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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | to reduce LDL to optimal guideline | Left ankle tendonitis ("sprain") pain preventing walking. Possibly left plantar fascia (sole) pain/fatigue discouraging walking after a few blocks. Possibly also pain in right calf muscle after few blocks. Possibly also pain in right hip after few blocks. | I want to skip your 1-5 satisfaction report as my impression is way more complicated. Crestor DOES reduce LDL very well. But it also causes side effects (pain and fatigue in joints, muscles, ligaments, tendons) much more often than most doctors realize. Further complicating these effects is that they may become evident only after years of usage. Some people, for unknown reasons, are hardly affected at all--especially at low doses for limited periods. (Remember, FDA trials can't go on for years.) Further, these symptoms are easily confused with those of common problems like arthritis and peripheral artery disease. (Worsening this confusion is modern imaging that shows clearly that cartilage, for example, is worn away. Or that there are artery blockages. These are common, but they doesn't necessarily mean the cause of one's pain has been found!) A personal note: because of a bad family history, I took Zocor 10mg, then Lipitor 10mg for years. (I now suspect that unrecognized discomfort and fatigue gradually caused me to give up walking, my main exercise, during that time. Result: weakness and weight gain--bad for the heart in themselves.) After a disastrous experience, I resolved never to take ANY statin drug again. But later I foolishly let my internist talk me into Crestor. Again, to be cautious, I took only 2.5mg (I cut tablets in half) which, since there seemed to be no side effects, I eventually increased to 5mg. Years later I have tendonitis--no walking. | M | 89 | 30 years | 5/8/2009 | 1 | High Cholesterol | 6 wks after starting Crestor 10mg began experiencing excrutiating pain in shoulders, neck, down arms, and in lower back, leg weekness, and mild forgetfulness. Have a herniated disc but pain intensified 10 fold. Started using a walker, had to sleep in a chair (as could not push to a sitting position in bed), needed TOTAL help with shower (prior was completely independent), losing independance. Stopped medication 1 week ago and can now get up out of chair much easier, horrible pain in shoulders, neck, and arms is going away. Pain in lower back is back to normal level (for me). Able to assist with my own shower and get my meals again. P.S. Please review your parents medications and if they have had a change in their independence or any of these symptoms talk to them and their doctor about stopping medication. | F | 87 | 2 months 10mg 1X day | 11/27/2011 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Memory loss, confusion, muscle aches,loss of muscle strength. No appetite. Loss of short term memory in 1 month time. | Would like to know how long it takes for Crestor to be removed from system. Father is taking this would like to know if anyone has advice for us. Thanks | M | 86 | 12 months ? 1X day | 3/3/2010 | 1 | Elevated cholesterol readings | Muscle soreness,legs,and upper arms(deltoid area),weakness both areas. | Had taken Crestor 5 mg. EVERY OTHER DAY for over 2 and a half years.With higher reading,increased to once daily.Now,after 4 months,have muscle pain and soreness and increased physical disability.Am thrice weekly "Y" participant,exercising with Silver Sneakers,walk the tread-mill one-half mile bi-weekly,and water walk like-wise.Am too sore to do so currently.M.D.advises returning to QOD,but I'm taking a break ,period. | F | 85 | 3 years 5 mg. 1X day | 12/1/2011 | 1 | High cholesterol | I was taking 10 mg with no obvious side effects except occasional nausea. My doctor raised the dosage to 20 mg and within a month I had constant nausea and stomach pains. I told my doctor they were the same symptoms I had when I took Synthroid, which has lactose, and I thought there was a lactose problem. He looked up the lactose amount and found that the 20 mg dose had twice the amount of lactose as the 10 mg. He switched me to lactose-free fluvastatin and I am fine now. | F | 84 | 0 weeks 20 mg 1X day | 4/9/2023 | 2 | cholesterol | right leg weakness , swollen feet, legs and ankles, more on left leg. Walking is very difficult almost like I am in need of a wheelchair I have always been a daily active distance walker and this should not be a problem. Am convinced that Crestor is the culprit but my doctor does not seem to listen to my complaints saying that it is a very safe drug. | the fact that Crestor is the most potent frightens me as I went of simvastatin (Zorco) because of side effects but Crestor has only made my problems worse. | F | 83 | 7 months | 3/27/2009 | 2 | One stent in March 2007 | None until now 20 months later | Heart pain January 2007, stent March 2007. A week later a study said stents are no better than medication. It was all over the news. Too late for me. My chlolesterol never was bad, 186 in March 2007, why do I need Crestor? but doctor prescribed it after the operation. (along with BP medicin, which I decided against, always good BP, and alond with PLAVIX a blood thinner)Took one Crestor day for a long time, for the last several month only one every 3 days. November 2008 developed side effects like most other bloogers: trouble turning door knobs, joint pain, ankles to shoulders, especially in the morning. Stopped taking Crestor end November 2008. Chlolesterol still 192, (under 200 is desireable) trig 144 (under 150 is normal). Will continue with fish oil only, keep checking chlor levels. | M | 83 | 20 months | 12/9/2008 | 1 | Prescribed after a double by pass | Excruciating pains in the calfs and thighs; anemia, shortness of breath, fever, panic attacks | The doctor also felt his cholesterol at 200 was too high, and was happy that his cholesterol dropped to 101. The leg pains haven't gone away even though he immediately stopped taking Crestor; the blood tests showed hemoglobin count of 11 instead of 14, white blood cells went up and the sedimentation rate, which indicates infection somewhere in the body, was 108 instead of 0 to 20. He is presently in the hospital so they could run a battery of tests sooner rather than late. I would love to hear from Crestor users who also experienced severe pains of the calfs and thighs, fever, shortness of breath, panic attacks, etc. | M | 83 | 4 months 5 1X day | 4/12/2012 | 1 | High cholesterol | Who needs death panels when we have Crestor? Just a few weeks on this stuff nearly killed my 83 year old mother. She became so weak that she could not lift herself up from a chair. After rolling off of her bed, she became trapped in her comforter and almost died from heat and dehydration. Thank God I found her and called 911. After 2 days in the hospital, she is still too weak to even crawl onto her bed. Before Crestor, she was walking to the market by herself. | F | 83 | 22 days 10 mg 1X day | 7/6/2010 | 2 | Coronary infarct..2 stents.. | Severe leg weakness,numbness in feet,leg cramps | After coronary,started with Zocor....was switched to Lipitor as more effective. After 6 months had leg weakness so bad I couldn't walk. Stopped Lipitor...returned to normal quickly. Dr.then put me on 10mg Crestor. No apparent side effects EXCEPT FOR LOW BACK PAIN!!(This was blamed on degenerative discs.) Recently (for last month) (after 5 years on Crestor) began to have mild numbness in both feet and hands....weakness in all leg muscles...and very dark urine. Intend to stop all use of statins. Hope better quality of life worth the increased heart attack risk. Will keep you posted. | M | 82 | 5 years | 4/29/2009 | 1 | high cholesterol | i was taking crestor for 4 weeks, my lipids went from 275 to 213 but the muscle aches, mental confusion were so bad that i felt as if I were poisoned. I stopped in november and I am still suffering the side effects. how long does it take to get out of my system. | I am angry that the doctor recommended crestor. I told her that I had fibomyalgia and had trouble with statins before. she felt 5mg was a small amount. | F | 80 | 4 weeks | 1/17/2010 | 1 | High cholesterol & triglycerides | Extreme pain all joints incl hands, neck, feet, hips, knees, back disabling me to even walk by evening, stabbing pain in bones, sromach pain, edema, depression, irritability, high bp, anxiety. | Had to take every other day to function but dosage not high enough to benefit. PC said to stop taking all statins though at high risk!!! | F | 80 | 3 months 2.5 mg | 5/14/2020 | 1 | Have high cholesterol,had 2 TIA's | After having 2 'tiny' TIA's, in addition to very high, familial, cholesterol my heart Doc put me on this drug. I have a long (30 yr.) history of bad reactions to statins. Crestor was one of them. He felt the risk of not taking it outweighed the risk of taking it. So I tried. At the 25 day mark I quit. Why? 1. Cold dull ache moves up & down both legs and both arms. Feet ache. 2. Arms feel like lead. 3. Increase in GERD symptoms. Constant acid in throat & stomach. 4. Constant, serious brain fog, can't focus or concentrate, easily frustrated, angered. 5. Off balance, floating, visual disturbances. I should not be driving. I was off the drug for 5 days, the symptoms went away. As a test, I went back on it and in 2 days the symptoms returned. I am now between the proverbial rock and a hard place. I don't want a more serious stroke but I can't function while on Crestor. I think it is unconscionable that the drug companies produce any drug that carries serious side | F | 79 | 25 days 5 mg 1X day | 6/11/2022 | 1 | high cloresterol | depressed, muscles pain, sciatic pain, kidney problems, | F | 79 | 2 days | 11/10/2007 | 1 | High Cholesteral | Pain at all joints started 37 days after starting 10 mg per day of Crestor ( Hell's medication ). This along with other conditions, I could not take deep breaths, I could not walk without pain. I itched all over and had head aches. I went to the ER and after a their examination, labs and chest x-ray I was told to get off of this crap at once. My condition by then had gotten so bad that I could not even get up off a toilet seat by my self. Today, two months later I have less then one half of my strength Back. Before the medication I was Walking my dog 3 miles a day, and for a vacation I had climbed Mt. Wilson in Alaska with a 30 pound pack. Today, 8 months after the hiking and 2 months after Crestor, I do well to walk the dog 0.6 mile. | Lets all work to get this poison off the market! | M | 78 | 37 days | 2/10/2009 | 1 | My mom was told that "cholesterol w | yesterday we took my mom to Virginia and the first thing we notkiced was that she fell when she got out of the car. | My mom is completely not herself. She is in almost constant pain. First her shoulder almost to the point of inability to use her arm. Also, severe leg pain, brain fog,fatigue. I have asked her in the past to stay off these statin drugs, but she has been concerned that her Dr. would disapprove. After reading on here, she finally said she was convinced. It angers me to read comments about Dr.'s and their scare tactics.It's almost blackmail. | F | 78 | 30 days 1X day | 9/8/2010 | 1 | High TC and High LDL | Pain in hand, back pain and progressively higher A1c over time. Now I’m pre diabetic with a recent A1c of 5.7 even though I’ve worked out daily for last twenty years and I’ve never been overweight and my diet is Mediterranean and fairly low in carbs. | Is there an alternative statin that doesn’t raise my A1c and reverse my pre diabetes? | F | 78 | 2 years 40 mg 1X day | 1/21/2024 | 5 | High cholesterol and LDL | Couldn't tolerate other statins but Crestor at 5 mg worked well with no side effects over 2 years. Then I began experiencing weird nightly occurrences--rapid heart beat, burning heat through my arms and lower legs. This began slowly and then accellerated to the point where I couldn't sleep at night. Had to take sleeping pills to sleep and needed tranquilizers to cut down the extreme nervousness. Finally decided not to take my nightly dose--was able to sleep and had no burning heat incidents. I am going to explore other possibilities. Crestor worked well to bring down both my cholesterol and LDL--but it's not worth it to continue! | F | 77 | 2 years | 10/1/2007 | 2 | Slightly elevated cholesterol | Loss of feeling on bottom of both feet and feeling in ankles of severe arthritis like symptoms. Slightly blurred vision. Weird dreams. | Dosage was only 5 mg every other day but still had significant size effects. Had also tried Lipitor, 10 mg dosage every day, but it also caused numerous serious problems. | M | 77 | 4 months | 5/23/2005 | 5 | HYPERTENSION | NONE | Before taking cholesterol medication, my cholesterol reading was over 200. A generic drug lowered my cholesterol to 180. My Doctor changed my drug to CRESTOR; six months later my cholesterol reading was 133. | M | 76 | 14 months 5 1X day | 3/16/2011 |
CRESTOR (ROSUVASTATIN): Rosuvastatin is used along with a proper diet to help lower "bad" cholesterol and fats (such as LDL, triglycerides) and raise "good" cholesterol (HDL) in the blood. It belongs to a group of drugs known as "statins." It works by reducing the amount of cholesterol made by the liver. Lowering "bad" cholesterol and triglycerides and raising "good" cholesterol decreases the risk of heart disease and helps to prevent strokes and heart attacks. In addition to eating a proper diet (such as a low cholesterol/low-fat diet), other lifestyle changes that may help this medication work better include exercising, losing weight if overweight, and stopping smoking. Talk with your doctor for more details. FDA Approval Date: 2003-08-12 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)