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 | M | 69 | | 8/6/2003 | 3 | hc | 57 | | 2/2/2003 | 3 | cholesterol | | 3/31/2004 | 3 | hight cholestrol | | 3/8/2005 | 3 | | 4/11/2005 | 3 | cholestoral | corrections - it was advicor not navicor | | 5/26/2005 | 3 | High Cholesterol | Muscle pain (severe neck, shoulder, back pain. leg pain) has become increasingly pronounced in the past few months (have taken Lipitor for 3+ years). Dr. suggests side effects may be due to "cumulative effect" - will cease taking for approx 2 weeks to determine if there is any improvement. | M | 64 | | 2/10/2009 | 3 | High Cholesterol | Weight gain, severe muscle pain upon waking that eventually came to last all day. Horrible right shoulder joint pain. Developed severe hip pain when walking after being on this med for a year. Became forgetful and thought that was age related. | I have decided to experiment and come off Lipitor for awhile to see if it makes any difference in pain. I've been off it for two days and I honestly already think I notice a drop in pain levels. My cardiologist insists I take it but I'm not willing to do that anymore if the pain is going to be the result. | F | 70 | 20MG 1X day | 8/7/2014 | 3 | elevated LDL | muscle spasms, body aches, itching | F | 51 | | 8/10/2004 | 3 | | 10/28/2004 | 3 | extreme moodiness, constipation, irritibility, anger | F | 76 | | 11/13/2004 | 3 | Over 300 Cholesterol | - Chest muscle pains. - Pins and needles in legs and arms. - Numbness in fingers, reduced hand grip power. - Numbness/pain in back. - Numbness/headache in forehead. - Numbness in mouth. - Headache that lasts for days. -My sight also gets tired from computer a lot easier than before. | The week I started to take I had the chest ache, confirmed to be muscular by doctors. At the start of the second week, I accidentally took a dose in the morning instead of the night because I took the wrong pill (skipped the night dose). The day after I started to have the other symptons. The worst one - the mouth one has faded, but the others remain. I found out too late grapefruit juice can make this drug stronger. I drank it some days during the first 2 weeks. Stopped drinking it. At the beginning of third week I took 50mg of CoQ10 per day for 3 days. I couldn't sense an improvement, but after stopping for other three days I will try again. (I need better evidence before buying a can of CoQ10, it is very expensive and hard to find around here). Will beg my cardiologist to let me try natural exercise before continuing statins. Giving it a 3, because it was effective , in a single month and with ezetimibe and exercise all my numbers are in very safe ranges. Please be careful about "natural" supplements. Homeopathy simply does not work - it is just water - The supplements that do work may also have side effects, just like the drugs. Red Yeast Rice, for example, actually contains a statin (lovastatin) , so it will most likely have all the set of side effects as the other statins... | M | 28 | 20mg 1X day | 5/2/2013 Patient History | 2 | High cholesteral | well been of this drug for nearly 3 months and the side affects have mostly gone.Just slight stiffness sometimes in feet.Next is now go and see my GP and see wot he has say about my finding when after being tested for any problems which were supposed to be normal.Never again will i take this drug. | M | 47 | 20mg 1X day | 11/21/2013 Patient History | 1 | aid to cyclosporin for kidney disea | weakness, fatigue, muscle spasms, stiffness all over, achilles tendonitis that won't heal, flu-like symptoms, feeling like "an old lady". | I've been on Lipitor for almost 2 years as a booster for a type of kidney malfunction. Over that time I've gradually become weaker, stiff, and low in energy and over the past few weeks I've developed flu like syptoms and muscle spasms. My achilles tendonits just won't get better despite 3 months of PT. I saw my doctor about this today and he suggested going off the Lipitor to see if it was causing this. Thank you all for posting such enlightening information. I hope that we all do better off this drug! | F | 44 | | 3/3/2006 | 1 | high lipids | muscle ache | | 3/4/2006 | 1 | after heart attack | Tingling all over my body and numbness | F | 46 | | 12/9/2005 | 1 | high cholesterol | took Lipitor for over a year with no negative effects, then gradually developed terrible joint pain, couldn't move shoulders, hips hurt, had to push out of chair like old person | stopped taking it after almost 2 years; it really lowered cholesterol, but at cost of terrible joint pain, loss of sleep, shoulder and hip pain and loss of range of motion. Stopped, and pains lessened in one week; took months for it all to go away | F | 61 | | 5/20/2006 | 1 | abnormal lipid profile | fatigue, depression, hand and feet joint pains so very severe, dysfunctional bowel, muscle aches, no energy | patients need to realize that the statins block the mevalonate pathway that leads to ubuquinol which is the catalyst for all energy formation in the human body, this is catastrophic and must be treated by cessation of statin and 200mg. of ubiquinol twice a day, takes time to reverse side effects | M | 62 | 1X day | 11/13/2012 | 1 | high cholestrol | Torn ham string. Had months of aquatic therapy & it did not help. Finally I had such pain in both legs in my upper thigh and upper leg by my hip area that I could hardly stand it. I had noticed 5 years prior to this that my muscles seemed to never feel the same as before I started on a statin drug. I kept thinking is this old age. It got so bad that I could hardly walk after sitting for any period of time. I finally called my doctor and was advised to stop the statin drug. It took a few months for the pain to subside. | I took 40 Mg for 10 years. It brought my cholestrol down but I could not stand all of the muscle pain. | F | 63 | 40 MG 1X day | 1/22/2012 | 1 | Des stent/cholesterol | Body Pains all over, major on going muscle cramps, very bad stomach pains, nervous system problems, pushing blood presure up and up and early signs of osteoarthritis. | Very bad not for my body type. Came off it to see what happens. I am trying some other things to control the bad cholesterol - change of diet, exercise and some other natural things. By stopping Lipitor my quality of life has returned. My bad cholesterol is fine for now the same as a normal persons reading but not as low as the doctors would like it. Who would think such a drug can do so much harm and is recommended by the family doctor. It does lower cholesterol but it also is a major contributor to other health problems. | M | 48 | 80mg 1X day | 6/21/2011 |