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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZOCOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Borderline high cholesterol-familia | 24/7 pain-felt like I had been hit by a truck, chronic muscle spasms, unable to walk without shooting sciatic pains, leg and feet numbness, could not raise arms or lift legs without excruciating pain, could not turn head. Hair falling out and muscle atrophy. Took 18 mos after discontinuing statins for muscle spasms and all over pain to diminish. I was 49 and in the best shape of my life through exercise and diet with some arthritis that had been under control with my exercise routine. I had to stop exercising because of the pain, have ongoing PT, wear compression clothes to support my body and continuously use pain meds. I was so terrified that I had the beginnings of ALS or MS that I started thinking about long term care because I never thought I'd improve. | DO NOT BELIEVE THAT DISCONTINUATION OF THE DRUG WILL IMMEDIATELY STOP THE SIDE EFFECTS OR THAT A LOW DOSE WILL NOT CAUSE SIDE EFFECTS. IT HAPPENED TO ME AND I WILL NEVER BELIEVE THE SCAM ABOUT CHOLESTEROL AGAIN. | F | 52 | 4 months 5mg 1X day | 4/18/2013 | 3 | cholesterol | muscle and joint aches | The trick is to find the absolute minimum that you need to lower your cholesterol to an acceptable level. At 10mg daily I can feel stiffness in my finger joints. At higher dosages the stiffness and aches spreads to other parts of my body. I eat a strict diet now and that helps. I also take Benecol chews which also helps. (I tested Benecol's effectiveness. It's good for a 10 or 15 point drop in LDL) | M | 57 | 2 years 10 1X day | 3/27/2013 | 1 | Cholesterol | knee pain, muscle pain and tightness, numbness and tingling in hands and feet, fatigue, dry eyes and mouth, mental confusion and irritability, headaches, weight gain, nausea, bursitis, sweating | my list of side effects is not complete it could go on and on. I have severe pain all the time everywhere, but mostly now in my knee joints where I am unable to sit, rise from sitting or go down stairs. | F | 40 | 2 years 20 mg 1X day | 3/12/2013 | 1 | high cholestrol | while getting dressed I suddenly had some kind of spell like dizziness, almost passing out, weird feelings in my head and extme weakness. It was scary and weird. | F | 77 | 3 days 20 mg | 2/3/2013 | 1 | High cholesterol, MI | Fatigue, severe muscle pain in legs and hips, neuropathy, dizziness | No side effects in first 5 months, came on gradually. Was sent for testing from lupus to ms, it was the statin. Have been off of it for 1 month and have noticed some improvement. | M | 41 | 11 months 40 mg 1X day | 1/17/2013 | 1 | High Cholestorol | Anxiety, tingling extremeties, numbness, muscle and joint pain, muscle damage, digestive issues, visual disturbances, body shocks, blackouts, light headedness, dizziness, poor concentration and memory | I decided to come back to this site nearly two years after stopping Zocor to give an after-the-fact testimonial. I took 80mg Zocor for 5 months starting January 2011 and stopped June 2011 when I suspected that Zocor may have been the cause of all my symptoms. The weeks following stopping the medication things got worse. I had to take a medical leave and eventually lost my job because of all my symptoms. I saw many specialists and took numerous blood tests and imaging (x-rays and mri's) and had procedures done (upper endoscopy and colonoscopy) and everything was negative. I was even sent to mental health who cleared of any mental issues. I was told by both Mental health and neurology that they had seen this before with patients who had taken Simastatin at the high a level. Things VERY SLOWLY got better but never completely better. The last specialist I saw--a rheumatologist looking for auto immune disorders told me that since no one can find the answers for all my symptoms to try eastern medicine and holistics. I didn’t know what to make of that so I went to see a naturopath a year after I stopped taking Zocor (May 2012). He asked what medications I've been taking prior to my symptoms and he gasped at the high level Zocor. He pointed out that many of his patients had problems with statins. He explained to me that the biggest problem with statins is that it inhibits the production of CoQ10 in the body which is required for all systems. Even a year after sto | M | 35 | 5 months 80MG 1X day | 1/14/2013 | 1 | lowering cholesterol | DIZZINESS, FATIQUE, SHORTNESS of BREATH and unusal tiredness. | Is there something else I could take to lower cholesterol some herb? | M | 83 | 3 months 40MG 1X day | 1/7/2013 | 1 | mild cholesterol | shocking muscle pain debilitating | stopped taking 4 years ago but pain and wasting is still there. this has drastically changed my life. I have set up a web site for australians afflicted by this medication and hope others will join in and unite to show the medical fraterity the real dangers of this medication and try to get some satisfaction in treatment and respect http://australianstatinvictims.com/ | M | 49 | 3 years 20 1X day | 1/3/2013 | 4 | none at first then felt itchy, leg pains, pains in hips pains in my left side and bladder. | suddenly developed rashes under breasts and abdomen. Stopped taking it, not sure if it was from this drug. Ive been vomiting all week. I may have a bug. This med was good at lowering my cholesterol though. | F | 60 | 14 months 20 mg 1X day | 12/9/2012 | 1 | High cholesterol | Severe pain (and I have a high tolerance for pain). Started in knees and shoulders spread to back, feet and arms. The pains shoot out from the joint and in the metatarsal bones of the feet if I move the wrong way. A few times, I didn't think I would be able to get out of a chair or couch. I stopped taking simvastatin 5 days ago and PRAY it goes away soon. I am overweight but active and other than mild arthritis type pain, was able to function just fine. Now I feel like I am close to being an invalid. The drug worked great for my cholesterol but I will NEVER take it again. I'll follow some of the more natural routes. | F | 58 | 5 years 20 mg 1X day | 12/1/2012 | 1 | High cholesterol | hair loss & difficulty swallowing & severely chapped lips & leg cramps | I stopped the medicine, the symptoms disappeared & a few months later, my doctor suggested I try again taking it only 3x a week.... After 6 mos, I experienced difficulty swallowing again......I stopped & it went away after 2 1/2 weeks.......I'm done with statins | F | 65 | 6 months 20 mg 1X day | 11/28/2012 | 4 | zocor | None | M | 65 | 4 years 40 MG 1X day | 9/3/2012 | 1 | cholesterol high | My arm muscles hurt so much , I began to wrap them with tape to be able to move them without so much pain.Also shoulder and neck pain constantly, arms felt like they weighed 200 lbs each.Sharp shooting pains in the feet, and in various spots in my body, it felt like an electric shock sting.Stopped taking them after 2 wks.of pain and feeling like over 100 yrs. old. It took a few more weeks for all of the symptoms to stop. Am now on 10meg. Crestor, and the same type symptoms are starting again- only difference it has taken 3 weeks to have these pains and nerve "stabs" start up.. I have stopped them once again and will not take any statin pills anymore. Age plays no part in this pill, I have always been an active woman and avoided pills of any kind for most of my life. I'd rather die moving around and enjoying life them have my body be attacked and filled with drugs..Let the pharmacutical people who create this type of poison test themselves first before using people as test tubes to find out the side effects. | F | 74 | 2 weeks 20-40 mg. | 8/19/2012 | 1 | high cholesterol | Mostly Pain, Pain, Pain. Deep throbbing pain in my joints and muscles. Hair loss, insomnia, tinnitus, dysphagia, dementia. The prescribing physician shrugged off my complaints with "You're getting older. Everyone has pain." I stopped taking Zocor when another doctor recommended I stop taking all the medication I was on. Most of my problems went away, but not all of them. I was left with no energy and a very dull mind after being tortured for six years. | I took for Zocor for six years. The prescribing physician ignored my complaints. It was all a big mystery to him. I discovered what had been wrong with me by accident months after I came out of a coma. This nightmare took 20 years out of my life counting the 12 years it took me to recover. I kept detailed records. You can see a summary here: http://morleyevans2.com/Depraved/Depraved.html I got better. Please contact me at [email protected] if you need help. | M | 65 | 6 years 10 1X day | 7/27/2012 | 1 | High cholesterol | Muscle weakness and aching, peripheral neuropathy in hands and feet, fatigue, dizziness | I was taking this medication while exercising and I think that masked sme of the symptoms. I have been off it for two months and still have symptoms. Doctor says to be patient...I want to scream, " don't poison youself with this drug!" | M | 49 | 2 years 20 mg 1X day | 6/30/2012 | 1 | high cholesterol | Severe muscle weakness memory loss confusion severe headaches brain fog paresthias breathing problems and much much more. Its the worst thing that ive ever gone thru. Ben off it for one year and im still very very ill. | F | 4 months 20mg | 5/24/2012 | 5 | High Cholesterol | None | I was begun on generic Zocor 20 mg (simvastatin) about 6 yrs ago for high cholesterol. My total cholesterol 6 months ago was 164 with it. After dropping 24 lbs & with regular exercise, my total cholesterol went down to 124 (I have lost a total of 70 lbs over 3 yrs). As per my request, my doc dropped the Zocor 20 mg every day & will re-evaluate my cholesterol levels in another 6 months. I am totally pleased with how well Zocor worked for me !!! | M | 61 | 6 years 20 mg 1X day | 4/19/2012 | 1 | achieve optimal cholesterol level | 6'1" 205lb male in excellent shape, recreationally weight lifting my whole life with no issues, who after a month of Zocor without being to dramatic began fighting deteriiorating into becoming an invalid; after 3 months I was finding it impossible sleep through the ache or to even get out of bed in the mornings, not able to overcome the pain to pull back the sheets, walking around with arms that felt like hurting 20lb bags of potatoes that didn't have the strength to pick up a cup of coffee. After 5 months my joy of life was GONE. Not a minute of the day or night without an excruciating deep ache in my elbows. No sleep, no sex drive, no peace.... all in an attempt at my doctors suggestion to get my cholesterol from a reasonable 200 to an optimum 160. It took getting a point of preferring to have my arms literally cut off my body than continuing to live like this. Within a minute of describing my problem (deep ache as opposed to simple pain) the Dr. said STOP THE ZOCOR IMMEDIATELY. Within 3 days of being off this POISON I can literally feel the pain leaving my body. In 3 months I'll reevaluate the cholesterol issue... but as I type this I'm feeling the weight of the world off my shoulders... and the deep ache leaving my arms. | M | 57 | 6 months 40mg | 3/18/2012 | 1 | Prevenitive Measure | Sex drive is gone... Muscle and joint pain, muscle atrophy,reduced testosterone (Had it tested) and an overall feeling of being unwell. Since starting zocor I went progressively from feeling good to having aches and pains all the time. My hobby is weight lifting. Zocor has managed to take me from a 300 lb bench press (With no pain) to it hurting to just get out of bed. I still lift the weights but see little to no benefits from it and recovery time is significantly longer due to muscles and joints take days if not weeks to stop hurting enough for me to go at it again. | Zocor works well... It lowered my total cholesterol to 99. But being it was only 170 when I started treatment that is not a huge accomplishment. As is always recommended I reported these problems to my doctor and he told me he was certain it wasn't my medication. I just stopped taking this drug for about a week and the muscle pain is already backing off. Who cares if "your numbers look good" if you feel terrible all the time. Another incentive, at least for me to quit statins is the updated FDA warnings about increased risk of diabetes and dementia. My father has been taking "Lipitor" for years. Within the last five years he has been diagnosed with first diabetes then dementia. A little to close to home since the only reason I took this drug was because of "Genetic Predisposition" from Dad. | M | 49 | 5 years 40 MG 1X day | 3/1/2012 | 1 | high cholesterol | Severe pain throughout lower part of body. Just had major back surgery. Should be doing so much better. Found this site. I wish I had found this earlier. I will quit this medicine today. How long before I feel better? | F | 60 | 18 months 20mg 1X day | 2/28/2012 |