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 | DEVELOPED LOWER BACK PAIN. FOR WEEKS ON END COULD NOT FUNCTION NORMALY. HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ACTIVE, WORKED OUT REGULARLY. AFTER 2 MONTHS ON THIS DRUG I FELT AS IF I HAD AGED 20 YEARS. HAD CONSTANT LOWER BACK PAIN. THERE WAS NO RELIEF. DID A SELF EXPERIMENT AND WENT OFF THE MEDICATION FOR A MONTH. VIOLA!!! I STARTED FEELING LIKE MY OLD SELF, OR SHOULD I SAY YOUNG SELF. | WILL LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATIVE MEDICATION. | M | 45 | 2 days | 9/20/2004 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Alopecia, nausea, vomiting, severe back and hip pain, depression, dark thoughts, overwhelming exhaustion and muscle fatigue, sleeplessness, facial paralysis, loss of quality of life. | Have been on Lipitor for approx. 2 1/2 years. Within 5 months experienced alopecia, which I had never had before and excused as stress related. Nausea and vomiting began several months later, if taken within a 3-4 hours of eating. Then within a year of being on the medication, I experienced severe facial paralysis diagnosed as Bell's Palsey. Severe hip and back pain followed, along with depression, thoughts of suicide and paranoia. The overwhelming exhaustion that I felt every morning for over a year intensified. I have tried altering when I take Lipitor but it did not help with the nausea. I stopped taking the Lipitor 45 days ago after I began to experience hair loss again. I researched Lipitor in a pharmacy book and realized hair loss, along with most of my other ailments, were side effects. I started noticing improvement during the first 30 days. At 45 days, my facial paralysis is 99% gone, I wake rested, my back and hip pain are slowly improving and my overall mental wellbein | F | 58 | 2 days | 9/11/2006 | 1 | slightly elevated levels | stiff upper leg, quad area.some chest pain left side.not for me.called my pharma said usualy these side effects in 1-2 weeks. | M | 41 | 2 days 10 mg 1X day | 3/26/2010 | 1 | cholesterol 240 | 2 years with no problems, then toe neuropathy for two years now and other foot problems because of this I assume. | I stopped Lipitor after taking it for 2 years and toe neuropathy started. I also had stomach problems and pain. After stopping Lipitor, I thought my heart would jump out of my chest, but now stomach and heart are both OK - Feet are terrible thanks to Lipitor. I know many others that have had problems with Lipitor - feet and legs - and had to stop. All my blood test were normal. I weigh 114 and 5'2". Hike, play golf and keep busy. It is a terrible drug and should be off the market | F | 77 | 2 days | 6/25/2007 | 1 | high cholesterol | Swollen and stiff knees and elbows, mental distress, others that I am now only becoming aware of after reading many of these others testimonials | After being on Lipitor for 2 years my knees and elbows were getting increasingly stiff and sore. I'm a painter by trade and largely attributed it to over use of my joints. Repetitive stress syndrome. I went to my doctor, he sent me to an arthritis specialist, I had x-rays...nothing was found. I felt like an old (older) man during this period, I thought I was finished in terms of my trade and the things I enjoy most, like hiking. My prescription of lipitor ran out a few months after these tests were done. I didn't bother refilling it right away and noticed my knees and elbows felt better. I renewed the prescription and no sooner had I started taking it again that I felt the stiff joints return. So I stopped taking it, the stiffness goes away, started again, stiffness returns. After telling my doctor this story, right away he says "oh yeah, that's probably right" Pardon!? So why didn't you mention that possibility before all the tests? (luckily since I live in Canada, these tests were all covered by our health care system) I didn't make the connection to lipitor earlier because stiff, swollen joints were not listed as one of the side effects. Sore muscles yes, stiff swollen joints, no. I can see the class action suits coming against Pfizer. | M | 53 | 2 days | 11/21/2009 | 1 | cholesterol | left side of jaw itches ,left shoulder aches and tingles left leg iliotial band syndrome | M | 65 | 2 days | 5/15/2004 | 1 | High Cholesterol | My boyfriend is 49 and has had high cholesterol for about 10 years...his doctor put him on Lipitor...he took it twice and could hardly stay awake. Also noticed pains in his legs and weakness in his knees after the first dose. He has stopped and will not resume this treatment. There must be a better alternative. | Don't do it! There are too many websites like these with pages and pages of similar complaints. | 2 days | 11/28/2001 | 1 | High Cholesterol | My Prostate Oncologist prescribed 10 mg per day for high LDL. The first day I did my normal excercise routine, ran two miles, lifted weights, etc. That night I had neck pain, and thought it was nothing. Took the second tablet the next day. Upon arising on the second day, I noticed that I was very tired. Pain or cramping in both quads (above knee, back of leg). I was not motivated to do anything. Spent most of the day in bed, reading a book, something I rarely do. By the afternoon I could barely function. Felt generally terrible, flu like symptoms, lower back ache, irritable, no motivation, and pain in knuckles, neck, and both upper legs. I had a worse headache than usual (I have migraine), but who knows? Went to the internet and found this site. Saw Lipitor commercial on TV warning about muscle pain. I did not take the tablet today, and I am feeling better. I attribute the condition to the Lipitor, although there is no proof. I am a prostate cancer patient and take a number of other drugs, which raise the LDL. Apparently, some (a few) patients cannot tolerate this drug. I note that there are some on this list who have permanent damage, so it is serious for some of us. My legs are still sore, and feel worse than they did after a day of agressive downhill skiing a week ago. | Apparently this works for most, but some people have a severe and not so obvious reaction. Stop immediately if there is any muscle pain. | M | 64 | 2 days | 1/15/2005 | 1 | high cholesterol | Severe back pain. Leg,finger and feet joint pain similar to arthritis. Planta fasciitis similarities. Big weight gain in stomach area. I am 55 and never felt so old in my life! | went down to 10 mlg after complaining about back pain. Doctor refuses to believe it is the medication causing the pain. | F | 55 | 2 days | 4/21/2005 | 3 | Type I Diabetic; high TGL and COL | day two of taking the product, and I have pain and tingling in my fingers as well as a major sharp pain in the side, which could be of of many things including simply gas - a common problem as reported here. | Way too early to post something more constructive, but I will come back later. Thanks to all posters here - big relief from your reports to know this is not unusual. | M | 39 | 1 days | 4/2/2005 | 3 | High colesterol gene related | Sore arms and pins and needles | F | 57 | 1 days 40mg | 7/1/2014 | 3 | LDL > 300 Tri> 900 | First - WOW! Second - okay I just started taking Lipitor yesterday - one dose in. 20mg dose and will try for two months, if something happens sooner I'll stop before the two months are up. What I am reading is that most doctors are NOT prescribing conservative dosages - maybe take that back to them the next appointment? Eh? My first night - the soundest sleep in over four years! without pain killers for the constant trigeminal neuralgis (a side benefit to be sure). Not happy about the idea of statins - strange psychic events when my mother was taking them (Zocor) - too strange to repeat in a public forum. | So I am here looking for information about the side effects - anecdotally presented - as the web site for Lipitor does not have the information that would typically come on the "drug sheet". If anyone knows of a site that has the real skinny on Lipitor's effects - please pass it along. Much appreciated! | F | 56 | 1 days | 5/29/2008 | 3 | yes | blurr vision. slurpy speach, mussle spasm in the toes and leg and calves, tiredness. head aches, memory loss. thining hair, tingling and pinches in the fingers and skin | My cholesteral drop from 11.5 to 4.1 Liptor did help to bring my cholesteral down. but after 1 year of using it i have been experciencing alot of side effects, At the beginning it was fine,but after 1 year the effect starts. i started off with 20mg and then lower it to 20mg | F | 44 | 1 days | 8/4/2006 | 3 | High cholesterol | None so far but it hasn’t been but a few hours | F | 65 | 1 days 10mg 1X day | 2/13/2024 | 2 | Possible angina? | I just took this drug (10mg)for the first time. After 2 hours I felt a warm sensation in my chest then pain then a headache. | My Cholesterol level is 150. Why would my doctor recommend this drug? | M | 62 | 1 days | 1/25/2006 | 2 | my cholesterol high | not sleeping and geting bad swets all night only happends when i take the tab | 64 | 1 days 90 | 11/30/2011 | 2 | M | 1 days | 10/28/2004 | 2 | Very high cholesterol . | Already expressing right arm pain scared of heart attack ,what should I do ? | F | 52 | 1 days 20mg | 1/2/2016 | 1 | High collestral | Hell on earth! Very thirsty, cannot sleep 2 hr a night (was fine before this poison!) Legs very weak and aching and breathing and stamina are shocking weight gain! This drug should be banned! (I've stopped taking week ago still got the effects) wrecked my life? | Before it RUINS another life take it off the market! | M | 57 | 1 days 10mg | 9/9/2015 | 1 | Hight cholesterol | Horrible medicine complete fluid retention sore stomach all day muscle pain all day one pill 25 mg:( never ever again:( | If I had known there was so many side effects I would've never took this medication! My stomach looks like a basketball! I Have been in pain all day:( – gas Throughout my stomach which I can't release :( | F | 52 | 1 days 25 | 10/23/2015 |