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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LIPITOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | lower cholesterol | HORRIBLE muscle pains, horrible back spasms,spasms in leg muscles, nausea, vomiting, pain so bad that I could hardly walk or sit.. chest pains, so bad that I ended up in the emergency room 2x not knowing what it was from.. One Doctor finally took a blood test and told me it was from the lipitor.. | NEVER NEVER TAKE THIS DRUG... I am hoping that I did not hurt myself permanently by taking it...don't know what to do to find out . | | 10/22/2005 | 1 | high cholesterol | The most terrible muscle spasms in legs,back and chest, so bad I could not sit or stand. Nausea, vomiting, chest pain,blood in urine, side effects were so bad I ended up in the emergency room on two occasions. The last time I was on vacation and was brought to the hospital where the Doctor took a blood and urine test and told me that the pain was from the lipitor. | Never take this horrible drug , I don't know if it has caused permanent damage... but the side effects alone will make you get off the drug. | F | 54 | 4 months | 10/22/2005 | 1 | moderately high cholesterol | Excruciating pain in right buttock. Unable to get out of bed, to walk, or to sit without extreme discomfort. Pain and stiffness spread to other side. On painkillers around the clock. | After fifth week of misery, found this site and immediately stopped taking Lipitor. Waiting for improvement. | F | 63 | 1.5 years | 10/21/2005 | 1 | Change required to HDL LDL Balance | Started on 10mg, dose doubled to 20mg then to 40 mg. Experienced severe muscle pains, cramps, sore leg joints which increased with raising of dose, walking more than a few hundred yards became difficult. I did not associate symptoms with tablets until I researched the Web. I have stopped taking the tablets for nearly a month now and and I am much improved, though my knees still ache. | HDL/LDL balance much improved, but I would not want to start taking Lipitor again as I feel it disrupted my life considerably. Even though statistically (anecdotally)I am part of a small minority suffering side effects, I would still urge caution when taking this medication. | M | 55 | 6 months | 10/21/2005 | 1 | If you are having muscle aches and pains, weakness, exercise intolerance, neuropathy, etc etc, please stop taking this drug. Go to www.JaneIslay.co.uk for more info. Or email [email protected] (Oct 05) | F | 63 | 21 days | 10/18/2005 | 1 | for cholesterol | I HAVE MUSCLE SORENESS IN MY LEFT LEG ALSO MY HIP, PINS AND NEEDLES, INSOMNIA, NECK PAIN, NOW A SPUR IN MY RIGHT HEEL PAD, WEIGHT GAIN, TRUBLE REMEMBERING SOMETIMES, WHEN I WRITE MY HAND FEELS LIKE IT'S NOT MINE LIKE I'M WATCHING SMEONE ELSES HAND, ODD FEELING THAT.TIREDNESS, DEPRESSED AS WELL. | F | 52 | 18 months | 10/12/2005 | 1 | HIGH calisteral | heel pain goiing into my ankle. heel is hot and feels like i am walking on a stone. when i go off off the lipitor for a few days it gets better | i took this for 6 months 20 mg and did not have a problem but my coalesteral went back up to 250 even though i am not a big meat eater. iI have been on it for 4 months this time. i am going off it for good and see if my foot gets better. it has bothered me for 2 months thought I had the goat. I am 74 female and not a drinker or eat rich food. | F | 74 | 5 months | 10/7/2005 | 1 | to lower cholesterol | iritated eyes, extremely painful inflammed joints(too painful to walk) muscle cramps, numbness and tingling in feet arm and legs-muscle spasams in face and neck | regret ever taking this drug | F | 46 | 5 months | 10/3/2005 | 1 | lower cholesterol | muscle aches and weakness nearly bed ridden over it and soon after they took me off I had a high sugar attack and have been on insalin ever since | F | 70 | 6 days | 9/30/2005 | 1 | Prescribed by Dr. | I was taking this medication for 2 months. Intense pain in both calves and thighs when walking only a few blocks. Pain in lower back, forearms and left shoulder. | I thought I was getting PAD. I couldn't climb stairs or walk while shopping with my wife. I needed to rest every few minutes. I don't even have high cholesterol, but my cardiologist suggested I take Lipitor as a preventitive treatment. I'm glad I found this site. I have stopped taking it for 3 days now, but pain persists. | M | 53 | 2 months | 9/25/2005 | 1 | To Lower Cholesterol | 9/20/05. I've been taking cholesterol lowering meds for at least 10 years including Mevacor, Zocor, Lipitor and Zetia. My cholesterol went from 398 to 260 on 40 Lipitor. This year I was given 80 mgs of Lipitor and Zetia was added as well. Along with the increased dosage, came crippling pain in my back, neck and then just my left foot, severe pain in my neck to the point where I couldn't hold it up without an effort, increased sinus pain, high blood pressure, insomina, blurred thinking. So to "fix" all these problems, I was given lots of other meds and tons of physical therapy and exercise each day. All so I could have great numbers. Finally, I realized enough was enough, I called the nurse practitioner to say I was stopping Lipitor and she was not really happy to put it mildly. I know my cholesterol will always be high, but after 2 weeks off Lipitor, I feel better each day and know it's not "my age" causing the pain, high blood pressure, memory loss, dizzines | F | 58 | 4 years | 9/20/2005 | 1 | High Cholestrol | I started experiencing severe leg cramping at night with the pain traveling to my buddocks and stomach as well. The pain was so bad I could not get out of the bed and had to crawl to get to the bathroom to take Advil. I asked my doctor what could have caused this and he said it was probably from the Lipitor. Recently I experienced extreme stomach pain that stretched to my side and back. The stomach pain came suddenly and it would come and go for a week before it became so bad I could not sleep. I had just gotten over a urinery tract infection (one of the side-effects) and I thought it had returned but the symptoms were different. I still had the urge to urinate constantly but it would come and go and I would have no symptoms for a day then it would return again. I remembered reading the phamplet that comes with the prescription drugs and it mentioning some of symptoms that I was experiencing. I stopped taking the Lipitor for a day and I did not have any more stomach pain or urgency | I also had been experiencing lack of energy for quite some time and I attributed this to stress but after reading this website I feel it was due to the Lipitor also. I don't think I will take this drug anymore and since I read that taking vitamin C can help you with your cholesterol I think I will try this method instead. I think there should be a better alternative to lowering cholesterol than such a potent drug that can cause so many side effects. I don't want to be a case-study when they finally take this drug off the market. | F | 54 | 4 years | 9/12/2005 | 1 | moderatly high cholesterol | rapid shallow breathing, fatigue, disorientation, slightly blurred vision, erectile disfunction, muscle pain | My GP and a respiratory specialist were totally unable to diagnose the problem. I tried stopping each med I was taking, some allergy/asthma stuff and Lipitor. All the symptoms largely disappeared after two days off Lipitor. Took months for lingering effects to clear completely. Anyone taking Lipitor and showing any undiagnosed symptoms, should be taken off Lipitor for awhile as a test. | M | 59 | 1 years | 9/12/2005 | 1 | High Cholestrol | After about 4 years of taking Lipitor I started experiencing severe leg cramping at night with the pain traveling to my buddocks and stomach as well. The pain was so bad I could not get out of the bed and had to crawl to get to the bathroom to take Advil for the pain. I asked my doctor what could have caused this and he said it was probably from the Lipitor. Recently I experienced extreme stomach pain that stretched to my side and back. The stomach pain came suddenly and it would come and go for a week before it became so bad I could not sleep. I had just gotten over a urinery tract infection and I thought it had returned but the symptoms were different. I still had the urge to urinate constantly but it would come and go and I would have no symptoms for a day then it would return again. I remembered reading the phamplet that comes with the prescription drugs and it mentioning some of symptoms that I was experiencing. I stopped taking the Lipitor for a day and I did not have any mor | I think there should be a better alternative to lowering cholesterol than such a potent drug that can cause so many side effects. I don't want to be a case-study when they finally take this drug off the market. | F | 54 | 4 years | 9/12/2005 | 1 | high cholesterol | Started 2 years ago with 10 mg then 6 mos later doc upped to 20. About 3 mos ago I had several severe left leg cramps-never had them before. Then about 2-3 weeks later, woke up and could barely stand and walk. Legs and toes were numb (worse in left), weak, back pain and calves hurt terribly. Walking was possible but only with intense effort and pain. Couldn't stand for more than 1 or 2 minutes-too painful and weak. Waited a couple 3 weeks to see if it would clear up-did not. Went to doc. Took x-rays said everything fine, blood test fine. Interested in doing MRI-thinking nacrotic nerve in lower spine. On an aside he said stop taking lipitor on an off chanch it may be an uncommon reaction. I started looking up lipitor reactions and came across so much info on side effects it was startling. I look back to about 1 1/2 years ago when I no longer had that special feeling that all males experience in my organ and a decreased sex drive (not typical for me). At the time I attributed it to male menopause-being around 54. I went to my accupuncturist and was told my chee was dry. Had 4 treatments over as many weeks. Started to see some improvement. | At the onset of symptoms I felt like I would imagine someone that had MS would feel like, swaying, pulling myself up stairs, dragging legs. After having stopped lipitor and acupuncture treatments, I would say I am at about 50 or 55%. I hope I continue to keep getting better as this has really hit my life at a bad time. My cholesterol did go down but If I knew I would have these kinds of problems I would never have started taking the drug nor will I EVER AGAIN take it irregardless of my cholesterol level. I would recommend to those who have not had any lessening of symptons to try accupuncture. It can't hurt and may help! | M | 56 | 2 years | 8/25/2005 | 1 | High cholesterol | Within 7 days I had such severe myopathy (muscle pain) and cramping I could not walk, my CPK was elevated to that of a person having a heart attack and my liver enzymes were very elevated. | I was on 10 mg and in | F | 58 | 7 days | 8/25/2005 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Lower back pain, stiff neck - could not turn head | Dr. prescribed Lipitor. I took 20MG for 3 months. Had lower back pain so severe could hardly get out of bed. Ater getting up and moving around, pain would subside. Also started to have neck pain while turning head. Dr. took a muscle injury test and results came back positive! Stopped taking Lipitor. After a few months, new muscle injury test came back negative. Neck pain went away within a few weeks. AFTER 1 YEAR BEING OFF LIPITOR I STILL HAVE THE LOWER BACK PAIN THAT FORCES ME TO WAKE UP AND GET OUT OF BED AFTER EXACTLY 7.5 HOURS OF SLEEP! Once I get up and move around, the pain disappears. If I lay down and take a nap in the afternoon, I don't have any back pain that wakes me up but once I lay down to sleep at night, 7.5 hours later I'm forced awake by the pain. I think it has something to do with the spinal disks expanding at night and by morning something that was damaged in that area by Lipitor kicks in pain. LIPITOR MAY CAUSE PERMANENT DAMAGE TO BODY TISSUES! PLEASE RESEARCH CAREFULLY B4 TAKING! | M | 50 | 3 months | 8/25/2005 | 1 | High chlorestral | dizzyness, coninuing and increasing weakness (especially legs), aches & pains, loss of coherent thought, memory loss, wildly varying blood pressure, syptoms similar to TIA's | After 2 years on this drug I seriously felt life was not worth living. Started Lipitor when recovering from major surgery, and attributed effects to that; but after initial uphill recovery, went downhill at an expotential rate. Two days after stopping, myself and my family noticed the difference - now 3 weeks have passed and have not had any of the above symptons. Now just want to find someway to help recovery from Lipitor damage. | F | 77 | 2 years | 8/23/2005 | 1 | high cholestrol | Severe achilles tendonitis in both legs, heel pain, burning sensations in calves-maybe Lipitor is why? I have spent almost a year with this problem and spent 4 months in physical therapy-I am calling my doctor and getting off this drug immediately!!!! Even if it is not the culprit, I can't take the chance. | F | 47 | 1 years | 8/17/2005 | 1 | total cholesterol 235 | headache, chestpain, arrythmia, diarrhea, malaisse, forgetfulness, confusion, back pain and after 1 month a worrisome case of phlebitis(every superficial vein in my one leg is bulging) my veins hurt, severe leg cramps, numbness in ankles and toes. I stopped this statin on july 26th. I have been told it will take at least 3 months for this medication to flush from my system. will have a blood test next week. I take norvasc with no problems. Am not a big supporter of meds. Let me tell you, this lipitor is dangerous and life threatening. Somewhere in the future this will be another vioxx. I will never take any cholesterol lowering meds again, statin or otherwise. Have not been able to use my treadmill for a month due to phlebitis. I refuse to be a guinea pig for any statin drugs. will continue on a balanced diet and exercise. I was an active, energetic 76 yr old. treadmill 5 x's a week for 35 minutes at 3.8 miles per hour. | took zetia 5 mgs(i cut the pill in half because i was afraid) afterstopping the lipitor experience. zetia gave me chest tightness, headache. | F | 76 | 21 days | 8/16/2005 |