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 |
| 2 | high cholesterol | So sad to see so many with problems like mine! Progressively worsening problems with joint pain, muscle pain, depression and tiredness. Doctor has ran all sorts of tests and oculdn't find anything wrong, everyone was pointing to arthristis. I stopped taking Lipitor and many of the problems went away after 2 days. I'm not going back to it. | M | 41 | 3 years | 7/18/2004 | 2 | high cholesterol | after one week i started with chest tightness and numness aching feeling to my left arm also pain inbetween both shoulder blades .also would wake up feeling shakey headache and just more tiered. called my dr. he said to stop takeing it. so now i must lower my cholesterol with diet and exercise. | not for all . | F | 29 | 13 days | 7/13/2004 | 2 | High Cholesterol | serious hands & feet cramping, weakness, painful inflamation of joints/knuckles and significant strength reduction. persistent feeling of tiredness and overall muscle soreness/weakness/fatigue. All symptoms worse upon waking. | I significanlty lowered my chol by using 10mg lipitor and excercising. However, for months I attributed all my pains to my busy schedule and my exercise routine. I went from a 36 year-old who can do 60 min of cardio/45 min of free weights every other day, to someone who can barely pick up his 15 mo. son. My life right now is a disaster. I've been off it 2 weeks and the pain has only subsided 20%. I can barely walk when I wake in the morning. I cannot get anything done around the house. My life right now is depressing until I get back to normal. All exercise has ceased and my wife picks up the slack for chores around the house that I cannot do. I HAVE NEVER experienced symptoms like these in my life. I am hoping this goes away soon and doesn't cause any long term damage. I cannot say that I'd do it over again. In fact, at my risk, I doubt I'll take any meds willingly if I can. Drug companies really downplay the side effects...I know how this goes, I work with stats too! | M | 36 | 6 months | 7/12/2004 | 2 | Lower Cholestoral | Stomach pain, Gas, Burping, Diarhea | I called the doctor today to report my issues. I am waiting on him to call back. Looks like I will need to get off of Lipitor. The stomach pain comes and goes and can become quite uncomfortable. | M | 29 | 30 days | 7/2/2004 | 2 | high cholesterol | muscle weakness causing nerve damage and imbalance; stiffness similar to arthritis, s l o w walking and numbness | M | 80 | 2 days | 7/2/2004 | 2 | high cholesterol | Pain in hip, lower back, knees & elbow. Stiffness in lower back and legs when getting up in the morning. Excercise intolerance and general muscle weakness. | I ask my doctor about these pains months ago and he said lipitor would not cause my problems. However, after reading the common side effects with others on this site, I will stop this medication immediately, it not worth feeling like an old man at age 46! | M | 46 | 2 years | 6/21/2004 | 2 | High cholesterol | My doctor says my cholesterol levers are lower... so that's good. But I've been feeling like my mind is fading away... and it's a scary sensation, when I can't remember the names of co-workers when I'm talking to them! I feel like I'm much older and mentally weaker which is a pretty high price just to lower my cholesterol. Others have mentioned the | I've stopped taking it - to see what happens. I was taking 10mg once a day... I'm still on Lisinopril (10mg) and Hydrochlorothiazide (12.5mg) each once a day - taken with the Lipitor. | M | 54 | 3 months | 6/15/2004 | 2 | High Cholesterol/Type II Diabetes | Lipitor works fine for lowering cholesterol, but the side effects are killers, apparently. I have been experiencing extreme leg weakness and pain, to the point where I cannot take steps without holding on or going up on my knees--which is agony. | After reading the comments on this page, I am shocked that so many people have experienced the same symptoms (weakness, etc.) after taking Lipitor. I've been on the drug 7 or 8 years, and have gone off before when leg pain began. But this time the problems came on more gradually, yet more severely. They include stiff neck, diarrhea, clumsiness and dizziness. I'm going off it tonight. | F | 73 | 7 years | 4/28/2004 | 2 | High Cholesterol | Severe cramps in toes. Feet sore to walk on. Tingling and pain in toes and feet. Swollen feet. Insomnia. Constipation. | Have only been talking the drug for 2 months. Will stop taking it now that I find others with similar problems. | F | 52 | 2 months | 3/30/2004 | 2 | high cholesterol/triglycerides | Made a BIG improvement in cholesterol and triglycerides, but in the three years I've been on it have had extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, depression. In recent months I've had chronic elbow pain in both arms. It just occurred to me that it might be the Lipitor and this site has convinced me. I just threw away a bottle with 10 pills remaining and am going to continue with my diet and exercise. Hope my energy level returns. | M | 45 | 3 years | 3/30/2004 | 2 | High Cholesteral | Terrible pain in hips and shoulders. | After taking Lipitor for a year, I started having pain in my hip. Told Dr. about it, he didn't seem to concerned. After about 1 1/2 years I started having pain in my shoulders. The pain is so bad at this point that it wakes me up at night and extremely limits the use of my arms. Dr. sent me for x-rays, MRI, to see an orthopedic surgeon. All results negative. They suggested it could be tendonitis or avascular necrosis and recommended anti-inflammatories. Nobody ever suggested it could be the drug until I found this site doing research on my pain. It makes me wonder how powerful these drug companies are that doctors won't even suggest that the drug could be the problem. I'm stopping this drug today in the hopes that the pain goes away. Hopefully I'll be able to play catch with my boys and swing a golf club again some day. If I die of a heart attack from high cholesteral in 20 years, so be it. I'd rather have a shorter life that I enjoy than a long life of pain. | M | 36 | 2 years | 3/23/2004 | 2 | High LDL and triglycerides | Mostly Tingling/burning in arms and legs and back of neck, Some lightheadedness, some memory loss, some chest pain, pain in shoulder-feels like arm pulled out of socket. | Lowered my cholesterol from 270 to 180 in a month. LDL and triglycerides dropped to 100. I need to take this due to bad family history, but not sure how much I can take. The side effects are very distracting. I have been on this for a month and so far I am tolerating this, but if the side effects get worse, I would have to decide if dying at 60 from a heart attack is worse than living in misery until 80. | M | 51 | 1 months | 3/23/2004 | 2 | high cholosterol | Aches in calf muscles and hip joint. Wife says I'm crabby when on it. Had similar problems with Zocor. Taking fish oil (salmon) and glucosamine sulfate has offset the achiness and moodiness. Cholosterol levels did go down. | Dosages Lipitor-10mg Zocor- 20mg | M | 43 | 3 years | 8/3/2003 | 2 | hi chol | insommnia | M | 61 | 6 years | 6/3/2003 | 2 | Lower Cholesterol | Will not continue taking Lipitor! | After taking for only 3 days I experienced general overal weakness..fatigue..nausea..diziness..trembling..trouble concentrating..sadness..moodiness..insomia..neck pain..dull headaches..feverish..clamy feeling..tingly feeling in hands and scalp....basically felt rotton all day long. Would wake up feeling good, but about an hour or so after taking Lipitor all the above symptoms returned. Others swear by this drug, but they can have it. Doctor took me off of it, but I would have done so myself anyway. Felt like I was being poisened quite honestly! Thank GOD I found this website, as all I could find on the web was how WONDERFUL Lipitor is! Maybe for some, but not for all of us obviously. | F | 53 | 3 days | 4/26/2003 | 2 | High Cholesteral | Severe headaches. Memory loss and extreme tiredness. | Dr. wanted me to take 40mg per day and I said no. I would try the 20 mg. I am sensitive to medication. I was told to stop for a week and call back if my symptoms stop. I don't know if I want to take even a lower dosage. | F | 56 | 5 days | 2/3/2003 | 2 | Extremely high cholesterol | Stomach cramps, muscle pain, lower back pain, irritability, flu-symptoms, malaise. | After reading in several sites what the experiences were of other patients-- I would only recommend Lipitor as a last resort. | M | 58 | 6 days | 11/5/2002 | 2 | high cholesterol | i actually am taking provacal, but when I bring up the drug, it brings me to lipitor. I have experienced fatigue, hip pain,some joint pain in knee. Muscles feel like a wet dish rag. took myself off medication. will contact md. taking 40 mg a day. | F | 51 | 3 weeks | 6/21/2002 | 2 | high LDL | Severe leg muscle pain and leg cramping which started gradually and within four weeks interfered with my ability to drive because of calf muscle cramping. I have been informed by my doctor that my LDL was much improved over the short period while I was on the drug. However, this drug has caused a major change in my life style. Although I stopped this drug three months ago and I was assured the leg pain would resolve, I have been unable to function because of the continuous leg pain and discomfort. | I was on 10mg a day and was informed that this was a low dose. The result of taking this drug has seriously impaired my ability to take long walks or exercise in general since to do so causes the leg muscle pain to flair up. Although I have been assured that this will resolve, I have been off the drug for 3 months and have only experienced a modicum of improvement. | M | 67 | 3 months | 3/13/2002 | 2 | high cholesterol | feelings of fatigue,muscle and joint pain,insomnia | it lowered my cholesterol but not sure it's worth the pain.dr put me on provacal for a few months but it didn't get the results she wanted. | 53 | 4 months | 2/13/2002 |