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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | High cholesterol | This drug is awful! I have horrible muscle pains, ankles hurt all the time, lots of bloating and constipation. I went jogging one summer night and almost died! Everything hurt so bad, I could not take another step...I am 49, 5ft 5, 149 lbs, always been in good health (except for heredity, blood pressure and cholesterol). Since taking Crestor, I also have been having increased aggression and anger, feelings of hatred, and bad moods. Hips hurt too all the time! I am getting off of this crap, and resorting to natural ways to stay healthy. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS DRUG FOR ANYTHING (UNLESS YOU WANT TO DIE). | It's a loser. | M | 49 | 7 months 10 1X day | 2/19/2012 | 1 | high cholesterol | FATTY LIVER, insomnia with my mind racing, fatigue, memory loss, disoriented and out of it - mind wasn't clear, muscle pain in legs so bad at times I hated to walk, diarrhea, stiff neck, wrists ached | WARNING,THIS IS A COSTLY, DANGEROUS DRUG! I'm reporting these side effects to the FDA. The only reason I'm writting this is to maybe help someone else, who may be struggling as I have from using this drug. I'm angry that my doctor kept telling me, the drug was the best on the market and wouldn't take me off of it for 8 mos. Through a recent CT scan it showed I had developed fatty liver. I went off Crestor on Feb. 1, 2012, and told my doctor that I will never take Crestor or any other statin again! I'm a 67 year old female, who just prior to taking it felt and looked 10 years younger. Once I took it I was hardly functioning and felt like 97. I am working with my doctor to lower my cholesterol with diet and a more natural way. I'm feeling better already with less fatigue in just a week. Hopefully I don't have any permanent damage to my body. It's the quality of life that's important! | F | 67 | 8 months 5mg. 1X day | 2/10/2012 | 1 | ELEVATED CHOLESTEROL | Started taking Crestor 10 mg 2009 noted some muscle weakness,chest and shoulder pain with memory problems in the first year. My dosage was increased to 20 mg and this is when things got really bad. Extreme fatique, thigh, groin. arm, neck, pain in my rib cage. Problems with my memory increased. Unable to think clearly at times, saying the wrong words all the time. Thinking I was developing early alzheimers or something. Was unable to tolerate long periods of standing. Unable to do yardwork anymore due to easily exhausted. Difficulty sleeping due to the pain. Saw many doctors that tried to diagnose me with arthritis, fibromyalgia. even sent me to Duke thinking it could be MS. I decided to stop in on my own, being a nurse and knowing that statins can cause myalgias. Was also told by pharmacist that you don't have to have elevated liver function tests to have this drug cause Myalgias. After being off of the med for over a year now. I have regained my memory, not nearly as fatiqued but lef | F | 47 | 2 years 20MG 1X day | 2/3/2012 | 1 | cholesterol | primarily developed with back pain,in couple of months first time i passed bloody urine and doc said it was infection. Taken antibiotic again with in 15days the same problem. consulted urologist underwent all tests found nothing and no complication. So upset with with this medicine, stopped for the past 3 weeks and do know how log it will take to over come from this problem. | M | 49 | 10 months 5mg 1X day | 1/28/2012 | 1 | Cholesterol | Muscle pain upper right side of body | F | 76 | 2 months 10mg | 1/27/2012 | 2 | I noticed upon increasing dosage from 10 to 10 MG, I felt different. I lacked energy and have had severe shoulder pain. | M | 63 | 5 years 20 MG 1X day | 1/25/2012 | 2 | high LDL, low HDL | [10mg side effects]: Sore muscles, constipation, headache, abdominal discomfort. Took 10mg for one week, couldn't tolerate the side effects, reduced the dose to 5mg. [5mg side effects]: Muscle pain disappeared, but severe constipation remains a problem. Have to take Senokot all the time, otherwise I can't have a bowel movement. I'm a vegetarian and I eat a TON of fiber (oatmeal, fruits, vegetables). I'm considering stopping Crestor after only 3 weeks on it. | M | 44 | 3 weeks 10mg, 5mg 1X day | 1/24/2012 | 1 | Elevated Cholesterol | Excrutiating shoulder pain, back pain and kidney pain. Severe stomach flu like symptoms, severe joint and muscle pain, stiff neck, tingling hands, sharp pain in right palm, dizzy, jittery, disorientated, swelling of hands and feet, heart palpitations, insomnia, tired and sleepy but cannot sleep. | When my GP prescribed Crestor 10mg I asked about the side effects but she told me that there are minimal to no side effects so I commenced treatment. Two weeks later I thought I had a kidney infection so my GP gave me antibiotics. A week later there was still no change so I got a second course of antibiotics. I then started doing research and immediately discontinued treatment when I saw how toxic it was. Two weeks after discontinuing medication I still have the side effects is bit better in the morning and then worsens during the day until evening when I have to take something for pain. I am trying to establish the duration of the side effects and if some could be permanent. | F | 39 | 14 days 10mg 1X day | 1/24/2012 | 1 | High cholesterol | Severe Muscle/joint pain. Quit taking after Achilles tendon inflamed with insertional tendonitis. Calcification on x-rays. took 6 months of physical therapy just now able to walk without pain. Heel drop stretches daily and new shoes seem to be the final fix. | M | 50 | 24 months 80mg 1X day | 1/17/2012 | 1 | high cholesterol | major lower back muscle ache, severe constipation | M | 66 | 3 months 10 mg | 1/12/2012 | 5 | High cholesterol | Just started calf pain when I am also taking Cefdinir. | M | 44 | 3 years 10 | 1/7/2012 | 2 | hyperlipidemia/double bypass | extreme muscle weakness- forearm/hand severe pain...loss of hearing..loss of memory | wish I could take it successfully to help me..instead it is harming me. | F | 64 | 365 days 5 mg 1X day | 1/5/2012 | 1 | yes | started at 1/2 5 mg for 1 week, then daily at 5 mg. 3 days after daily 5 mg, horrible thigh pains. reported to doctor actually and she said to go 1/2 tablet every other day....NOT! The pain is still there 3 days after stopping. These statins decrease quality of life! | M | 66 | 10 days 5 mg 1X day | 1/5/2012 | 1 | High Cholestrol | Unbearable pain in shoulders and down to elbows a constant throbbing keeping me awake at night. Also lower back pain and pain in knees and very fatigued. Was taking pain killers to sleep something i have never had to do before and the pain would build up throughout the day to a point were I would cry. | Stopped taking Crestor after 28 days once I visited this site and realised that it was the cause of my sudden demise. After three weeks the pain had lessened but still really bad. It is now three months on and I am feeling better than ever, have been to a Naturopath and done a complete detox to rid my body of these dreadful toxins, and am now on a diet to reduce my cholestrol which has dropped from 7.4 to 5.4. I will never take Crestor or any other statin again. I never want to go through that pain again. I now feel twenty years younger than I did 2 or 3 months ago. | F | 62 | 28 days 20 1X day | 1/5/2012 | 3 | High Cholesterol | Shoulders pain, Left arm and forearm pain. Overall joint pain | Was on 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg and now 40mg. Had to be on 40 mg as the other dosages lowered my cholesterol but not to the level the cardiologist needed to be. (Recently had a heart attack which needed stents to be put in). | M | 43 | 19 months 40 MG 1X day | 12/21/2011 | 5 | high cholesterol | Extremely bad headaches, hard to work or sleep thru them. shoulder tension and pain, possibly connected to the headache or vice versus. I have a family history of high cholesterol, and in my teen years had high cholesterol, but thru diet and exercise involvement in school, my cholesterol was within normal limits for years, until this year when it shot back up to high levels. My Dr started me on Crestor, which I don't take any meds and am pretty healthy so I was skeptical. I want to be healthy though I am a single mom of a 2 year old and he needs me, but I am no good to him if I am missing work, and miserable, and I mean honestly I started to feel depressed and angry and it's Xmas time, and now reading the comments am thinking perhaps I am experiencing those in addition to these horrible headaches that OTC meds are not touching. I am stopping taking this med asap, hoping there is a better med with less side effects or I am going to have to try diet and exercise again. | F | 31 | 14 days 20 mg 1X day | 12/15/2011 | 5 | high cholestrol | calf ache? | Normalized and regularized my bowels, shrunk my prostate and lowered my PSA, relieved my sciatica, elevated my good cholestrol and lowerd my bad cholestrol. Indeed a wonder drug! This is the only medication I am taking. | M | 64 | 2 years 5 1X day | 12/9/2011 | 1 | lower cholesterol | Aching, stiff and sore from head to toe, weakness,extreme fatigue,headaches, foul mood due to all of above. I have fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis and thought I was going downhill over the last couple months. Stayed on all meds trying to work through the misery. I couldn't take it any more; call fibro dr to change my meds. No relief, now reading this site and a couple others and I am having the same issues as so many others who have taken CRESTOR. Calling my PCP now to tell him "No more". Thanks for sharing-what a great site! | F | 55 | 65 days 5MG 1X day | 12/9/2011 | 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 | 2 | FOR CHOLESTEROL | ACHING SHOULDER GOING DOWN TO ELBOW MAIN ONE IS HIDEOUS ITCHY SORES ON MY LEGS ARMS AND BACK | COULD TAKING THIS ALONG WITH A BLOOD PRESSURE TABLET HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS. | F | 62 | 2 years 10 1X day | 11/30/2011 |