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 | Increased from 20 - 40 mg. three months ago. Right elbow just last week became very painful - joint pain. Also, started to have upper and lower back discomfort and trouble sleeping. Bloated and gassy. Blurred vision problems occasionally. I did not connect all the dots until I started searching the web for side effects. I'm seeing my doctor today and looking into natural cures - 3000 to 6000 mg. Vitamin C daily, Lysine, Vitamins A & E. Read about Dr. Linus Pauling on-line and his findings about Vitamin C. He won a Nobel Prize for his research. | Reduced choloesterol levels significantly but side effects are not worth it. I like to have a glass of wine with my dinner but with this drug, I'm concerned in addition to the side effects I've just started experiencing. | F | 51 | 3 weeks | 1/3/2006 | 2 | High Cholesterol | After only 3 weeks on 10 mg of Lipitor I called my Dr. to discontinue. I have recently begun a workout regimine 6 days a week doing elliptical training and weight training. After workouts I would be so tired to the point where I was going to bed at 8pm (I'm normally a night-owl). I was mostly feeling drained and tired which was unusual for me and didn't feel that way previous to taking the drug. I have also experienced tingling or a sense of my hand being "asleep" (example: if you lay on it wrong and it's numb-like). I have only been off one day...but have already slept better than I had in the 3 wks on it. Don't know if it worked to lower my cholesterol since I wasn't on it for the 6 wks to do the bloodwork. I am going to try to lower it naturally through exercise and diet instead of the drug. | not sure it's worth the side effects. Stay in tune with your body...I elected to discontinue immediately with onset of side effects. Will consider other alternatives. | F | 43 | 3 weeks | 9/2/2005 | 2 | High cholesterol | Constant lightheadedness. Numbness in toes. Severe back pain. Neck, shoulder and elbow pain. Absentminded. | I'm stopping the dose. As a police officer on the street, I can't afford these side effects. I'll try some other treatment before the lipitor gets me killed. | M | 44 | 3 weeks | 10/15/2004 | 2 | high cholesterol | I felt like I had been running a marathon. My legs ached, felt weak, calf muscles painful to touch- extreme fatigue, headaches. | F | 41 | 3 weeks | 10/4/2004 | 2 | high cholesterol | Experiencing fatigue, lightheaded and weakness. Hip, back and leg pain. Along with a tennis elbow type pain that runs down into my hand. I also have neurally mediated hypotension and since I have been taking lipitor I have had recurring fainting spells. | F | 44 | 3 weeks | 6/26/2006 | 2 | cholesterol | pain in my legs,loss of sense of smell,increase appetite,headaches,extreme fatigued,tingling in my arms and legs | F | 49 | 3 weeks | 11/25/2009 | 2 | high cholesterol | i actually am taking provacal, but when I bring up the drug, it brings me to lipitor. I have experienced fatigue, hip pain,some joint pain in knee. Muscles feel like a wet dish rag. took myself off medication. will contact md. taking 40 mg a day. | F | 51 | 3 weeks | 6/21/2002 | 1 | High cholesterol | Muscle pain, flu like symptoms, extreme fatigue and exhaustion. Could hardly walk, blisters on toes. Felt like I was 80 years old and I'm only 41, I'll take my chances & change my eating habits! | M | 41 | 3 weeks 20 Mg 1X day | 12/25/2014 | 1 | High cholestoral | Caused extreme pain in back an legs. | F | 63 | 3 weeks | 4/24/2008 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Depression, anxiety, spaced-out feeling, lack of concentration, insomnia. | I take zoloft for major depression and it works well. However, within days of starting lipitor, I started feeling the adverse side effects Depression, anxiety, spaced-out feeling, lack of concentration, insomnia which are pretty much how I felt when I was experiencing major depression. The thing is, if I were to stop taking zoloft today, it would be months before I felt the depression returning, and it would take months to get back to normal when I restarted zoloft. Lipitor put me in that state in a could of weeks, and after stopping lipitor, I was feeling better in a few days. Just to be sure, I started taking lipitor a second time, and the depression came back within one or two days. It's now a week since I stopped it and I'm just now getting back to normal. I haven't noticed any increased muscle or joint pain. I'm not touching statins again. | M | 51 | 3 weeks | 2/22/2006 | 1 | High Cholestorol | Where to begin? Overall fatigue. Now get a lot of sinus colds(major pressure pain). Also used to be able to walk 3 miles easily. Now cant walk 50 ft without feeling like I am having a heart attack. Nausea. | I was on Lipitor of a total of 3 weeks before I had my first chest pain walking to car. Now a month off the drug I still have the pain. | M | 35 | 3 weeks | 5/11/2006 | 1 | high col. | Severe back and neck pains that led to severe headaches. Stopped taking it after 3-4 weeks....since then it has cleared up. | M | 59 | 3 weeks | 12/5/2006 | 1 | High Cholesterol | severe overall body pain in every joint and muscle from my neck down to my big toes. Foggy brain, exhaustion, tingling in arms and hands, flu like symptoms, lack of energy, sensitivity to cold, | I started taking Lipitor about three weeks ago and felt the before mentioned symptoms almost immediately. At first I thought it was the stress of Christmas. However I did consider the side effects of Lipitor I read in other websites. I stopped taking Lipitor for about a week and felt somewhat better, Christmas over by then, once again I considered stress as the cause and not Lipitor. I went back on Lipitor about a week ago and feel horrible again. Found this website and no longer doubt the source of pain, etc is definitely from taking Lipitor. I am seeing my GP this afternoon and I am taking myself off this drug and will seek a natural method of lowering my cholesterol | F | 48 | 3 weeks | 1/6/2006 | 1 | Very High Lipids | I added a rating about a month ago. At that time, I just stopped taking Lipitor after only three weeks because of the major side effects I experienced. Many of the side effects have lifted however I am still experiencing sore and stiff hips, knees, ankles and feet. I feel like the lower half of my body belongs to a much older person than me, I'm only 48 years old but feel 90. I am very concerned that I may have permanent damage done to my legs because of only three weeks on this drug. Is anyone else experiencing this lasting effect from Lipitor? | F | 48 | 3 weeks | 2/9/2006 | 1 | High Chloresterol | My chloresterol was 220 and my physician prescribed Lipitor. I took the medication for 3 weeks before I stopped. My left side, especially my shoulder and arm, are so sore and it's been a year since I stopped taking it. I'm concerned I have some kind of permanent damage to my muscles. I have no strength in my left arm and have a painful time lifting my own arm above my head and holding a hair dryer is a major task. My left hip hurts and I can no longer sit crosslegged on the floor. I am very limber but I cannot sit that way anymore and cannot get up from sitting on floor without a struggle. I wondered, at first, if I had some kind of mild stroke but found this website and realized I was right, it was the Lipitor. | I lowered my chloresterol by eating a bowl of oatmeal at night, for me, just changing my diet was the trick. | F | 43 | 3 weeks | 11/15/2006 | 1 | cholesterol | Fatigue, Brain Fog, Stuttering, Bad OCD! | I am diabetic and my numbers weren't horrible but they want you below 100 - this drug and the statins they tried on me were not worth it at all. | F | 56 | 3 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 12/27/2010 | 1 | Cholesterol of 256 | Dizziness, stomach aches, confusion, tiredness, trouble sleeping, muscle pain. I am healthy otherwise, labs are great and am a dancer. I stopped taking it and hope to feel better soon. The side effects are awful. | Will not take statins to lower my cholesterol. Trying a strict diet. | F | 74 | 3 weeks 10 mg | 9/16/2016 | 5 | Total cholesterol = 306 | I only took 20 mg daily for 2 weeks - several days after stopping my toes went into muscle spasms. Don't know it there was any connection. | After only 2 weeks on Lipitor, my total cholesterol fell from 306 to 178; LDL fell from 178 to 70; and, my HDL went from 116 to 89 (didn't like this result, but did like the change in the LDL). Overall the results were significant. I will start taking it again as my cardiologist has encouraged me to stay on the medication. After reading many of the comments in this website, I will remain cautious and look for side effects. Thank you to all the people who took the time to write and to the people who set up this website. Will write again after taking it for a couple of months. | F | 63 | 2 weeks | 1/25/2005 | 3 | High Cholesterol | Severe foot pain. | F | 45 | 2 weeks | 12/17/2009 | 2 | high triglycerides | I've been on Lipitor for a couple of weeks now. I've been having muscle fatigue/soreness in my forearms for about a week and now have sore cheek muscles in my face. It just dawned on me that my doctor mentioned something about muscle problems and am wondering if this could be the cause. I will find out soon. | F | 43 | 2 weeks | 1/17/2005 |