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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | High LDL | Severe inflammation in sacroiliac region since Day 1. Also general malaise and feeling a bit 'off'. All tolerable until tonight, when I took a 6 hour flight and experienced acute chest pain throughout. The drama in me thought 'heart attack' but rationally it feels muscular. Stopping Crestor immediately and looking for alternatives to statins. | F | 44 | 6 days 5mg 1X day | 4/17/2012 | 1 | High cholesterol | Bad pain in hamstring all the time. I would love to be included in a class action lawsuit I was fine before this crap. Never take this it will ruin your life. 44 years old and can't run with my grandson thanks a lot you poison pushers. Stopped taking 2 months ago pain does not go away. Will speak to lawyers hope to have a lawsuit someday. | M | 44 | 3 months 10 mg | 4/4/2012 | 1 | high cholesterol | Pain to shoulder and forgetfulness tingling to left hand and fatigue. | F | 44 | 1 months 40 mg | 7/6/2013 | 1 | High Cholesterol | My doctor put me on Crestor after I was not able to lower my cholesterol with diet and Red Rice Yeast. He took blood labs then started me on 5 MG daily.I immediately noticed minor muscle pain but stuck it out, after the 7th day I called the Doctor who told me to stop the medicine and get blood work done. | The next day my doctor called and told me to immediately go to the ER as my CPK numbers were over 15000. They ran a bag of saline and considered keeping me over night. I had a doctor visit two days later and he ran another bag of saline, my CPK numbers are 4000. My kidney was slightly damaged according to the blood work and opinion of the nephrologist. I feel run down, muscle pain and upset that this happened. To add insult to injury I paid $60 for the co-pay on the prescription, now my share of all of the blood work. No more Crestor for me, bad news! | M | 44 | 7 days 5MG 1X day | 2/12/2011 | 1 | high cholesteral/family history 220 | muscle pains in leg, nausa, constipation, headachs, pains in my side/back, pain in my ankle/feet | very concerning with all the negative comments. Was given sample by Dr (10mg) for 10 weeks after heart checkup. went into cardiologist for chest pain (left side). Did echo stress test, Dr. stated was better than normal for someone my age. Dr never mentioned any of the side effects nor was there anything on the sample package. It was not until I started to feel pain my ankles last night (I almost fell it was so bad) that I suspected some thing was up. Never had that kind of pain in my ankle. All the Drs I have seen keep saying my chest pain is due to stress and they can not find anything wrong with my heart. Yet I still have chest pain.. so much I have limited my excersize out of worry. Who do you believe in the day and age when Dr are paid to perscribe drugs.. will ask my next door neighbor, an emergency room Dr., At least I know he is not on the payroll and stands to gain nothing from me other than a good friend and a neighbor. After reading this web site (and others) I wi | M | 44 | 10 days | 1/23/2008 | 1 | high chols. | terrible body ache, fatigue. | not worth side affects!!! | F | 44 | 5 years | 3/24/2009 | 1 | High Cholesterol | This drug has caused me shortness of breath, insomnia , sharp pains in my toes and feet and in my thighs. This was the last of the statins for me to try and I'm done with all of them . If diet and exercise don't work then I'll let fate determine my existence. Good luck to all that try or stay on this medicine or any other statin. | M | 44 | 1 months 20 mg | 5/23/2014 | 1 | High cholesterol | I have been experiencing all these effects; After a mild heart attack my medication dose was increased to 30mg from 10mg. However none of the doctors can tell me why I had a heart attack, my arteries are not clogged. I have discussed how I was feeling on numerous occasions with my doctor (side effects below) and he never told me it could be related to the Crestor... •Abdominal pain and nausea •Blurred vision - Started when the doctor changed my prescription from 10mg a day to 30mg a day •Confusion - all the time •Depression - I do not feel as chipper as I used to.... I was always the optimist however I do not feel myself at all •Drowsiness - so tired all the time •Memory problems - I forget everything now •Weakness, muscle pain, tenderness, Muscle aches - all the time | I am going to take myself off the medication for 2 weeks to see how I feel and if I feel better I will be approaching my doctor and tell him I am not taking it any longer. I am so sick of feeling like this all the time. | F | 44 | 2 years 30 MG 1X day | 10/7/2014 | 1 | high chlorestorol | Extreme flu-like symptoms, severe muscle fatigue, extreme short term memory loss, and nausea after only 2 doses... had to miss work due to these symptoms... Crestor made me feel like I'm 84, not 44!!! DO NOT USE CRESTOR!!! | I truly feel like I have been POISONED... I called my doctor after only 2 doses, and he put me back on Lipitor... all this because Lipitor raised my sugar a couple points, he switched my meds...DO NOT USE CRESTOR!!! THIS IS A HORRIBLE HORRIBLE DRUG!!! BTW, How long does this poison stay in your body??? | M | 44 | 2 days | 7/7/2009 | 1 | Moderately high total cholesterol | Tingling/numbness in feet and hands, debilitating lethargy/fatigue, mental confusion, anxiety, rash, tightness/gripping pain in upper left chest, back pain, joint stiffness | My total cholesterol was on the high side of normal, so my doctor prescribed 40 mg of Crestor. I took it for about a month, stopped for a couple of weeks because I ran out, then started again 2 weeks ago after re-filling (it's very expensive, even with insurance). Immediately all of these symptoms cropped up; I had been blaming them on another medication I was taking. I found out that 40 mg is way too much, especially for a moderately high cholesterol. My level dropped from 206 to 112 in 3 weeks, but I got sick and started looking 20 years older within that same timeframe. Why would my doctor do this? Even when I told her my symptoms and theories, she told me to cut the tablet in half and take 20 mg a day. Hello, I can't feel my feet and am barely conscious because of this drug! I stopped taking it on my own and will modify my diet and exercise to keep cholesterol under control. This drug is pure poison, and I'm afraid of long-term effects I don't even know about yet. | F | 44 | 6 weeks | 7/24/2009 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Pain in left hand, pain in right middle finger. | Taking 5mg of Crestor for about 6 months now. It did lower my cholesterol from 230 to about 170. Started noticing side effects about 3 months ago. I started getting pain in my right middle finger, almost like tendon soreness. Pain would come when I try to twist a bottle cap off. Now about a week now I noticed that my left hand hurts. Almost seems like carpal tunnel or tendonitis. Other than my cholesterol I am in great health. I am a bodybuilder and have been working out regularly since I was 17 years old. I am 44 now. A friend of mine is a drug rep for the company that makes Crestor and recommends that I stop the medication for two weeks to see if the problems go away. We shall see..... | M | 44 | 6 months | 1/12/2010 | 1 | High cholesterol | Headaches & migraines, depression, insomnia, constipation, joint pain | I had been on Crestor for high cholesterol for several years, and along with it, I was on Wellbutrin for depression, Trazodone for insomnia, and Topamax for headaches. Over the course of last year, my headaches got steadily worse. By the beginning of this year, I was on 4 migraine medications, and nothing was helping. Then my doctor took me off Crestor because my liver enzymes were off. She started me on Zetia instead. Within a few weeks of being of Crestor, I started falling asleep in the evenings before I had even taken my Trazodone. Then I noticed my headaches were less frequent and I was in a better mood throughout the day. I was eventually able to stop taking 6 medications — my antidepressant, my sleeping medication, and 4 migraine medications — because almost everything I was taking a medication for was a side-effect of Crestor. I had been on so many medications, and I still felt awful all the time because of Crestor. I spent thousands of dollars in therapy trying to figure out what was wrong with me and why I was so depressed. My relationship with my husband was stressful, because I had absolutely no sex drive. Crestor cost me dearly for the past decade — financially, emotionally, physically. I would never, never, ever recommend this drug to anyone | F | 44 | 9 years 5 mg 1X day | 7/19/2021 | 5 | Elevated Trigs and Cholesterol | None | Going to have my three month bloodwork on this weekend to see if it has changed my number is any but so far I've had zero side effects from it and I'm hoping that my blood work comes back better | M | 45 | 3 months 10mg 1X day | 10/27/2020 | 5 | High cholesterol | no known side effects | Crestor has lowered my total cholesterol to 150. Having taken most of the statins since Ive had high cholesterol all my life, this is the only one to bring me beneath the 200 mark..EVER. Insurance wants to pay only for generic, I pay extra for this one and do not mind. | F | 45 | 2 days | 2/26/2008 | 5 | VERY high cholest + trigicerides | None !! This is about Crestor 5mg. I have tried Lipitor, Zetia, Fenofibrate, and some other one I forget the name. All were like major poison to me. I did NOT want to try Crestor from the bad info, but my Dr's over the years all said my cholest was crazy high and I have to get it down. I reluctantly tried it. IT WORKED. But I still am leary of it, and would rather not take meds. | TRY THE 5MG DOSAGE !!! The others are too strong. This gave me NO side effects, and OMG, my cholest numbers actually went into the normal range within a month. That has NEVER happened to me before. I'm actually taking this 5mg dose with no effect, and it's working. I stopped taking it for 2 months, to see what would happen without telling my Dr. When I had my blood ttest, my Dr called me at home saying something is wrong as my cholest shot up again. I was embarrassed to say I stopped taking it. I'm back on it, again no side effects, and my numbers went down. It freaks me out, but it actually works for me. I am watching it closely, as I don't trust any of these meds, but so far, it's worked. | M | 45 | 8 months | 3/25/2007 | 4 | elevated HDL, LDL | I took Crestor in 2007 developed frozen shoulder right arm. Treatment with outpt shoulder manipulation & 1 month PT. Stopped taking Crestor. In March 2010 started back on Crestor, had a problem with feeling of lump in throat. Questioned if reflux. visited with PMD, prescribed omperazole but no relief. then went to ENT, had Transnasoesophagoscopy which showed no problems with esophagus, trachea, or stomach. I stopped taking Crestor and now feeling of lump in throat is gone. Also, experienced weakness in both hands/arms expecially in right arm where frozen shoulder was located. | Crestor great for lowering cholesterol levels, but bad side effects could occur. | F | 45 | 2 years 20 mg 1X day | 12/31/2010 | 4 | High Cholesterol (244) | I have not noticed anything specific. I do not feel the joint and muscle problems that others speak of. My one concern is an unexplained 18 pound weight gain after starting Crestor. No change in diet (my diet was good to start) and no change in exercise (it could be more, but it has not changed). | All of my numbers have dramatically improved from 5mg dose. Overall 244 to under 150. I am going to stop dosing to see if the weight changes. | M | 45 | 4 months | 4/8/2008 | 4 | High Cholesterol | None. Especially none even remotely close to some mentioned on here. Am on 5mg, no problems and it did lower my cholesterol level within the first 3 months. Am still taking it for now and with any luck if my cholesterol levels keep decreasing i may be off any medication in the future. crosses fingers. | I do not currently have my last levels, forgot to ask when i received a call after my tests and was told that they did go down. I still am taking the medication at the 5mg dosage. | F | 45 | 5 months | 5/22/2007 | 2 | High cholesterol | Memory loss after being on med for a year. Couldn't think of names, words, everyday conversation became issue. Didn't realize Crestor might effect memory. Was on Crestor 5mg for 1+ year. Had other side effects that came about same time, pain in back, right side, lower legs. Doctor advised to stop taking. It's been 2 months, memory is back to normal. Took about 6 weeks before memory recovered. | Crestor did lower my cholesterol to normal levels. Previously 265 or higher. But no where in literature I'd found did it mention problems with memory (until I checked askapatient). | M | 45 | 14 months | 7/2/2007 | 2 | diabetes | weird dreams, very itchy skin on my lower legs and chest. Anxiety. | I would not recomend this medication unless cholesterol level is life threatening. My levels are in the healthy range but as I am a diabetic my doc wanted them even lower. | F | 45 | 6 weeks | 7/20/2008 |