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 |
| 5 | High Cholesterol & High Triglycerid | I just had a blood test done as part of a routine physical. Some values indicate liver disease. Wondering if it is from Lipitor. Has anyone else out there developed liver damage from Lipitor. Please e-mail me. | Lipitor seems to work, but I am very concerned about the side effects now. I have been taking Lipitor probably over 5 years. Also have experienced leg cramps, mental confusion, but thought it was just the aging process. | F | 65 | | 8/7/2009 | 5 | High Cholesterol | No side effects | Cut my cholesterol in half, no side effects that I've been aware of. | M | 33 | 2 years | 7/20/2009 | 5 | hihg cholesterol | None | I have taken Lipitor for 4 years with no problems - lowered my cholesterol. Insurance co. has decided I need a generic Pravachol. In just two weeks, I feel achy, muscle fatigue, memory loss. I don't think insurance co. should have the say on what medicines I take. | F | 60 | 4 years | 5/30/2009 | 5 | High Cholesterol | I never had any side effects. | I'm taking 20mgs of lipitor a day. I can't recall when i started taking it. Its been a few years. Last year my cholesterol went back to normal on lipitor. The doctor says i'll have to take lipitor for the rest of my life. That is what i don't like. Drug dependancy is a bad thing. | M | 34 | | 3/28/2009 | 5 | high blood pressure / heart attack | None whatsoever. | I'm taking 80 mg's a day which is the maximum dose and it brought my cholesterol levels comfortably back into the safe numbers. | M | 54 | 2 years | 8/15/2008 | 5 | high ldl | none | cut high cholestorel from 278 to 134 | M | 72 | | 7/23/2008 | 5 | high cholesterol | None | Taking 40mg daily for several years. Cholesterol much lower,HDL higher,LDL below 100 and lower triglycerides | M | 65 | 10 years | 5/4/2008 | 5 | high cholesterol | No problems with this drug | F | 60 | 5 years | 3/21/2008 | 5 | Congestive Heart Failure/Renal Fail | none | My doctor switched me from Pravachol to Lipitor almost a year ago because of a study that was done in CHF patients and when Lipitor was used, hospitalizations were cut almost in half. Normally I have to go into the hospital a minimum of 2 times a year. Since I started taking Lipitor, I have not been in the hospital even once! Also, he also told me that Lipitor was better for my kidneys than the statins. | M | 82 | 300 days | 3/20/2008 | 5 | High cholesterol, by-pass, angiop. | Most of the side effects everyone else has: weak legs, muscle and back soreness, ears ringing, feel bad, all usually in the mornings. | However, it lowered my cholesterol, tryglycerides, and blood pressure, along with a lot of exercising. I had by-pass surgery in 1986, angioplasty in the mid 90's, started on Zocor, then my doctor switched me to Lipitor and have not had to have either since I started on the statins. (started with 20mg. then 40mg., and now 80mg.) Its not perfect, but it keeps me alive. I am now 65 and I thank God every single day for my doctor and my medicine. I just gut it up and make my self jog a mile and walk a mile 4-5 times a week, pain or no pain. I have lived to see my grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Life is good. Think positive! | M | 65 | 12 years | 1/26/2008 | 5 | heart attack and high cholesterol | None. | I have taken 80 mg per day for three years, and have had no side effects and my LDL typically measures between 40 and 45. This drug -- when combined with lifestyle changes -- certainly works well. | M | 43 | 3 years | 1/22/2008 | 5 | High Cholestrol | none | It dropped my cholestrol down fast.My liver tests are good.I take 20mg a night.Cholestrol runs about 200. | F | 50 | 3 years | 12/18/2007 | 5 | | 9/20/2007 | 5 | high cholesterol | none | Taking 80mg. Really lowered my LDL to 70. Don't feel better or worse on it but the angiogram was scary so I'll keep taking it until some real Drano comes along. Expensive out of pocket, though. And this is Canada. | M | 37 | 18 months | 9/4/2007 | 5 | High Cholesterol | No significant side effects. Slight muscle aches in my back in the morning when I first started taking it, but that passed with time. I've been taking a 40 mg tablet before bedtime every day for four years. | Combined with a low fat/low cholesterol diet, the drug helped lower my cholesterol to 125 from well over 200. | M | 4 years | 8/6/2007 | 5 | mild elevated cholesterol | none-taking it for 6 years | My cholesterol is in 110 range on Lipitor | M | 70 | 6 days | 7/22/2007 | 5 | high cholostrol | none | F | 64 | 3 days | 5/29/2007 | 5 | Hi Cholesterol | None Maybe I'm just lucky. I went from 80mg zocor to 40 then 80 mg lipitor all with no discernible side effects. | Without statins my TC is around 300, with 80 mgm lipitor it is a consistent 140. Nothing else worked to bring it down and I nearly died with 99% blockage of the LAD before an angioplasty and going on statins. Both my grandfather and father dropped dead in their early sixties. For me, this is a wonder drug. | M | 70 | 3 years | 4/17/2007 | 5 | Hi Cholesterol | This is the same poster as the previous posting. I notice a poster attributed Bell's palsy to lipitor. I too had Bell's, I went back and looked at my cholesterol chart and found I got Bell's before I started on lipitor. | There seems to be a consistent occurence of muscle pain and/or liver problems but I wonder how many other problems are not really attributable to lipitor eg see my Bell's palsy. Also I get night muscle cramps but I have had occasional muscle cramps at night since I was a child, Maybe my memory isn't as good as it was but I'm 70 and I still passed one of the hardest bar exams in the country less than 2 years ago. However I don't doubt that some unlucky people are having bad side effects, I just wonder about some of the more esoteric ones. | M | 70 | 3 years | 4/17/2007 | 5 | High Cholesterol | No side effects. On for 3 years so far...feel great. | 20mg and working fine. | M | 51 | 36 days | 4/2/2007 |