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 |
| 3 | high cholesterol | Makes me very tired | M | 46 | 2 years | 11/15/2006 | 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 | genetic hyperlipidemia | Like a vast majority of those contributing, a lightheadedness, tingling in the scalp, visual deficits (not double vision or blurriness but a sense of my right eye drooping though it is not). The lightheadedness and | Wokred great at lowering cholesterol from 276 to 194 but at what price? It is a bad feeling walking around thinking you've got a tumor behind your eye! | M | 33 | 2 years | 6/24/2005 | 3 | was put on this drug 80mg while in hospital on a suspected stroke, got heart problem before this episode. Cholesterol did drop and now taking 40 mg daily. side effect would be lost of short term memory. | M | 55 | 2 years 40MG 1X day | 9/14/2016 | 2 | High Cholesterol | Aching limbs, muscle pain, dull chest pain, shooting pain in inner thigh, occasional pains in feet and hands, nausea, dizzyness. Even when I stop taking this for a couple of months the pains do not go away. Has anyone completely come off this and their symptoms have gone? if so, how long did it take? | F | 65 | 2 years 10 1X day | 4/27/2022 | 2 | high cholesterol | Severe muscle pain. Severe knee and back pain. Several doctors suggested knee surgery. I went off Lipitor and knees are fine, muscle pain dissapeared. I tried it again because my doctor insisted the drug did not cause the problem since my liver lab tests were good. Tried a second time, severe pain came back within one week. | lowered my cholesterol miraculously. I'd rather have a heart attack than live with such pain. | F | 41 | 2 years | 4/25/2006 | 2 | hi cholesterol | Calf Pain. Calves tire and burn Very quickly, requiring very frequent stops on light uphill walking and stairs. Also, I've always been prone to leg and foot cramps,(twice a year) and am experiencing Some additional cramping, mostly upon waking. (twice a month) Generally become fatigued quicker, need to rest more often due to tired or burning muscles: NOT breathlessness. Exercize is even Less attractive now! | M | 47 | 2 years | 10/12/2004 | 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 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 chloresterol | Memory lapses, hip pains, skin itching sensations all over body,hair loss, depression and anxiety. | Docs are into big paybacks from big drug companies. Patients come 2nd!! They think you're nuts when you complain about side effects. Stopping 20mg Lipitor today after 2 years. Will take the risk. | M | 56 | 2 years | 4/6/2005 | 2 | High Cholesterol | Achilles peritendonitis and sore ankles, knees and fingers. Stiffness was aggravated by rest and better with activity. After sitting for 15 minutes, particularly with feet elevated, and then getting up to walk, my gait was like someone who could barely walk. Have stopped taking Lipitor and symptoms seem to be subsiding. | Lipitor worked great lowering cholesterol but the side effects are not worth the benefit. | F | 56 | 2 years | 7/5/2007 | 2 | high cholesterol | Extreme tiredness, dizziness, memory loss, moody | F | 48 | 2 years | 10/1/2009 | 1 | high cholesterol | muscle pain, weakness, difficulty swallowing, a.fib, complete heart block | I am writing this on behalf of my mother. Mom was 89 when her pmd put her on lipitor. within 7 days she started having severe muscle pain and weakness in her arms and legs, and could barely walk. She went from an 89 yr old going oon 79, to an 89 yr old going on 99 in a matter of days. went to see pmd on the 10th day and he diagnosed her with polymyalgia rheumatica and put her on steroids, and sent her to a neurologist, rheumatoligist, and orthopedic md. within around 3 months of taking this drug she was diagnosed with atrial fib and put on coumadin. withing around 6 months she went into complete heart block and had a pacemaker placed. her quality of life deteriorated in the next two years while taking this drug. she walked with the "statin shuffle", had several falls, chf, periferal vascular disease with extreme leg swelling and 3+ edema and put on lasix. she could barely swallow (you need your muscles to swallow). my mother died 1 1/2 years ago. She fell getting out of bed (had she not been on this drug she would not have had the muscle weakness and falls) developed rhabdomyolitis, seizures, and passed away 10 days later. this drug destroyed her life. As for my own experience, after 1 day of taking this drug, severe calf pain. the next day muscle twitching. ALL STATINS ARE POISON. why don't the doctors understand this? | F | 91 | 2 years 1X day | 11/17/2013 | 1 | Post stroke | Severe muscle weakness | M | 75 | 2 years 20 mg 1X day | 1/16/2016 | 1 | reduce stroke. | Numbness every morning right side of body, tingling in hands finger tips , lower back pain, dizziness, vertigo, pain in left bottom heal. Memory loss, cramps | Dangerous. Reduce daily activities | F | 57 | 2 years 40 | 7/3/2015 | 1 | Cholesterol slightly high | Took 10 mg. for two years with no problems, then started to have burning,numb feet in toe area - both feet. Also, had discomfort in right side upper and lower of stomach area. After assorted blood tests which were all normal, read an article regarding neurophathy and statins drugs. Stopped the Lipitor and slowly the stomach discomfort went away, but two years later my feet are still a mess. | Would not take this or any other statin drug | F | 77 | 2 years | 6/29/2007 | 1 | post heart attack | severe pain and severe limitation in movement in upper arm muscles; memory deficits and mental fogginess; worsening cataract; parkinson's-type tremor in left hand | Two weeks after discontinuing mevacor, the muscle pain was very much improved (full range of motion took a year to recover); tremor disappeared; vision in eye awaiting cataract surgery improved to pre-Mevacor level (my eye surgeon said that he had seen existing cataracts made more severe by statins in other patients as well); noticed distinct improvement mental function in two weeks. There have been reports of worsening of gum disease as well, which I had had and which did improve. If you read the research carefully, there is reason to believe that higher levels of cholesterol are associated with lower overall mortality rather than higher, especially in older women. Cholesterol is an important part of brain tissue and many essential biochemicals, and that serum cholesterol levels do not correlate well with arterial placque. | F | 66 | 2 years | 9/13/2007 | 1 | high cholesertol | I have had unexplained fatigue (sleeping 11-12 hours a night, and still having no energy all day)since starting Lipitor 2 years ago; my new doctor did a new test and said my SED rate is high- he suspects it is the Lipitor and told me to go off it immediately. I don't know if this is the problem, but after reading this site I will not take a statin drug again. I also have short term memory loss, and an unexplained cough. | Sure, it lowers cholesterol, but I am a zombie. | F | 57 | 2 years | 9/5/2008 | 1 | High cholesterol | Started with muscle pain and weakness, which I thought was due to my age and job.When my doctor got around to checking my liver enzymes, they were sky-high. My doctor said to stop taking Lipitor immediately. When the pain and fatigue continued, the doctor seemed surprised.The problems continued, and a specialist did a muscle biopsy. It showed permanent, irreversible muscle damage. The good news - the muscle damage shouldn't get any worse. | M | 56 | 2 years | 2/24/2009 | 1 | high cholestrol, high triglycerides | muscle weakness, tendon weakness and ruptures, memory loss. | I started taking Lipitor 3/29/06 to control elevated levels of cholesterol and triglycerides. I started taking 10 mg per day along with omega 3, fish oil, change in diet and exercise and reduced total, LDL and Tri's to acceptable levels within 3 mos. However, I tore my right Achilles tendon on 2/4/07 by just simply taking off from a sprinters stance. I then tore my left Achilles tendon on 10/26/08 by simply jumping in the air after my son won his playoff football game. Someone at the Dr's office recently recommended to me to do a search for possible connection between statin use and tendon damage/ruptures. Much to my surprise there is a significant amount of study and history of this connection. (Google "statins tendon") I have stopped the use of Lipitor immediately after finding out about this connection. I have always been very active, athletic and have worked out pretty consistently since my High School years. I am 41 now and cannot understand why now I am having th | M | 41 | 2 years | 11/17/2008 |