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 | Within 7 days I had such severe myopathy (muscle pain) and cramping I could not walk, my CPK was elevated to that of a person having a heart attack and my liver enzymes were very elevated. | I was on 10 mg and in | F | 58 | 7 days | 8/25/2005 | 1 | high LDL | The worst gas I've ever experienced! I mean smelly and painfull! Diarhea, headache, backache, runny nose. 1 week on 40mg. Am stopping it now before anything else happens! | Why did my doctor start me on such a high dose? No warning of these side effects- I mean the gas and bloat is so bad I can't go to work. | F | 52 | 7 days | 12/28/2005 | 1 | high cholesterol | Extreme tummy bloating. Tight chest. Headache. Mood swings. Awful gas tummy pains cold shivers. | F | 62 | 7 days 20mg | 7/11/2013 | 1 | high cholesterol | Extremely severe pain in right shoulder as if from extreme workout or injury(none which apply). Stopped taking lipitor seven days ago and still experiencing pain in shoulder and tingling and numbness down right arm radiating into fingers. | No more medications........will attempt holistic approach....vitamins C and/or niacin. | F | 41 | 7 days | 9/20/2004 | 1 | prescribed by MD for 138 LDL | Feet hurt and unbelievable brain headaches, fuzziness, short term memory loss. | It's been two weeks and some of the head memory and slow thought is starting to dissipate. I consider this a very severe reaction for a 138 LDL, and hereditary diabetic. | F | 57 | 7 days 20 1X day | 6/15/2015 | 5 | mild elevated cholesterol | none-taking it for 6 years | My cholesterol is in 110 range on Lipitor | M | 70 | 6 days | 7/22/2007 | 5 | High Cholesterol levels | Persistent triedness,loss of concentration,uncharacteristical moodiness,short term memory loss,light headedness(in a daze type of thing)unwarranted depression and the occasional thoughts of suicide,tightness and annoying stimuly type of feeling in the neck near the base of the skull,husky vocal chords. | I am so glad to have come across this Web page. Thank you!!! I was reading pretty much all of the ones listed and the patterns are obvious to my problems mainly being the persisten feeling of tiredness when i know i shouldn't be tired. The light headedness and often foggy vision, short term memory loss and the annoying thing of not being able to concentrate very well. Basicaly, feeling way out of myself. Many are sharing the same effects and I know now that I am not imagening them. I have been on Lipitor 40 mg. for some years now. It did help my reduction of highg cholesterol. It was also a gradual onset of all the above mentioned; This is | M | 49 | 6 days | 9/14/2004 | 4 | Dr. suggested it for controlling hi | Terrible short term memory problems, lack of motivation, weak and wobbly unbalanced feeling (walked like a 90 year old), not sure footed as I walked, overall weak feeling, difficulty driving due to muscle function irregularities, tightness in throat with occasional choking problem, lightheaded foggy brain (like being in a stupor), loss of endurance, heavy legs and arms, eye muscle spasms, dizziness (vertigo), lousy sleeping at night, terrible concentration, bad dreams nightly, foot and leg cramps especially at night in bed, always exhausted, hip joint pain, muscular aches, swallowing problems, hard to get out of bed in the morning, constant muscle tension in legs (inflexibility), sadness, mood swings, loss of muscle mass in chest and arms. | I took 10 mg/day of Lipitor for 6 years. It worked perfectly and made my blood test numbers for cholesterol, HDL/LDL and Triglycerides look textbook perfect. A few of the symptoms I listed (mostly muscular) quickly appeared when I began the Lipitor and became slowly more intense and more of them came into the picture as each year passed. I stopped the Lipitor recently out of desperation and most all symptoms improved greatly within days of stopping. I do not plan to resume it and will find some other way to control things. | M | 58 | 6 days | 10/23/2005 | 4 | high cholesterol | i feel its ok. | F | 64 | 6 days | 7/31/2005 | 3 | Cholesterol 307 | Tight throat, holding water | Second time I am trying to live with Lipitor. First time was bad, I went with another product which sent me to the emergency room twice, it suffocated me.Then I switched to another one which was worse then the second one, kidneys hurt, bladder infection, black outs. Now I'm back on 20mg Lipitor and will take them regardless of side effects. I have low tolerance to any medications, taking the Lipitor at night so I sleep through most side effects. | F | 66 | 6 days | 8/18/2004 | 2 | Extremely high cholesterol | Stomach cramps, muscle pain, lower back pain, irritability, flu-symptoms, malaise. | After reading in several sites what the experiences were of other patients-- I would only recommend Lipitor as a last resort. | M | 58 | 6 days | 11/5/2002 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Eczema on hands and feet, rash on upper left torso, depression | Cholesterol at 312. Stopped taking after 6 days and depression lifted a few days later. Took 2 weeks for eczema outbreak to subside. Started taking an herbal cholesterol formula by Dr. Sinatra and eating oatmeal everyday. 8 weeks after stopping lipitor was retested and cholesterol dropped to 255. obviously not from lipitor but from changes in diet and supplements. doc want to try lower dosage but i am hesitant. i'm staying on new diet and supplements for now. retest in 30 days to see how effective. trying to avoid statins at all cost. doc is very insistant, almost as if he's getting a kickback. we'll see. | M | 47 | 6 days | 3/25/2005 | 1 | High cholesterol | Memory loss impotent nausea dizziness extreme muscle fatigue joint aches tingling in hands no energy no strength and speech Sharein after six days of use | This drug should be black boxed this is nothing but poison to the human body better to have high cholesterol and no side effects | M | 57 | 6 days 20 | 7/14/2015 | 1 | My cholesterol was 300 | Bad side effects doctor put me on Lipitor without telling me the side effects and I didn't read the side effects on the paper that's coming with the pills, I took Lipitor for 6 days now I'm off be cause I felt no good at all muscle contractions back pain I thought I'm having a hart attain went to the doc have e k g come back normal have blood test they say nothing to worry about now I 'm experiencing depression but I feel little bit better is being 3 days since I stop taking , hopefully it's going away , my advice stay away from Lipitor... | M | 37 | 6 days 10 mg | 7/3/2015 | 1 | cholestrol | right hand swollen with great pain. unable to use it. | I used the generic one Atorvastatin | F | 63 | 6 days 40mg 1X day | 9/9/2015 | 1 | high cholos. | leg pain, loss of memory, loss of libido and lack of sleep. | M | 72 | 6 days | 9/25/2009 | 1 | high cholesterol | muscle aches in legs | I tried 10mg a day for 6 days but developed muscle pain in legs. Doctor is now putting me on 10mg once a week to see if I can "tolerate" that dosage. Thanks to all you guys for a heads-up on what can happen with this drug as it is nice not to be blindsided by the medical community. Thanks again to everybody who posts here!! | M | 52 | 6 days | 12/19/2009 | 1 | cholestrol | fatigue, muscle crammps, bloating, and intense chest pains. Also depression (on second try). | After one week, realized that I could not handle this! I'd rather live off rice cakes and water.. I Went on a bike ride and felt like I had the flu. Went home, got on the 'net and searched for side effects and was amazed at what I found. Went off lipitor, but my doc convinced me to try again.. After 3 days, same symptoms plus depression and mood swings. Stopped again, started watching my diet more closely and have dropped my cholestrol by 30 pts w/in a couple of months. | M | 47 | 6 days | 12/22/2004 | 1 | lower cholesterol | muscle aches and weakness nearly bed ridden over it and soon after they took me off I had a high sugar attack and have been on insalin ever since | F | 70 | 6 days | 9/30/2005 | 1 | High cholesterol | I feel awful, I've gone from being an energetic person to very tired. Lower back pain, pains and aches in hands and calves. Body feels stiff and sore, tingly at times. Forgetting mid sentence what I am talking about. Can't think through times and what I'm doing, when. Sore stomach, diarrhoea, periodic neck pain, strange sensation in my teeth, extra emotional than usual. Work has been a struggle this week, required time off as I can't cope a whole day. I will see my doctor tomorrow, I can't and won't continue like this. | F | 53 | 6 days 10 | 4/12/2017 |