LIPITOR Reviews (ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM)Average Rating: 1.9 (1269 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LIPITOR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LIPITOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Borderline cholesterol | Severe lethargy, general body pain, severe pain of the hip joint, limping now. | Should be discount inked from the market, causing more evil than good. | F | 57 | 2 weeks 20mg 1X day | 4/30/2013 | 1 | high cholesterol | Pain under ribs , restless legs .muscle pain everywhere..lethargy depression.insomnia.brain fog mood swings .lack of strength..blurred vision.forgetfulness.. | F | 54 | 4 months 40mg | 2/6/2013 | 1 | CHOLESTEROL | I experienced permanent nerve damage to my feet & severe leg cramping. Symptoms started as a warming sensation on my lower legs after a few months and progressed to the permanent nerve damage. I discontinued taking Lipitor over 5 years ago. My feet are now simultaneously numb and painful. | DO NOT TAKE THIS DANGEROUS DRUG. BE VERY AWARE OF THE PERMANENT NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES. | M | 55 | 1 years 40 1X day | 1/22/2013 | 1 | cabg | stiff neck, sore left testicle ,arm muscles melting,legs feel like they don't belong to me. | M | 62 | 30 days 80 1X day | 1/17/2013 | 1 | very high cholosterol | headache, gas, bloating, mood swings, ill feeling, paranoid, anxious | My Dr said my cholesterol was very high. SO she put me on Lipitor. I was so sick over Christmas Holiday and did not know why. Could not eat, sleep. felt so gassy and my belly blew up like a balloon. When I stopped taking it, I felt back to normal. Ill do it naturally with eating healthily with salmon and olive oil and veggies. | F | 45 | 30 days 20mg 1X day | 1/13/2013 | 1 | mild cholesterol | terrible muscle pain terrible mood changes could hardly walk or lift my arms | stopped taking them 4 years ago and still suffer terrible muscle pain and wasting. i have set up a website for australians to connect who have been afflicted by this medication please come and join and unite in effort to educate the medical fraterity of their ignorance or denial http://australianstatinvictims.com/ | M | 49 | 3 years 20 1X day | 1/3/2013 | 1 | High cholesterol | Severe and prolonged leg, ankle, toe muscle pain every night | Doctor said it was not the lipitor...went off it myself.... Now off 6 myths.... NO more muscle pain! | F | 61 | 6 months 40 mg 1X day | 12/22/2012 | 1 | abnormal lipid profile | fatigue, depression, hand and feet joint pains so very severe, dysfunctional bowel, muscle aches, no energy | patients need to realize that the statins block the mevalonate pathway that leads to ubuquinol which is the catalyst for all energy formation in the human body, this is catastrophic and must be treated by cessation of statin and 200mg. of ubiquinol twice a day, takes time to reverse side effects | M | 62 | 1X day | 11/13/2012 | 1 | High cholesterol | Overall decline in life. Depression, severe and persistent musclo-skeletal pain, insomnia, gas, severe rectal bleeding, nausea, stomach pain, syncope and more. | After ten years of misery I stopped taking lipitor/atorvastatin, on the advice of my doctor, for a week to relieve severe shoulder pain, which I extended to ten days when I noticed an amazing improvement in my general well-being and after the ten days felt so much better I stopped taking it altogether. For those who feel a long life is preferable to a good life, this drug may be worth taking; for those who have enjoyed life and would prefer a slightly shorter one to a longer miserable one, stopping it is not a bad idea. Trust me - I get up every morning feeling a thousand times better, stay busy and active all day long and feel as I used to feel before I started taking this drug...and ALL of the symptoms have completely disappeared.. | F | 73 | 10 years 20 mg 1X day | 11/12/2012 | 1 | high cholesterol | went from very active to severe leg muscle and buttocks cramps as well as aches and pains. basically a whole body feeling like i had the flu. No sex drive. Short term memory problems. Could not walk up stairs with anything in my hands more than about 5-10 lbs. Bad feeling of dread and depression. Could no longer mow my yard with a self propelled lawn mower with out having to stop and let leg muscles recover after about 10 steps. | I have been off medication for over 6 years and am still not back to my prior self. Just recently leg muscles have come back to about 50% of what they used to be. I can not run or workout any longer for fear of getting hurt. This is a very dangerous and horrible drug. This drugs side effects were not explained to me by my doctor as being so risky. I am 5'9" and 160 lbs. high cholesterol is a family trait through several generations. | M | 38 | 6 months not sure 1X day | 10/2/2012 | 1 | High triglycerides | Debilitating. Has ruined my life. One year - 7 different doctors, no one found the problem for an entire year of suffering! Now, off drug for one year and STILL have burning, knotting muscles throughout my body. Bottoms of feet hurt and are so tight it's hard to walk. It is rare I have a pain free day anymore. I'm miserable and used to be quite healthy and active. | It should be taken off market. We should be compensated. It's changed my life and I think of the loss every single day. I get 4 pain free days per year. | F | 55 | 5 years 10 1X day | 8/14/2012 | 1 | High cholesterol | Leg, arm, shoulder, and foot pain. Neuropathy in feet... Constant pain! Loss of energy. Difficulty thinking and speaking in a glib fashion. Disturbed sleep patterns. Difficulty urinating. Increase in blood pressure from below normal to slightly above normal, lack of sexual desire. Less muscle mass even though I force myself to work out at least four times per week ( usually five). Decreased energy and constant lethargy. | Although it lowers wy cholesterol levels appropriately, it seems to have given me debilitating side effects that have decreased my enjoyment of life in general. I fear stopping the lipitor because I fear a heart attack... Bt I hate the side effects! I take vitamin c, fish oil capsules, CO Q 10, eat well, am allergic to red meat and have not eaten any in more than 35 years. I eat salad everyday for lunch, eat fruit and vegetables daily, and take many vitamins and supplements ( astaxanthan, MSM, alpha lipoid acid, vit. B complex, 500mg of time release Niacin, and more). One would expect me to be healthy and have a ton of energy, but instead, I feel Ike I have one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. I attribute all the negatives to the Lipitor. The worst of all the side effects is the horrible pain in my feet ( I have professionally prescribed orthotics in my shoes at all times). | M | 59 | 10 years 20 mg 1X day | 7/31/2012 | 1 | high cholesterol | Mostly Pain, Pain, Pain. Deep throbbing pain in my joints and muscles. Hair loss, insomnia, tinnitus, dysphagia. Neurologist diagnosed me with MS. Feet hurt so badly, I could not walk. The prescribing physician shrugged off my complaints. I stopped taking Lipitor when I went into a coma in June 2000. It took me 12 years to recover. | Lipitor created the same problems that Zocor had caused. I took for Zocor for six years. The prescribing physician ignored my complaints. This nightmare took 20 years out of my life. 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 | 135 days 10 mg 1X day | 7/27/2012 | 1 | to lower cholesterol and LDL | debilitating sciatica, I wake up with my right leg( from my buttocks to my toes) tingling and numb. By end of day I am in extreme pain, and can barely walk. | F | 53 | 10 years 80mg 1X day | 7/18/2012 | 1 | High Total Cholesterol | Extreme fatigue, general muscle aches, dark urine, burning back pain | F | 58 | 9 weeks 80mg 1X day | 7/6/2012 | 1 | High cholesterol, post stentplaceme | I am writing this for my husband. He initially took 10mg every other day several years ago but would complain of muscle soreness and tore a calf muscle while running once. At that point he stopped the Lipitor and improved. Fast forward 3 years, he went to dr for check up (he has known coronary disease) and was started back on Lipitor 20mg. At about 2 months in, he had nausea and sweating occasionally. One month later he ended up in hospital for coronary disease and dose up to 40. After 1 more month had episodes of extreme fatigue, increased belching, stomach discomfort and leg heaviness, low bp and pulse. Like the flu without fever. Hospitalized and cathed again but heart arteries were fine and previously placed stents open Dr stopped blood pressure meds and Lipitor. He was back to normal in a week. We thought it was the Toprol at first due to low bp and pulse also. So started back on Lipitor and within a week felt horrible again. Stopped it a week ago and will NOT go back on it. | M | 43 | 4 months 40 mg | 6/24/2012 | 1 | high lipids | Second time trying this. First time I got a frozen shoulder. Triedit a couple of years later and I have back and chest pain that made think i was having a cardio event. Stopped the Lipitor about a week ago and still having horrible back pain. | If this stuff is damaging my muscles what is it doing to my major muscle.......... my HEART! This is a terrible drug! DO NOT TAKE! I would rather take the risk of elevated lipids! | M | 53 | 5 months 20mg 1X day | 6/4/2012 | 1 | Cholesterol a bit high | Severe skin rash to my upper thighs . The itch and pain is unbearable to the point you cant sleep or bear to wear your trousers. | M | 49 | 2 months 20 | 6/4/2012 | 1 | High cholesterol | tingling and aches in hands, chest discomfort, difficulty breathing, stuffy nose, weakness in legs, back pain | This drug is the worst. I stopped using it after 17 days when I started experiencing chest pains and difficulty breathing. Its side effects are horrible and it should be taken off the market. I do not recommend this drug to anyone. | F | 52 | 17 days 10mg 1X day | 6/3/2012 | 1 | CHOLESTEROL | ALL AND SOME NOT NOTED - KIDNEY-METAL MOODS-ANZITY-SUGAR LEVEL DROPS - STOMACH ULCER-JOINT PAIN- MEMORY TROUBLE- PUT ON MORE MEDS- LIPITOR ADMITED TO GIVING KIDNEY TROUBLES TO ME -I TOOK OTHER S WITH SAME TROUBLES AND MORE | I TOOK MANY SATIN DRUGS FOR 5 YEARS OF HORROR, THEY ALMOST KILLED ME, I WAS 45 , 55 NOW AND STILL HAVE HEALTH TROUBLES RELATED TO THESE MEDS, MOSTLY DEJESTIVE SYSTEM AND STOMACH ULCERS- ALMOST A YEAR NOW TAKING MEDS TO HEAL MY STOMACH- CANCER? DON'T KNOW - LOOK UP MENTAL HORRORS ON GOOGLE FOR MORE HORROR STORYS ON CHOLESTEROL MEDS AND OTHERS THIS PUT YOU ON AND OTHER HEALTH TROULBES RELATED TO THESE DRUGS YOU ARE NOT TOLD ABOUT. | M | 55 | 60 days 40 1X day | 5/15/2012 |