this is potential for class action lawsuit- it has caused serious harm to so many of us here. | F | 54 | 1.5 years | 1/2/2009 | 5 | hypertension | None | Zocor has worked great in improving cholesterol numbers. | M | 49 | 4 years | 1/1/2009 | 1 | chlorestrol | extreme and horrible pain in my right leg. Worse than a broken bone. After 6 weeks off Zocor, leg is improving, but still not up to what it was before Zocor. | F | 61 | 18 months | 12/29/2008 | 1 | to lower cholesterol of 260 | Heart palpitations, restricted breathing, dyspepsia, weakness. | There was fluttering in my chest, vague nausea, and weakness for weeks. Then, driving home from work one night had severe irregular flip flopping in my chest and shortness of breath. I could barely continue driving. Ended up in the ER. Only massive pre ventricular contractions, not a heart attack, but stayed overnight on monitor, with a stress test with echocardiogram the next week. I kept having the disturbing symptoms and terrible weakness. Not once did a cardiologist suggest it could be the Zocor. Finally, one night… having taken my Zocor and feeling gurgling in my chest….I thought of a friend who told me he had to stop Zocor because it caused heart palpitations. I stopped it 3 days ago. The chest fluttering is almost gone. Yet, there are no cardiac side effects listed for Zocor! One doctor labeled me as having a panic attack, and asked if I had previous psychiatric problems! I am so angry that I had to spend a night in the hospital and have expensive testing, wor | F | 56 | 6 months | 12/29/2008 | 1 | high cholesterol | Joint pain, memory loss, legs cramps, sex drive dive, muscle weakness, depression, undue exhaustion, poor urina flow, developed a very high sensitivity to cold. I was unable to work as a carpenter and could bearly run my business. | I feel I have been poisoned by Zocor! I have been off Zocor for a week. My mental functions returned quickly. Sensitivity to cold is gone. Joint pain slowly improving. Most upsetting is that over the last few years I bought these issues up to my doctor to no advail. | M | 54 | 10 years | 12/25/2008 | 1 | high cholesterol | Muscle deterioration, weakness, chest pains | May be good for some, but I have talked to too many and read too much about this med. that I would never recommend it to anyone. Perhaps I would recommend it to Osama Bin Laden. I had to go to the ER twice and had MRI's, EEG's, Cat Scans etc to find the problem. I think I have permanent muscle damage. It did lower my LDL but the problems outweighed the solution. When I stopped, the chest pain went away in 1 day! Never had them since. I tried natural remedies and exercise and my Trig and LDL was back up. So my Dr. suggested Tricor because it was "different" and worked in other ways than statins. But after 6 weeks I am getting the same feelings so I am getting off of this as well. He just suggested that I take Zetia in combo. But when I read about that it is just as bad if not worse. My advice is if you are going to try it (apparently some people can tolerate it), do it but watch closely for any signs of these adverse side effects. Personally I will never take them again! Her | M | 64 | 2 years | 12/16/2008 | 5 | High Cholesterol | None - so far has done a great job. Lowered 100 points in a month. | M | 57 | 5 weeks | 12/5/2008 | 2 | High Cholesterol | I'm dizzy, dry mouth at night, weight gain, Muscle and back pain, having trouble sleeping, it seems when I get a bump (Black and Blue) it takes forever to heal. I'm often finding myself depressed, bitchy and short tempered. Muscle soarness, Muscle spasims. Not to mention my eye sight. | They offer this drug like candy, A heart attack I think would be more pleasent then living through these side effects. Don't be fooled by the over the counter solutions....Diet, Exercise! | M | 51 | 365 days | 12/3/2008 |