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 | High Cholesterol | weakness, fatigue, limbs falling asleep, severe joint pain, muscle weakness, depression, right side pain, galbladder stopped functioning(no stones) I firmly believe the organ stopped functioning due to the Zocor, vision changes, hair loss, extremely aggitated, felt like I was going crazy. I was going to the Dr. 2x's a week complaining that I was so tired & week and that my joints hurt & she said I probably had Lupus, NEVER considered the Zocor & since it wasn't lowering my levels enough they poisened me more by doubling my dose. I lost 2 years of my life, it was a living HELL & it was by the grace of GOD that I chose to stop & slowly began to get my life back! People are too trusting of Doctors. | F | 42 | 2 years 40mg 2X day | 4/9/2011 | 1 | preventative for cholesterol | This was a nightmare! Went into a very deep depression, craving sweets, chips, ice cream, etc... gained 10 lbs in 2 months. Hair loss, fuzzy thinking, Plantar Faciaiitis in the extreme and would not get better no matter what I did. Once I stopped taking this horrible drug, within 7 days I was back...and will never go there again! Foot and thinking is all back to normal. I will control with diet and exercise or just deal with it, will never take another statin! | F | 57 | 3 months 40mg 1X day | 4/3/2011 | 3 | high cholesterol | Gas, bloating, irregular bowel movements decreased appetite, | It hasn't proven to lower my cholesterol just yet but it needs more time. The side effects are not disabling but they are inconvenient. I am looking forward to Lipitor being out of patency in October :) | F | 26 | 3 months 40mg 1X day | 3/29/2011 | 1 | hyperlipidemia | No ill effects until after 8 weeks. Severe lower back pain, nausea, blurred vision. Walking with difficulty. Liver enzymes elevated 2X normal. Stopped taking March 21. This is a dangerous drug | I'm hoping that my back pain and other problems will soon be normal. Mr Dr. says it will take 4-6 weeks. I hope he's right. Should have known better than to atke a statin, I resisted for 3 years but Dr. kept insisting I try it. Disaster!! | M | 61 | 3 months 40 mg / da 1X day | 3/24/2011 | 1 | high? colesterol | Extremely painful especially at night when sleeping, i wake up with a living rigor-mortis. Can't move my hands, my sholders and arms and neck ache, it is extremely difficult to get out of bed. I now dread going to bed at night, for the resultant pain that i experience when i awaken. I was scepticle that zocor was the culprit, but now I am positive without a doubt that it is the cause. I ache like I've been in a serious automobile accident... | I work out 7 days a week, I bicycle competitively, have won my state championship in my age group, I can now not tolerate riding the bike. every time I do, the pain returns with a vengence. This stuff is RAT POISON!!! I would rather die of coronary heart desease than live in the pain that zocor causes. I can't even open an asprin bottle. | M | 61 | 10 months 20 1X day | 3/24/2011 | 1 | High Cholesterol (Genetic) | Started with headaches (I never get them), moved to chest pain, stiffness in the neck, sore throat, blurred vision, memory loss, muscle loss, sharp pain in right arm, loss of energy, jaw pain | I stopped the medication a week ago, and I am still feeling pain in my arm and chest, neck is stiff and throat is still sore. I have felt like crap now for a month and it still has not resolved itself. Stop taking at the first sign of side effects! | M | 29 | 2 months 20 1X day | 3/23/2011 | 1 | high cholesterol/high LDL | Waking up 4 to 5x a night, dizziness, neck stiffness, overall muscle weakness (I normally work out 4 days a week and could not work out all week), diarrhea, fatigue | F | 40 | 7 days 10 mg 1X day | 3/22/2011 | 1 | cholesterol | pain in legs, dizzy, tired, no libito, itchy skin, weak | Stopped for a month still weak, dizzy. Can anyone tell me when it will stop? | M | 66 | 15 years 40mg 1X day | 3/20/2011 | 1 | high cholesterol | Sharp pain in left abdominal area, especially during deep breathing. Constipation. Pain in lower back. Strange pain in the middle of right arm and in the middle of left back. Strange pain in left thumb joint. | I only took Zocor for 3 days at 40mg dose. I had this sharp pain in the left abdominal area. I stopped taking it immediately and the pain reduced, but it is still there for two weeks after I had stopped taking Zocor. My CK (Creatine Kinase) shot up to 400 after just 3 doses. My doctor insisted that I just exercised too much and it is just muscle strain, but I do not agree. Muscle pain due to exercise does not feel like this. Statin drugs are dangerous. I hope my pain will go away eventually and that there is no permanent damage to any organ. | M | 41 | 3 days 40mg 1X day | 3/16/2011 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Muscle cramps, dizziness, blurry vision, nausea, difficulty urinating, fatigue, flu-like feeling, pain in feet. | I recently had an increase in my pain meds and attributed these symptoms to that. However, after reading this site I realized the symptoms are the Simvastatin. I am now ceasing this drug and will try fish oil. I'm concerned about the high dosage and hope there are no lasting symptoms. Doctor did not mention the fact that 80mg is a potentially dangerous dosage, nor did she mention any side effects. I feel like I've been hit by a truck and hope this feeling goes away. I'm never taking a statin drug again, even though I have high cholesterol. | F | 53 | 14 days 80 1X day | 3/16/2011 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Been off of the Zocor now since February 17th. Feeling better every day!!! | I went to a specialist who did an EMG on my hands and arms. Thankfully no permenant muscle damage. I asked him what he thought of the statin drugs and his exact words to me were: "Statin drugs are way over prescribed and the side effects are way under reported"!!! He diagnosed the issue in my arms and hands as carpel tunnel symdrome but also stated that some of the issues that I am having even though I have been off of the Zocor for a couple of weeks, could be due to the Zocor. He told me that it would take at least three months for that to work out of my system. Nobody is going to talk me into going back on Statins. I will try and control with diet and exercise. These statin drugs are being given out like candy and are being treated as a license for everyone to eat whatever they choose without having to learn proper diet and nutrition. No wonder our society is so obese!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | M | 57 | 0 days 20mg 1X day | 3/14/2011 Patient History | 1 | Doctor recommendation | Severe dizziness. Loss of muscle tissue, perepheral neuropathy, perepheral myopathy, Sciatica, memory loss, loss of libido, severe constipation | My LDL level was 140-145 in 1970. I was 70. I was put on 20mg of Simvastatin. My LDL level went down to 122. My doctor increased the dose to 40mg because he wanted to reduce the 122 by fifty percent. When I complained about my problems he dismissed them with: "Just a little Neuropathy". I never associated my problems with the Statin. I had this doctor for over thirty-five years. I trusted him. I lost my job because of physical limitations. I was told that the pain would go away in time. I do not believe it. Four years later it is still there. The dizziness went away but the pain is so severe I walk with a cane. I anm now on 3000mg of Vicodin. It reduces the pain to a 7-9 level. | M | 74 | 20 months 40mg 1X day | 3/11/2011 | 1 | high cholesterol | hair loss, severe abdominal pain/cramps/tenderness, gas uncomfortable & irregular bowl problems, acne, headaches, vision blurriness, sinus irritation, leg/foot tingle, insomnia, decreased energy, HAIR LOSS, muscle tightness, general crabbiness, mental fogginess | I've been on & off lipitor, crestor, simvastatin, crestor and back on simvastatin over the course of 13 years. The last time I was on crestor my cholesterol went up. But now on the simvastatin again, I can't stand it! So much worse each time. I've been trying to research some other medicines and more natural alternatives and looking for a Dr that has a much more open mind & integrative approach to health...Hasn't happened yet. I am trying on my own 250-500mgs of Inositol, but this is very new. My gyno says my side effects are just either my hormones changing from having a baby 4.5 years ago or "it sucks for us women to get old." Really?!? I just turned 35 and have only had 1 child!! My GP says these side effects are unfortunate but the high cholesterol needs to be addressed most importantly. | F | 35 | 10-20mgs 1X day | 3/9/2011 | 2 | Hyperlipidemia | Everything started out fine on simvastatin- LDL decreased significantly and initially felt fine. Then, began feeling 'foggy' and would get headaches. Started getting muscular neck pain at night. After about a month, I started getting tingly feeling and some numbness- first in the hands, then in the feet. Stopped the Simvastatin and things actually worsened a bit and continued for a few months. Workup with neurologist was negative, and the symptoms began to improve over time, eventually resolving entirely. This medication can cause paresthesias and it may take some time for them to resolve- which can be scary. I wish I could tolerate the medication since I believe it can be very beneficial, but for me the side effects were too bothersome.Good luck to all. | M | 36 | 60 days 10mg 1X day | 3/7/2011 | 3 | I had a stroke in Oct 2007 | Immobilizing joint pain in stroke-side hip, knee, and shoulder. I thought they were from spasticity - which I have - but they are gone since I discontinued simvastatin. I can actually walk and lift my arm again. I can even exercise! Distressing brain effects: Mental fog, extremely poor memory (retrieval of words, dates, facts) and short-term memory loss, with Extreme distractibility as a result. I would leave the kitchen to get something from another room, and forget about what I'd entered the room for! Depression: there was a general sense of being very elderly (I'm 54) and unable to accomplish anything, because of physical and mental infirmity. That is gone. I feel like my pre-stroke self again, albeit with residual stroke effects. But the sense of being at the end of my life has vanished. | I was given this because all stroke patients are, not because of cholesterol problems. I did NOT have a stroke from arterial plaque; my cholesterol count is excellent; my arteries, according to the carotid scan, are clean as a whistle. I was told by my doctor to take this "as a precaution." After reading about it here and elsewhere, I decided to take a break as an experiment. It hasn't been a week, and I already feel markedly better. In another ten years, this drug may be off the market because of the harm it does to people. It wouldn't be the first "wonder drug" that turns out to be poison. | F | 54 | 40 months 40 mg 1X day | 3/4/2011 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Within the last year have noticed a 10 lb weight gain, tired all the time, hair loss, skin problems, mood swings. | I didn't think that Zocor would be causing my problems until I just got my prescription refilled and read the safety insert. The hair loss really jumped out at me so I got on the internet and found this website. I will definitely talk with my doctor but in the meantime I am going to stop taking this medication. | F | 58 | 10 mg 1X day | 3/4/2011 | 1 | high cholesterol | One night woke up with irregular heartbeat, felt flush and chills. In a few days very bad heart palpitations and chills again. I decided to go to ER and everything checked out fine. After viewing various comments I am suspicious this is the drug. The ER dr. thought it was stress. Others think I may be menopausal but, if this is the drug, I am stopping this and trying something else. I already tried Crestor and it made my liver count high. Is there anything safe? | F | 49 | 8 days 20 1X day | 2/26/2011 | 1 | Prescribed by a doctor! | Feverish flu like symptoms, body pain, pointed shooting pain in the muscles that started around chest and then spread all over, tenderness to touch any part of (body), burning sensation, pain while urinating, joint pain, extreme weakness, itching, change in tastes of foods, loss of sleep | The doctors refused to listen to my complaints, discounted the reported symptoms as bug going around, another doctor claimed it is not his problem, I should go to an internal medicine doctor and gives free samples of Crestor to try instead! Does not tell about any side effects possible using this drug! | M | 58 | 5 weeks 40 mg 1X day | 2/20/2011 | 1 | Good cholesterol was too low. | Hair loss, severely chapped lips, dry skin, dry eyes, loss of libido, memory loss, elevated blood sugar. | It was the memory loss that led to my realizing that this was the cause of these problems and not the insulin I started taking at the same time. Forgot to take my night meds twice. Finally my blood sugar was much better! Stopped taking the statin and all these other problems began to resolve themselves right away. Such a relief because I was getting quite bald! | F | 51 | 2 years 20 1X day | 2/19/2011 | 1 | Very High Triglycerides | Rashes, loss of apetite, muscle spasms, heart palpatations and heart skipping beats. | Started taking medicine in September 2010. In November I began to have heart palpitations. I went to the emergency room and they found nothing wrong. Got the flu at Christmas 2010 (I never got sick before taking this medicine). This drained me and I have been unable to get back to full strength since. In December and January I developed 3 seperate rashes. In early February 2011 my heart began skipping beats and I had muscle spasms in my chest along with some trouble getting a full breath. I stopped taking drug on February 11, 2011. It has been 1 week today since my last dose. My heart is not skipping beats, I have no muscle spasms, the rashes have went away, I can breath and I finally feel alive. Five months of taking medicine I lost 17 pounds (had no apetite) and felt like I was going to die. It did lower my triglycerides but the side effects are worse than the benefits. Next week I am to have an ultrasound of my heart done and the doctor wants to put an event monitor on me for 30 days. I am convinced Zocor is the source of my problems. Will update in 30 days. | M | 44 | 6 months 20MG 1X day | 2/18/2011 |