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 lipids | Second time trying this. First time I got a frozen shoulder. Triedit a couple of years later and I have back and chest pain that made think i was having a cardio event. Stopped the Lipitor about a week ago and still having horrible back pain. | If this stuff is damaging my muscles what is it doing to my major muscle.......... my HEART! This is a terrible drug! DO NOT TAKE! I would rather take the risk of elevated lipids! | M | 53 | 5 months 20mg 1X day | 6/4/2012 | 1 | cholesterol | Male, 67, while taking Lipitor for 5 months I experienced severe weight loss, muscle pain and loss of strength. AFTER coming off Lipitor, arthritis set in over entire body, which I have never suffered with before taking Lipitor. | Has anybody else experienced any arthritis AFTER coming off Lipitor? | M | 67 | 5 months | 2/27/2005 | 1 | high cholesterol | burning tingling, numb hands, feet, back, stomach. Body aches., Hard to walk, memory deficits. | It is TOXIC, evil, poison! | F | 52 | 5 months 40 1X day | 2/10/2016 | 1 | ldl high | Swelling and pain every, agitation, muscle cramps in leg every day bad fatigue,stomach pain low thyroid first time ever ,urinary tract infection first time ever, blot clot in femoral vein deep vein thrombosis first time ever hospital over night, first time ever.and more. | F | 55 | 5 months 40 | 8/11/2014 | 1 | high cholesterol | hair fell out, insomnia, areas of fat under the skin became sore to the touch, last straw was ringing in the ears. | I took 10mg of Lipitor daily for about 5 months. It did a fantastic job of lowering my cholesterol, and improving the good/bad ratio. Eventually, the insomnia, and the ringing in the ears (tinnitus) caused me to stop it. After 2 months on nothing I tried 5mg of Crestor (one dose), and had to lie in bed with a heating pad on my legs for the aching it caused (like the flu). I know many people who tolerate statin drugs without a problem, but for me, it's just not worth the side effects. I won't try again. | F | 59 | 5 months | 12/8/2007 | 5 | 239 cholesterol | none | Doctor gave me a prescription for a year's worth of Lipitor. I took it for four months and asked for a retest before renewing my prescription. In four months, my cholesterol dropped 100 points, HDL and LDL were in better, though not perfect balance. With my cholesterol at 139, I declined to take more Lipitor. Got HDL and LDL into perfect balance within another two months using certain over-the-counter amino acids, tocotrienols, and other nutrients I found online that supposedly do the job. They do! And the nice thing is, if my cholesterol goes up again, I know that very low dose of Lipitor will take care of it. Good stuff! | F | 67 | 4 months | 5/5/2004 | 4 | high cholesterol | weakness, tired all the time, leg, arm and back pain, not concentrating well, flu symptons randomly every few weeks, bad dreams a lot, purple sploches around waist. | I know that it works but I would rather feel like my old self as I have always been active and love exercising but on this medication I have to make myself get out and walk and go to my gym classes. | F | 54 | 4 months | 7/20/2004 | 4 | lower cholesterol | Not sure--I'm taking several medications so I don't know if the others may cause some minor side effects. | 10 mg dosage lowered cholesterol from 170 to 31 from July to Nov 06! I did change my diet also from almost no beef to almost entirely chicken and avoided butters/margerines. I am now on 5mg dosage and niaspan to raise HDL. | M | 47 | 4 months | 11/19/2006 | 4 | high cholesterol | I'm not sure if this is related to the lipitor, but shortly after I started taking it, I exprienced complete paralysis in my forehead (peripheral neuropathy). Went to a neurologist,GP and ENT, none of whom have ever seen this kind of paralysis (both sides) with no other symptoms. Has any one else come across this symptom? I"m tempted to go off the medicine to see if the paralysis goes away. | It really lowered my cholestrol a lot, so I hope this problem isn;t related. | F | 44 | 4 months | 6/9/2006 | 4 | hypercholesterolemia | Left shoulder pain and right hip and muscle pain over 3 weeks | I'm a physician and initially figured the pain was sports related (although being right handed, I was suspicious about the unilateral left shoulder pain). I stuck it out for 3 weeks until I had a significant limp. Then stopped Lipitor 3 days ago and noticed a very significant mitigation of the pain - about 80% resolved already. The drug worked wonders on cholesterol (down 80 in 4 months), but I'll be starting an alternative shortly. | M | 45 | 4 months | 5/30/2006 | 4 | high cholesterol | I'm not sure if this is related to the lipitor, but shortly after I started taking it, I exprienced complete paralysis in my forehead (peripheral neuropathy). Went to a neurologist,GP and ENT, none of whom have ever seen this kind of paralysis (both sides) with no other symptoms. Has any one else come across this symptom? I"m tempted to go off the medicine to see if the paralysis goes away. | It really lowered my cholestrol a lot, so I hope this problem isn;t related. | F | 44 | 4 months | 6/9/2006 | 3 | Angina | Bad muscle pains in legs and constant tiredness. | Changed to Zocor and things seem better. New discussion forum at http://angina.myfreeforum.org/ to discuss all issues related to this subject. | M | 53 | 4 months | 3/28/2006 | 3 | prophylaxis for ht attk and stroke | Fuzzy, dizzy, light-headedness feeling I've never had before. Low grade headache goes with it. Mild insomnia. Poor concentration, noise intolerance. | I rarely get headaches. Started getting them a while back, never put 2 and 2 together. Saw an internist and 2 neurolgists, had MRI, MRA, all showing nothing. Stopped Lipitor 2 weeks ago, with 40% reduction in severity but still waiting for it to go away. Not many here have posted follow-up. Because so many people take Lipitor, and headaches, etc are so coommon, what we need is to show that there is an increased incidence of side effects like these compared to those not taking Lipitor, AND that the side effects go away once stopping it. I will re-post when either 3 months goes by or the side effects disappear, whichever is 1st. I suspect that it will take at least a few more weeks, before the build-up effects of this mess can be cleared from my brain. | M | 40 | 4 months | 4/17/2005 | 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 | 2 | High cholestrol | Taking Lipitor 20 mg for 4 months now together with plavix, Zestril and Lopressor. Zestril and Lopressor caused many prblems so am on diovan instaed. Lipitor has recently started causing pain in back and behind the knee. Also developed hematuria . all urine test came back normal. Did anybody else experienced hematuria as a result of Lipitor use?. | Am quitiing this medicine. very dangerous and should be used in extreme circumstances. | M | 57 | 4 months | 4/4/2005 | 2 | high cholesterol | feelings of fatigue,muscle and joint pain,insomnia | it lowered my cholesterol but not sure it's worth the pain.dr put me on provacal for a few months but it didn't get the results she wanted. | 53 | 4 months | 2/13/2002 | 2 | Bad family history | Severe pain in right heel and related tendons. Muscle cramping in left lower leg. Took 10 mg daily for four months, then finally had to stop due to inablity to walk down stairs due to the pain (I am 41, and run a 5k every day, so this should not be the case). Under doctor's orders am to wait for full muscle recovery, then try again at 1/2 dosage... if pain returns I will have to seek other alternatives besides Lipitor. | The drug did knock my cholesteral down by 55%, so I have motivation to try and make it work. | M | 41 | 4 months | 6/4/2006 | 2 | High Cholesterol | Shortness of breath, fatigue, muscle soreness, numbness in arms, constant headaches, impending doom, short-term memory loss, flu-like symptoms | Thank you for this website. I have been looking for reasons why I feel this way and have started medical 101. Tomorrow am scheduled for lung scan and chest x-ray and Dr. game me # for cardiac CT scan after that. I want to cancel all appointments and stop taking Lovastatin. Being taking 40mg for 4 months now and symptoms began immediately with shortness of breath. The muscle soreness and headaches will not go away and I feel like I got hit by a truck. Will be going off it though it did lower my cholesterol. I am an otherwise healthy woman who exercises 3 times a week (walking and swimming laps)and am lacto-ovo vegetarian. Again, thank you for this website. It took a fews weeks to find it through my searching. I definitely will bookmark it. | F | 48 | 4 months | 2/24/2006 | 2 | high cholestorol | Sterted with swelling in one ankle then a knee thenb the other knee. Also lots of soreness in shoulders and some general lowering of energy. | M | 46 | 4 months | 10/11/2004 | 1 | LIPEX pravachol high cholesterol | Tired lower arms and legs muscel, hair loss, pale/yellow complexion, dizzyness, heat stress, loss of concentration, fell asleep while driving. | only took medication for 4 months then 18 mnths later took pravachol with in 4 days muscel fatigue started. have cold sweats and dizzyness.Seem to be developing sever heat intolerance | F | 53 | 4 months | 11/12/2004 |