ZOCOR Reviews (SIMVASTATIN)Average Rating: 1.8 (893 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZOCOR with similar:
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| 1 | high cholesterol | I began taking 40 mg simvistatin for high cholesterol per my doctor. Immediately I began with severe knee pain so bad I walked with a limp. Eventually, I started feeling like an old lady, lost all interest in sex, overall poor feeling, woke up many nights with severe leg cramps. One night my right knee started hurting so severely that I woke up from a dead sleep. Two days later, I woke up with such severe back pain on my lower right side I thought it was a kidney infection or failure. I immediately wondered if these things were my medication. I went to the computer and looked up Zocor side effects. I WAS SHOCKED. Many people had similar stories or worse. MY DOCTOR NEVER TOLD ME THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN. This drug is poison. It needs to be removed fromthe market. After further research, my husband stopped taking it and his backache stopped after many months of thinking this was old age. | This drug needs to be stopped. The drug companies are raking in billions of dollars hawking this poison. Do some research on how to lower your cholesterol naturally. REPORT YOUR DRUG REACTIONS TO THE FDA HERE: www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/medwatch-online.htm DON'T WAIT, THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE... REPORT YOUR STORIES, TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! | F | 50 | 2 months | 10/13/2008 | 1 | high cholesterol | Stiff neck, stiff knees, leg cramps at night, heart palpitations, headache, night sweats | I wouldn' recommend this drug - I don't believe in statins - will control naturally | F | 61 | 2 days | 10/13/2008 | 2 | lower cholesteriol | I have have dizziness, neck pain, chest pains. This has been going on for two months, ever since I was on this. My doctor today told me to get off it for a few weeks, and see. So hopefully i will feel better. | F | 25 | 2 months | 10/7/2008 | 1 | To Lower LDL & overall Cholesterol | Ringing in the ears, cognitive dis-function, dizziness, headache, shortness of breath, chronic muscle fatigue, muscle & joint pain, muscle cramps, depression | Last spring I had terrible symptoms with Zocor 40mg. Within 24 hours of taking it I had ringing in my ears, cognitive impairment and shortness of breath. Within a week and a half, I was experiencing painful fatigue which increased over the total of the 5 weeks I took the medicine. My manager noticed I was limping (because I was in so much pain) and asked what was the matter with me. My supervisor and another co-worker told me I looked spaced out. Indeed I was. I couldn't keep a thought and I felt horrible. When I stopped the medicine, within 48 hours the ringing in my ears and the shortness of breath disappeared. It took about 10 weeks however before the muscle pain went away and I felt relatively well again. The doctor insisted I try taking 20mg Zocor (half the original dose). I did and the same symptoms returned with the same intensity. After three days I stopped taking it. I was royally pissed off and refused to go back to the doctor. Today several months later I h | F | 52 | 5 weeks | 10/7/2008 | 3 | cholesterol | after about 3 weeks started feeling arm pain in both arms,tingling in fingers, sharp muscle spasm in chest, to severe pain in chest and hips. doctor said I had costochondritis,not related to zocor but switched dose to 3 times a week pain in chest still their but not as severe. im convinced its zocor.almost forgot lower back pain. | M | 45 | 3 months | 10/5/2008 | 1 | Cholesterol | Extreme joint pain in knees, ankles, shoulders, hands & wrists. | Had blood tests & even a tissue sample taken from affected area & nothing abnormal found. Zocor dose was recently doubled. I'm 36 & walk around in the morning like I'm 96!!! Wake up many times with horrible knee pain & can only sleep on my back because of the pain in shoulders. I hope these joint pains go away. I've only stopped taking it for 4 days & so far, not much better. | M | 36 | 5 years | 9/29/2008 | 1 | diabetic slightly high cholesterol | First developed tennis elbow with tingling in fingers, shoulder pains, which ended in frozen shoulders, then leg pains near knees and in thighs, insominia. When the brainfog started, I knew something was wrong. I would be talking and all of a sudden, I lost my train of though, and couldn't even think of the words. | My shoulder and elbow problems were attributed to a repititous job, but after quitting the job, I got no relief. I also had pain in legs and had troulble walking, felt like I was 80 years old and only 50 then. I was prescribed many rounds of P/T, which never helped, in fact pain only got worse. After one round, during the 3rd week, I developed severe pain in both biceps as weight training and resistance bands were used. The therapist diagnosed this as bicepital tendonitis. The therapy sessions were toned down, but pain persisted, it persisted for 3 months after P/T was finished. I had developed exercise intolerance. I asked my gp if it could be from taking Zocor, as I reminded him of the commercials that warn of "unexplained muscle pain or weakness could be a sign of a serious side effect." He said to stop the Zocor and the 4 months of pain finally went away in 3 days. Then my thinking started to clear and I was starting to sleep longer than 2 hours at a time. I think I | F | 54 | 6 years | 9/27/2008 | 1 | high cholesterol | About six weeks ago I rather suddenly grew stiff, painfully stiff, in my lower body, my right hand, headaches, neck, lower back. My doctor suggest I see a rheumatologist because perhaps I have arthritis. I am 33 years old. I can't believe I was sucker-punched into taking this drug for nearly a year--- | I will never make this kind of mistake again, God help me. I can't believe this is my life. I want my pre-statin body back! | F | 33 | 11 months | 9/27/2008 | 1 | HIGH CHOLESTEROL | SEVERLY TIRED AND UNABLE TO GET UP IN MORNING TO WORK OUT LIKE I HAVE DONE FOR YEARS BEFORE. | F | 37 | | 9/26/2008 | 3 | Chloresteral | On for about 12 months. Within the last 4 weeks, severe weakness in lower body. Loss of short term memory, irritable and drop in sex drive. Extreme pain in hips, walking and standing is excruciating. I like the results but the effects I cannot live with. Swollen and and tender breasts also affect quality of life, that effect has been happening for the last 5 months. Weight gain, almost 15 lbs and up until 4 weeks ago, I was walking regularly. I eat low carb, whole grain but still with the weight gain. Loss of muscle mass, redisdribution of body fat are also problems I have noted. | While Zocor did lower my chloresteral, I am going to discontinue with the Zocor and try to do it 100% with Mona Vie. According to the FDA, Plant Sterols can lower Chloresteral. Chemicals cannot heal me. I'll miss the zero co-pay the insurance companies have for statin drugs, but the cost is worth it to me for Mona Vie. I have been drinking it since January with good results so far combined with zocor and diet. While the combination seemed to be working quite well, I cannot take Zocor anymore, even if it's basically free for me. The cost to my quality of life is more important that the cost to my wallet. If anyone would like to email me regarding how Mona Vie has helped me, I'll be glad to respond. | M | 39 | 11 months | 9/23/2008 | 2 | high triglycerides | Tingling in feet and fingers, sore shoulders, stiff neck, fingers go to sleep during the night while calf muscles get cramps so severe I wake screaming in pain, pain in hips, numbness down into thighs, sore knees at night for no reason and total loss of libido. I thought I was simply aging or that my (well controlled) diabetes Type 2 was eating me up despite good test results. | My triglyceride count has come down but perhaps I really need to change my diet and stop looking for the magic pill. I never put my symptoms down to Zocor until yesterday when a neurologist told me that there was no physical explanation for the tingling in my fingers. He suggested I look into Zocor. Well am I surprised! I thought all my aches and pains were the result of aging. I stopped Zocor last night and I don't intend to return to it. Perhaps I don't need the testosterone injections either that my doc gives me for the libido problem? | F | 50 | 7 years | 9/23/2008 | 2 | high cholesterol - - - 289 | Aafter my second week I began to experience the following; Irritability , loss of sex drive, depression, muscle pain, neck pain, feeling of swelling in the neck and back, vertigo ( dizziness, room spinning, nausea), loss of balance and poor coordination, loss of concentration, hands and arms falling asleep at night… and most of all its hurt my relationship… | I thought it was going to help my life and it has not. I did lose some weight (220 to 214 @ 6 ft)but I attribute the weight loss to dietary change | M | 40 | 2 weeks | 9/15/2008 | 1 | High trigycerides, high bad cholest | Weak, tired, shortness of breath, lost motivation, pounding heart with increased rate, became very ill working outside in cool temperatures, chest pain, trouble using computer and understanding things. | There has got to be a better way to lower my cholesterol and trigyceride. I am taking fish oil, flaxseed oil. Would taking red rice yeast help? I have heard it recommended, but would like to know if anyone else has had success with it. | F | 56 | 2 weeks | 9/15/2008 | 1 | lower cholesteral | no side affects,as far as headaches, sore muscles go but I have lost total interest in sex,and cannot get an erection | need to speak to my doctor about taking another cholesteral drug. reading other comments I thought I was the only one losing interest in sex, that side effect should be right up there with liver damage, not hidden | M | 50 | 2 years | 9/14/2008 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Severe cramps and pain in muscle calves, expanded to back of thighs, stiff neck, hoarseness, flu-like symptoms, urinating 6-8x per night, tingling and burning in legs, fatigue. It lowered my cholestrol, but a couple of months later, I started having muscle cramps. Went to Urgent Care, told me it could possible be Zocor, but bloodwork levels looked okay. They will not take you seriously until your kidney's fail. | F | 58 | 180 days | 9/8/2008 | 1 | Slightly elevated cholesterol | Severe, debilitating left hip pain! Also thigh, elbow, shoulder and neck pain. Muscles are mess! Beware--this all sneaks up on you -- dangerous medication! | I stopped taking Zocor about 3 weeks ago and am very happy to report an improvement in mobility, muscle and joint pain. Long way to go to return to normal though. I would like to ask fellow 'zocor stoppers' what side effects or withdrawal symtoms they have experienced -- if any. Please feel free to email me with any information you may be able to share. | F | 54 | 7 months | 9/4/2008 | 3 | hIGH CHOLESTEROL | After being on Zocor for over a year, I noticed that my sense of taste is off and I can't taste food like I used to, I am also on Lopressor and Lisinopril, am not sure if it is the Zocor or the blood meds. causing the effect? | M | 53 | 1 years | 9/2/2008 | 1 | high cholesterol | extreme ache in neck and upper back, sometimes sharp pain. fatigue, insomnia, loss of energy,dizzy,weak, shortness of breath after just small task or walk, increasing incontinence due to failing bladder muscles. | I was prescribed zocor, along with several medications for high blood pressure, including diltiazem. I thought resulting back pain and neck aches were due to a pulled muscle. When pain didn't get better, but increased and other symptoms worsened, I checked drug interactions on the internet. I found that diltizem increases the effect of zocor several times over. That day, a week ago, I quit both drugs. The NEXT DAY, I felt better. And have over the week gone from extreme back pain to none. My incontinence has almost disappeared. I feel almost my normal self again. And to think I suffered for 3 months, and told 5 doctors about my debilitating symptoms - cardiologist, neurologist, nephrologist, osteopath, and primary care physician during this period of time and none of them suggested the problem might be the medications I was taking...not even the druggist. The cardiologist even performed an expensive angiogram to see if may heart was causing the problems I was having, and he was th | F | 82 | 3 months | 9/1/2008 | 1 | Moderately high cholesterol | I took Zocor for about 3 months. My cholesterol was not extremely high. I am a breast cancer survivor, and like other cancer survivors, I get very nervous when anything doesn't feel right. I began having pain in almost all my joints....neck, shoulders, ankles, and especially knees. My doctor ordered x-ray and all I was told was "minor to moderate arthritis". My legs got so weak that I can barely get out of a chair without help. I am in my sixties, but felt like ninety. I started researching on the internet and almost fell over when I found many sites with testamonials about side effects of Zocor. All my symptoms were there. I have stopped the Zocor for about two weeks, no change so far, but I am totally convinced that Zocor is the culprit. My doctor thinks so too. I don't understand why he had me on 80 mg tablets. It seems that most people start out with 10-20 mg. I would be more than happy to join in a class action suit against Merck. I am absolutely miserable. | I think this drug should be taken off the market, NOW! | F | 69 | 3 months | 9/1/2008 | 1 | cholesterol and triglicerides | excriciating heel pain | I did not immediately connect the pain in my heel, which actually caused me to consider using crutches, with zocor because my doctor had emphasized to be aware of muscle pains. I considered that to mean pain in my arms and legs so I attributed my foot pain to be from some other cause. Since the zocor was not lowering the cholesterol enough I discontinued it and almost immediately my foot pain disappeared. This stuff affects your quality of life. Should not be on the market. | M | 60 | 5 weeks | 8/25/2008 |