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 |
| 1 | high cholesterol... | MY DOCTOR PRESCRIBED 10MG OF LIPITOR 3 YEARS AGO...THIS PAST SEPTEMBER HE INCREASED THE DOSAGE TO 20mg. SHORTLY AFTER, I BECAME EXTREMELY FATIGUED AND HAD HEADACHES. I HAD TO LEAVE WORK AROUND 1 PM DAILY. I WENT BACK TO THE DOCTOR....HE SAID IT COULD BE MY THYROID.....BLOOD TEST WAS NORMAL. THE DR DIDN'T LOOK FURTHER. I THEN STARTED TO EXPERIENCE KNEE PAIN,,,SEVERE KNEE PAIN. MY DAUGHTER FORWARDED THIS WEB SITE TO ME & I BELIEVE IT'S SAVING MY LIFE. I CALLED MY DR AND TOLD HIM THAT I KNEW IT WAS THE LIPITOR EFFECTING ME. HE TOLD ME TO STOP TAKING IT FOR 2 WEEKS,,,,I'VE BEEN OFF THE LIPITOR FOR 1 WEEK. THE KNEE PAIN HAS GREATLY SUBSIDED AND I'M LESS FATIGUED. THE HEADACHES ARE GONE | F | 69 | 3 years | 11/30/2004 | 1 | Diabetes with elevated LDL | Aching over my entire body, extreme fatigue, stiffness when getting up in the morning or getting up after being off my feet for awhile. Doctors make me feel like I am crazy. Also had severe depression. Have taken 2-3 different statins. Like others who have written in, I have felt as though I am 100 yrs. old. | There is a wonderful website Spacedoc.net with much information on the statins, and he has published a book as well on the serious side effects of the statins. | F | 57 | 3 years | 7/19/2006 | 1 | CPK | elevated CPK in the 250 range. I have been of Lipitor of 15 months and my CPK is still elevated. Three doctors have agreed that it is/was caused by lipitor. Does anyone have info????? | M | 59 | 3 years | 4/26/2006 | 1 | had a heart-attack in Jan. 06 | it will kill some people | M | 61 | 3 years | 5/29/2006 | 1 | high cholesterol | Pain along front and outer side of shins...very tender to the touch...walking was the worst,some weird toe tingling at times...lasted for years, told it was a pinched nerve in my back. After reading reports on the internet I stopped it a month ago and its about 50% better already. | muscle pain side effects seem much more common than realized by doctors or admitted by the company | M | 49 | 3 years | 2/18/2004 | 1 | to lower cholesterol | After being on 10 mg of Lipitor for about 3 years, I started to experience speech and swallowing problems which got worse while I continued to take it as recommended by my physician. After 6 months, my speech and swallowing were so bad that I stopped the Lipitor. It is now one year after stopping and I was diagnosed with ALS (which tests later verified was incorrect) and I think that I am beginning to improve in speech and swallowing...but very slowly and I may never get back to where I was before Lipitor. It has also affected my memory. | Had Pfizer just mentioned in their precautions that Lipitor just might cause speech and swallowing problems, I would have stopped taking statin drugs 6 months earlier and I would have been OK again. | F | 72 | 3 years | 7/14/2004 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Body aches (knees, back and especially chest) which increased with time, lethargic, short term memory lacking, concentration is worse than ever | Worked wonders for my cholesterol but ruined everything else. I kept telling my doctor about the body aches but he always blamed it on something else...stress, anxiety, lack of exercise. I'm still on the lipitor but I'm contacting my doctor to try another cholesterol med. I'm glad I came across this site. | M | 31 | 3 years | 4/12/2005 | 1 | Cholesterol | Temporal Lobe epilepsy | M | 3 years | 6/5/2005 | 1 | cholesterol | Muscule pain and numb leg chest pain. | F | 57 | 3 years 30 | 5/13/2013 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Short term memory affected, loss of concentration levels, Dizzy, hightened Anxiety Levels,generaly feeling unwell like walking in a daze (Zombie like) Weakness in Leg Muscles. All of these where a gradual onset over time making it harder to identify the course | Terrible Medication! Ruined me every day quality of life! I was not surprised that many People reported similar and worst effects. Stay off it and find some other means to controll your cholesterol if you can. Big Money spinner for Lipitor who m ake Billions from it each year and it is making People quite sick. Naturepath for my options. | M | 54 | 3 years | 12/26/2009 | 1 | Cholesterol | It concerns me that someone else is recommending SIMVISTATIN as an alternative to LIPITOR. Up until 3 weeks ago I was taking LIPEX which is SIMVISTATIN - it reduced my cholesterol very satisfactorily. However - over time, the following symptoms developed - pain in hips cannot walk even a short distance due to pain. Legs felt like they had run a marathon! Deep bruising - I thought I was just being clumsy. Joint pain in spine, hips and elbows. Exhaustion. | A colleague asked if I was on cholesterol medication and informed me there could be a connection - I found this website - amazed at all the similarities to me - I thought I was going MAD!!! I came of LIPEX 3 weeks ago, muscles feel better, energy levels picking up, but hip pain still throbbing. I also felt like an old woman, I have over the years been to physiotherapists and chiropractors who did not know what to do - recently diagnosed with bursitis in the hips had 2 cortizone injections - still suffering severe hip pain and cannot walk more than 5 yards. Doctor agreed I could be having severe side effects of STATIN drug - has insisted I need my cholesterol attended to - has now put me on BEZALIP (no relation to STATINS so I am told) I haven't filled the script yet - need to do more research. My heart goes out to all of you! | F | 50 | 3 years | 4/9/2007 | 1 | Cholesterol | Up until 3 weeks ago I was taking LIPEX another member of the Statin family - reduced my cholesterol very satisfactorily. However - over time, the following symptoms developed - pain in hips cannot walk even a short distance due to pain. Legs felt like they had run a marathon! Deep bruising - I thought I was just being clumsy. Joint pain in spine, hips and elbows. Exhaustion. | A colleague asked if I was on cholesterol medication and informed me there could be a connection - I found this website - amazed at all the similarities to me - I thought I was going MAD!!! I came of LIPEX 3 weeks ago, muscles feel better, energy levels picking up, but hip pain still throbbing. I also felt like an old woman, I have over the years been to physiotherapists and chiropractors who did not know what to do - recently diagnosed with bursitis in the hips had 2 cortizone injections - still suffering severe hip pain and cannot walk more than 5 yards. Doctor agreed I could be having severe side effects of STATIN drug - has insisted I need my cholesterol attended to - has now put me on BEZALIP (no relation to STATINS so I am told) I haven't filled the script yet - need to do more research. My heart goes out to all of you! | F | 50 | 3 years | 4/9/2007 | 1 | High cholesterol | I have been taking lipitor for 3 years. I though the side effects was just me. It wasn't until I talked to a friend and she told me about her boyfriends side effects, it was like she was talking ab out me. Memory loss, joint pain, swollen feet and hands, sore ribs, inability to sleep well, no sex drive, moodiness, always tired, lack of energy, increased heart rate, headaches every day, and dry joints. This all became worst when my dose was increased from 40mg to 80 mg 3 months ago. | I have now decided to try other methods to reduce my cholesterol. (Mine is hereditary). I have a wonderful chiro whom suggested I try lecithin, with Omega 3, and Vit C. Here goes, I hope to be to get back to my walk of 6km a day. | F | 41 | 3 years | 8/17/2007 | 1 | high cholesterol | severe leg pains | M | 72 | 3 years | 8/26/2007 | 1 | high cholesterol | muscle pain and weakness, headaches, sleep disturbances | Have been on this drug for about 3 years but for the last 18 months I've been having problems with various muscles. Started with my SI joints...lots of pain in the muscles there, very tight. Then my neck started getting stiff and the muscles are like boards they're so tight. Now the pain has gone into my shoulder and upper arm on my left side. Just last week I noticed my right arm is tight also. I can't sleep on either shoulder now. My lower back is also tight again! And I get terrible headaches from the tight neck muscles. I googled muscle pain and Lipitor showed up on the first 6 or 7 entries!! I read all the comments on this page and couldn't believe it!! I see my symptoms over and over! So, I had blood tests done this week and have elevated creatine so was told today to stop Lipitor immediately, and will see my doctor next week. After reading all these comments, I have no doubt that Lipitor is the cause of all this discomfort. I just hope and pray that I can recover from these terrible side effects. I will use vitamin C and other natural things to help my cholesterol...but if that doesn't help...hey..I'd rather die from a heart attack than die a slow painful death on Lipitor. I think drugs are released on the market these days without enough long-term clinical studies to make sure they are safe. | F | 55 | 3 years | 3/19/2009 | 1 | doctor wanted my LDL lowered. | Indigestion - never had it before and stopped when I stopped taking the statin. Chest pains waking me up at night - never had it before and stopped when I stopped taking the statin. Neuropothy in right hand & arm - never had it before and stopped when I stopped taking the statin. | I believe it is totally unnecessary for healthy people. We NEED cholesterol. In trying to reduce it, statins stop a whole cascade of addditional enzymes and proteins that are absolutely necessary for healthy bodies. It took three years of statins (2 on Zocor then 1 one on Lipitor) at 40mg per day to finally cause the above reactions to the destruction the stains were doing to my body. | M | 59 | 3 years | 2/12/2008 | 1 | high cloresterol | shrinking muscels,leg arms,neck vertgo from convusing neck muscels | unable to get out of bed,loss of strength,memory,halucinations been of it for 2 years,not quite cured kill | M | 75 | 3 years | 12/25/2008 | 2 | high cholesterol | Joint pain in the knees and hips. Pain in the shoulders. A tingling sensation in the back of my neck. Tinnitus. Weak muscles. | Lipitor did lower my cholesterol, and I had no side effects for 2.5 years. Now my legs , shoulders, and hips ache. The most acute pain is in the legs. Stiffness is more prevalent in he morning. Getting out of bed is painful. The nurse practitioner did admit that these side effects can occur after 2 to 3 years. She suggested that I stop taking it for a few weeks. I stopped 2 months ago, and will not take it again. The tingling in the neck has stopped, but the leg and shoulder pain has not abated. I am 70 years old, weigh 167 lbs, exercise daily, don't smoke, and eat fruits and vegetables. I drink wine in moderation, haven't drank coffee or tea in over 20 years, but I do eat red meat in moderation. I will take my chances with elevated levels of high cholesterol, and only hope that the muscle damage is not permanent. | M | 70 | 2.8 years | 8/20/2009 | 5 | high cholesterol after bypass surge | aches and pains, muscular soreness in arms and shoulders | M | 64 | 2.5 years | 11/9/2004 | 4 | high cholesterol | I have done very well with Lipitor for the last 2 1/2 years. It has reduced my cholesterol significantly-from over 300 to under 150. Two weeks ago I was given the new generic. This week I noticed that all my fingers and toes were tingling, a pins and needles feeling. It was like they had fallen asleep. I immediately went back to pharmacy and got brand name again (luckily my insurance pays-it will be $15/ 3 month supply more, but it's worth it). I have noticed just within the last two days the tingling is gone. Thank goodness! I read that generics have the same active ingredients, but there may be a difference in how the medicine is released. It's not EXACTLY the same. | High cholesterol runs in my family and I am greatful that Lipitor can help me manage this. | F | 40 | 2.5 years 40 1X day | 12/27/2011 |