LIPITOR Reviews (ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM)Average Rating: 1.9 (1269 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LIPITOR with similar:
Type: Rx Drug
|
Results are sorted by length of time drug was taken longest to shortest. Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 |
More on LIPITOR: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LIPITOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | cholesteral | none | -blood tests every 6 months to monitor possible side effects. after 3 years, nothing to report so far | M | 56 | 3 years | 10/9/2002 | 5 | High Cholesterol 251 | None that I know of. I am concerned that it aggrivates my Rhinitis and swells the nasal passages. After taking Litpitor (10mg) I started on Nasonex. I stopped taking it about a month ago to see if I can breathe better. | Lowered CHol from 251 to 171 with only 10mg. | M | 41 | 3 years | 1/5/2005 | 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 | 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 | 4 | high cholesterol. | none. but soon as i started it the staticy feeling in my abdomin stopped and the hot feelings i usually suffered from when that static would start had ceased with it. i feel much better. it drove my cholesterol down to almost perfect levels. of course if you behave with your diet. AND if the medication doesn't make you sick. | if you feel better taking it you've hit the jack pot. i've heard so many who suffer bad cramps and chest pains with this medication. i've lucked out. though i've had unsuccessful endeavors with another medication pertaining to triglycerides... but lipitor has actually made me feel much better from a problem i've suffered feeling as a child... abdominal irritation or a sensation that feels like electricity zapping around my midsection and used to make me feel hot and irritable. soon as i took lipitor that all stopped. i'm very happy something helped that. i was tired of feeling "strange" when it came to my gut. :D | F | 37 | 3 years | 4/11/2007 | 4 | high LDL and triglycerides | None for three years, then bam! Toes became so painful I couldn't stand it, as did leg neuropathy. | Lipitor made my cholesterol numbers improve greatly for three years. But alas, the side effects finally showed up with a vengeance, and I can no longer take Lipitor. | M | 61 | 3 years | 9/7/2009 | 4 | Heart Attack & High Cloestrol | Severe Neck Cramps, Ackey leg cramps too... Headaches off & on... Tiredness, crabby with spouse more often... Can't sleep good at night... | I started out with 10mg, and then 20mg, and then 40mg, before the Doctor saw any good results, but as the milligrams went up i got more & more symptoms, and i had even left my wife due to this drug. I felt that i was in another world, and i didn't even need her at all. I finally have been reduced to 20mg again, but still having all the aches, but i am now back with my wife, and have apologies for all of my drug reactions towards her. We really do have to PAY dearly for getting our HEALTH back people. So be careful, and PRAY alot more than normal about your health, GOD is listening to you daily... > FDWH | M | 52 | 3 years | 1/13/2002 | 4 | To lower cholesterol | M | 58 | 3 years | 1/29/2005 | 4 | High Cholesterol | Achilles Tendonsitis, foot pain, weakness in upper arm muscles, severe knee pain, gas, arthritis like symptoms in hands, swelling of ankles, shin pain, increased fatigue and occasional leg cramps. | Until I found this site I could not understand why | F | 54 | 3 years | 5/26/2005 | 4 | High Cholesterol | Achilles Tendonsitis, foot pain, weakness in upper arm muscles, severe knee pain, gas, arthritis like symptoms in hands, swelling of ankles, shin pain, increased fatigue and occasional leg cramps. | Until I found this site I could not understand why | F | 54 | 3 years | 5/26/2005 | 4 | High cholesterol | None. Doctor warned of possible muscle pain but none was experienced. | Cholesterol was 240, 10mg reduced it to 190 but still developed Coronary Artery Disease. 20mg and 30 mg reduced it to 160 but did not reduce triglycerides until 40mg. Conclusion: drug will lower cholesterol but not CHD risk. Diet, excercise, niacin all help but have stress test and know heart attack symptoms regardless. | M | 56 | 3 years | 6/20/2002 | 4 | high colesteral | Both entire legs ached several hours a day, diziness, droped down to 20mg every other day with more exercise and dont really have a problem to say, collest. is 158 now. | Lipitor brought me down about 70 points, but diet was important at the time. Ive had 5-bypass 1985 and 9-stents 5 years ago Was on Mevecor and asked to change to lipitor as Mev wasn't doing anything.I also take some alternatives which have definately made a differance. I dropped my Lipitor of 20mg down to every other day instead of just laying off of it and this has been pretty much the case so far. Collestrol has stablized at 147-158 and really not on any diet. I enjoy eating whatever comes along. | M | 73 | 3 years | 4/3/2004 | 4 | high cholesterol | No noticeable side effects. Lowered cholesterol and triglycerides | F | 77 | 3 years | 10/27/2003 | 4 | cholesterol | M | 58 | 3 years | 8/1/2005 | 4 | Elevated cholesterol | Memory loss/ability to concentrate. | Prescribed 20mg for the past 3 years or so, my cholesterol levels have all been normal since starting this medicine. Originally I was given Crestor 10mg, but experienced muscle pain, and was given Lipitor. The only problem is I feel I have suffered memory loss and the ability to concentrate since taking this medication. | M | 41 | 3 years | 10/4/2008 | 4 | high cholesterol | none | works fine, but Pfizer is now screwing the American public by denying access to the drug through legitimate Candian pharmacies. Therefore, I'm switching to Zocor. | M | 47 | 3 years | 8/10/2004 | 4 | To lower cholesterol | DEPRESSION, INSOMNIA, anxiety, tiredness, decreased eye sight, loss of quality of life | Effective drug for lowering cholesterol, but not worth the reduction in quality of life. Please be carefull with lipitor and the other statins !! PS: I've stopped taking Lipitor after consulting my physician. He fully agreed. | M | 47 | 3 years | 11/9/2004 | 4 | To lower cholestrol | Over the past three years the drug has definately worked but I have developed almost a dibilitating problem with both of my arms. I am unable to move them in any direction but the normal motion. It has got to the point where turning over in bed wakes me up because of the pain it causes. I have had a blood test to determine if Lipior is causing this serious problem and the results said no it wasn't. However, I even went to an orthopdetic surgeon and after he checked me out, he looked at the drugs that I take (i am also a type 2 diabetic) and he said "ahh, Lipitor..more people taking this drug come to me with problems like this". I have an annual physical on 8/27 and am going to tell the doctor I'm stopping the Lipitor to see what happens. | M | 58 | 3 years | 8/24/2001 |