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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LIPITOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | RAYNAUDS - NEW TRIAL | I HAVE LITTLE CIRCULATION IN MY FINGERS. NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THAT 40 MG. OF LIPITOR IMPROVES CIRCULATION IN A GOOD AMOUNT OF PATIENTS. MY DOCTOR CHECKED MY LIVER ENZYMES BEFORE I STARTED. THEY WERE NORMAL UPON TAKING THE LIPITOR, MY FINGERS STARTED TO FEEL BETTER ON THE 4TH DAY AND THE ULCERATIONS I EXPERIENCE STARTED HEALING. I WAS SO HAPPY AND SO WAS MY DOCTOR. HE SAID TO REPEAT MY LAB WORK IN 6 WEEKS. WELL I JUST FOUND OUT THAT MY LIVER COUNTS ARE TOTALLY WHACY AND I HAVE TO STOP THE DRUG. I AM GLAD THAT MY DOCTOR IS RIGHT ON TOP OF IT, BUT IT IS SO DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE IT WAS HELPING. I DID HAVE EXTREME EXHAUSTION BUT THEY SUGGESTED FOR ME TO TAKE IT IN THE MORNING INSTEAD OF NIGHT AND THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE. AFTER MY LABS ARE DONE AGAIN IN 3 WEEKS, THEY MIGHT TRY ANOTHER STATIN DRUG. AFTER READING THI WEBSITE, I DON'T HAVE MUCH HOPE. IT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL THOUGH. | IT CAN BE A GREAT DRUG FOR MOST, JUST NOT ALL. | F | 51 | 6 weeks | 1/7/2009 | 3 | high cholesterol | flatulence, mild aches, occasional indigestion | Overall this seems to be working reasonably well -- brought my triglycerides and LDL down to normal levels but not sure if it's really from the Lipitor or from major life-style changes and bringing my blood sugar down. In any event, I haven't had any serious problems with this drug aside from having to be a bit more careful in the gym and being the butt of fart jokes. | F | 29 | 10 months | 12/18/2008 | 3 | High Cholesterol | Abdominal distention - feel full. Gained about 5 lbs the first week. back pain in the am, leg cramps on and off. Weird tight feeling in my head. Gas, insomnia, loss of muscle strength. I have Sores on the inner cheeks. Weird tight feeling in chest cavity at times, when exercising. | I was in otherwise good health before starting, although it's only been a week. It should be noted that this is my third time trying this med. I am not drinking the koolaid on this miracle drug. I think it has major side effects that the mfgs are still not attributing to the drug. There is a lot of good reads out there, including articles in the NY times - do some research - it seems a lot of us are on the fence. I'm in a very high risk category, with levels over 300, a horrible ratio, and tryc through the roof. | M | 46 | 7 days | 12/5/2008 | 3 | LDL > 300 Tri> 900 | First - WOW! Second - okay I just started taking Lipitor yesterday - one dose in. 20mg dose and will try for two months, if something happens sooner I'll stop before the two months are up. What I am reading is that most doctors are NOT prescribing conservative dosages - maybe take that back to them the next appointment? Eh? My first night - the soundest sleep in over four years! without pain killers for the constant trigeminal neuralgis (a side benefit to be sure). Not happy about the idea of statins - strange psychic events when my mother was taking them (Zocor) - too strange to repeat in a public forum. | So I am here looking for information about the side effects - anecdotally presented - as the web site for Lipitor does not have the information that would typically come on the "drug sheet". If anyone knows of a site that has the real skinny on Lipitor's effects - please pass it along. Much appreciated! | F | 56 | 1 days | 5/29/2008 | 3 | high cholesterol | M | 1 years | 3/4/2008 | 3 | cholesterol | severe pain in buttocks and left leg Sciatica like symptoms | I don't know if it helped anything. Felt no difference except sudden onset of pain after one month. Couldn't sleep. | F | 69 | 1 months | 2/8/2008 | 3 | To lower cholestrol | On 10 mg. didnt seem to have any side effects and my cholestrol went from 256 to 190 in 30 days-I was amazed but then after another month my cholestrol went back up to 235 and my doctor decided to bump up my dose to 20 mg. thats when the severe muscle pain started and very debillitating-I went to a rheumotogologist thinking it was lupus or fibromalgyia as i felt like I always had the flu and she took a blood test and said I had muscle damage from the Lipitor. | Do the benefits outweigh the severe side effects-Pfizer says it's rare but serious side effects-I know many people that have had the same problem with muscle damage so I would not consider the side effect to be "rare" and now since I'm off the drug wonder how much permanent damage to my muscles is their due to this awful drug | F | 48 | 120 days | 12/31/2007 | 3 | High LDl | Muscle and joint aches in arms, elbows, and calves. Felt worse when woke up. I'm 53 and it made me feel 83. Lots of gas. | Been taking for 7 years. Symptoms appeared first last yr - early 06 - stopped taking for two months, restarted and symptoms came back summer of 07. Dosage for past 2 yrs has been 40 mg once a day. | M | 53 | 7 years | 11/24/2007 | 3 | High Colesterol Level | Muscle Pain in left arm and upper back. Hair dryness, breakage and loss | I was able to stop the muscle pain in its tracks by taking CoQ10 supplements but the hair dryness, breakage and loss is not good. Currently trying to find a supplement to counter hair loss. If I can find something, I will stay on Lipitor. It has lowered my Cholesterol from 11.7 to 7 ! My doctor wanted me to switch from Lipitor to Lipidil Micro as I was so upset by the hair loss and muscle pain but I have stopped having muscle pain by taking CoQ10 and before I switch to another drug that may have other side effects, I want to research it (Lipidil) further. If anyone has experienced hair loss on Lipidil please let me know. | F | 42 | 4 months | 11/20/2007 | 3 | chorlestriol | cognitive ability deminished. My recall was slower and not uncommon to not be able to process thoughts. The best way to describe it would be to say that I notice that I am not as smart as I use to be. | I no longer take it and I am smarter. I was only taking 20 mg a day. | M | 43 | 3 years | 6/17/2007 | 3 | hi cholesterol | always feeling tired | high priced | M | 70 | 2 years | 3/25/2007 | 3 | High Cholesterol | I experienced lightheadedness, depression, short term memory problems. The worst side effects by far were the severe muscle pains and cramps, especially in my shins, front of my thighs, feet and hands. I noticed that they usually began about an hour after taking the Lipitor and would continue for several hours into the night. | I was on Lipitor 2 years when I noticed that on a day that I had forgotten to take it, that I didn't experience the severe pains. I experimented by taking the medication one night and then not taking it the next. Sure enough, every night I took the medication I had the severe cramps/pains but the nights I didn't take it, either I didn't experience the pain at all or it was at a much lesser degree. After a few days, I stopped taking Lipitor for a 2 week period and noticed that all my symptoms improved and the muscle pains and cramps completely resolved. I notified my doctor. She stopped the Lipitor and suggested that I try Red Yeast Rice instead. It has given good results with no side effects. | F | 55 | 2 years | 2/28/2007 | 3 | highcholesterol | sleepy all or most sf the time | M | 79 | 5 years | 2/12/2007 | 3 | High Cholesterol | Severe muscle cramps, charlie horse in my calves and feet so bad at night that it brings me out of bed screaming. Severe hip & feet pain and stiffness. Can't hardly walk when I first get up from sitting short periods or in the morning. Shoulder pain, tendonitis in my shoulders and elbows...etc. | It did lower my cholesterol but is not worth the side effects. I have stopped taking it and will just have to take my chances trying other things to lower cholesterol. | F | 55 | 2 years | 12/18/2006 | 3 | high cholesterol | Makes me very tired | M | 46 | 2 years | 11/15/2006 | 3 | cholesterol | Back pain, Lipitor seems to be involved | In November of 2005 I was prescribed Lipitor for elevated cholesterol. Not really high, but high enough, dosage was only 20 mg per day. Within two months, I had developed wicked back pain, along with neuropathy and hypersensitivity that wrapped around my abdomen. We suspected the Lipitor was involved, so I went off it, since my numbers had gotten really low. I was effectively laid up for about six months. Since there was no immediate improvement, we surmised that Lipitor wasn't causing this. It's October 2006 now, and I'm starting to feel more like myself, still hurts but I can work around it. The cholesterol has crept up, so two weeks ago we started the Lipitor again, and within a few days I was paractically flat on my back again! So, I've stopped again. It's a bloody shame this is happening, as the drug was extremely effective in dropping that cholesterol. Too bad, we're going to have to try something else, I guess. | M | 48 | 60 days | 10/4/2006 | 3 | yes | blurr vision. slurpy speach, mussle spasm in the toes and leg and calves, tiredness. head aches, memory loss. thining hair, tingling and pinches in the fingers and skin | My cholesteral drop from 11.5 to 4.1 Liptor did help to bring my cholesteral down. but after 1 year of using it i have been experciencing alot of side effects, At the beginning it was fine,but after 1 year the effect starts. i started off with 20mg and then lower it to 20mg | F | 44 | 1 days | 8/4/2006 | 3 | high cholesterol | none | ldl is still too high. Dr. has added zetia and I will switch to vytorin in August and have the blood work in October so see if its working. Heart attack in 1991 and quadruple bypass in 2002. Started with 10mg in 2001 and increased to 40mg after the bypass surgery. | F | 64 | 4 years | 7/14/2006 | 3 | high cholesterol | I have been on Lipitor for over a year and it did lower my cholesterol from 299 to 220, but I, too, have been having side effects, I guess now, that might be attributed to Lipitor. I have this weird dizzy/vertigo/un-balanced-type feeling sometimes. It is a feeling like I need to hold on to something, in order to make my walk across a large area, like an airport. (I fly alot, so I walk throught a lot of airports.) I also have a lot of problems with frequent bowel movements. I also have arthritic knees, hands that are numb and tingling at times. I think since being on this drug, my arms are always falling asleep while I'm sleeping. I don't know whether all this is related to being on Lipitor, but after reading some of this posts on this site, it is beginning to make me wonder! | M | 38 | 1.5 years | 6/14/2006 | 3 | To reduce cholesterol | I used to take Provachol (sp?)but I found it caused extreme bloating. It also seem to increase my heart rate therefore could not sleep well. I requested to take Lipitor (10mg). I have been taking it for about three months now. I will go for a blood test within a few days so we'll see how good it did its job. As far as side effects are concerned, I find that Lipitor also causes bloating and a great deal of gas build up although not as badly as my previous medication. I'm finding it difficult to fit into my clothes due to the bloating. I also find that it makes me a bit drowsy, almost like a sleeping pill. I therefore take it at bedtime but my sleep is not very sound and therefore not refreshing. I developed a pain that seems to originate at the base of my neck, travel down to my shoulder blades and then run to my shoulders, elbow and wrist. I first attributed this to work stress because I do a great deal of computer work....I thought perhaps that I was getting tendonitis looking at th | I have begun to take charge of fighting back against the side effects and have been taking multivitamins, B complex, CoQ10, and GasX for bloating. I can honestly say that today is the first day in months that I have felt really well...very little gas, almost no pain. I'll keep tabs on this and will report back on my ldh levels.My father used to take this drug and he also experienced bloating and gas. He took Tums to alliviate stomach upsets and also cut his Lipitor dose in half. | M | 50 | 3 months | 6/14/2006 |