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| 1 | High Cholesterol | Foot pain and tendonitis after only 6 10mg doses. I am a physical therapist and have isolated my pain to the posterior tibial muscle and tendon, with the worse pain being at the insertion of the tendon on the inside part of my foot. This has persisted for 6 weeks and counting. | I have been taking Mobic (anti-inflammatory med) for 3 wks but my tendonitis continues. | M | 47 | 6 days | 1/26/2007 | 1 | High Closesteral | Severe muscle pains in legs, pains in arms. Can't sleep at night, as I write this it is 2:18am and I have to get up for work at 4:15am. Lost of memory and having eye problems (eyes feel weird, muscles twitching). Weight gain in mid section of stomach. | Doctor recommended 10mg because my Colest. was high. Always exercised, ate pretty good and in decent shape 5' 9 1/2" weight 160lbs. I kept thinking I injured myself lifting weights or I was biking too much. Doctor said it was an age thing. If I read these posts I would never had taken the damm pill. I hate prescription drugs, the only one I am on. I'm just scared to death now that this pain is permanent and won't go away. Only stop taking Crestor today. I'm missing work now which will become a big problem. | M | 47 | 3 months 10mg 1X day | 9/28/2011 | 1 | suspected TIA | feeling dizzy, hands legs and all over body tingling, aches and pains that were not there before and just generally not feeling the same | F | 47 | 90 days 10mg 1X day | 6/15/2011 | 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 | high cholestrol | Unexplained burning foot pain, lethargic, difficult to walk, hips hurt, legs hurt, restless feet, leg cramps. | Doctor never ever mentioned side effects, even though i was seeing him for 4 months with pain especially the foot pain. | F | 47 | 5 months 10 mg 1X day | 4/20/2010 | 1 | Simvastatin (Zocor) | 47 year old who works out (running, weights) every day. Noticed on Simvastatin sore shoulder joints; low labido; knee pain; achilles tendon weakness. Same issues with Lipitor which I took 10MG per day from age 40 to 46. Went on Simvastatin because of a job change where Lipitor was not covered. Thinking now with my 'new' job of switching from Simvastatin to Crestor but I know the deal. I been taking CoQ10 (100MG/day) to hopefully counter some of the muscle/tendon damage. If you have to be on a statin, be prepared for all the side effects. If living longer really living if you have all this pain, no labido, sleeplessness, etc..etc! I'm going to speak with someone this week about a holistic approach (red yeast rice, Questran, CoQ10, fruits/veggies, oatmeal, cherrios). | M | 47 | 1 years 40MG 1X day | 3/28/2010 | 1 | For high cholesterol, high LDL | Mainly muscle twitches and spasms, but also being 'excited' like drinking too much coffee | I tried Crestor first for three weeks, then experienced the side effects and stopped taking it. Then the side effects disappeared after about one week. After a few weeks I decided to try again and took Crestor for two months. Side effects started to appear, and I stopped taking it, again. This time, the side effects lasted for more than one month. After reading on the Internet about possible solutions, I decided to try Coenzyme Q10 (100 mg twice daily), and after this treatment, the twitches and spasms are almost gone! I will not take Crestor again!! | M | 47 | 3 months | 4/29/2009 | 1 | Prescribed for high cholesterol | Horrible, horrible. Twilight zone feeling - disconnected. Dizziness, extreme fatigue, irritability. Wanted to sleep all the time. | I stopped taking it. | F | 47 | 3 months | 4/14/2009 | 1 | high choles., triglis. | Leg pain, skin crawling, insomina, anxiety | I'm one who can hit the pillow and 5 secs. later I'll be sleeping. I've been on crestor for 3 weeks and have not been able to get more than 4 hours of sleep. Restless legs, skin crawling, anxiety. Called the doc. today to see if this drug is causing my problems, but after reading the blogs, I'm taking myself off this nasty drug! | M | 47 | 3 weeks | 4/3/2009 | 1 | High cholesterol | Started this drug 5 days ago. 10 mg. a day. On second day, starting getting skin crawling, pins and needles type sensation on my legs and feet. I also starting having really strange dreams at night. Getting to sleep wasn't a problem but I'd have a bizarre dream and would wake up really early (3:00 am) and not be able to get back to sleep so I have been exhausted during the day. I also started having blurred vision and an inability to concentrate or get motivated on what I was doing at work. Dizzy sometimes as well and got the creepy crawly pins and needles sensation all over my body. All I could think about was how awful I felt. I took my last dose yesterday and can still feel the effects today. Just now I had an hour long "burning skin" feeling all over while I was reading some of these posts. | I can't believe I've only taken 4 pills and feel this bad. I tried fenofibrate and pravastatin and had a horrific fever with that combo so I think I'm going to go back to the niacin and red yeast rice regimen and let my doctor know that I'm not taking this nasty stuff anymore. | M | 47 | 4 days | 2/13/2009 | 1 | tri/ cholesterol | loss of appt. pain in thighs,pelvis,low back,midback,neck,swollen hands,knee pain,abdomen pain,heavy legs | on med for 1.5 yrs before pain became a problem. others meds stopped were robaxon and cymbalta. inability to empty bladder/to get started.related to those two. also back pain associated w/cymbalta. | M | 47 | 2 years | 1/13/2009 | 1 | Cholestral, family history | Headache, extreme fatigue, pain in left foot area and also lower back, acute sharp pains in chest area, dizziness, insomnia, lethargic. | 10 mgs was supposed to be a mild dosage. This drug is extremely powerful with debilitating side effects. I never felt this bad over a six day period and I consider myself a strong 220 lb. male. Only a matter of time before they ban it like Celebrex . I stopped taking it and am due in tommorow to see the Dr. for a natural cure. No more statin "gambles" for me. I felt compelled to report this in the hopes that it helps someone to avoid this NASTY drug. By the way when I called my cardiologists office they seemed totally surprised by my complaints,,, as if they haven't heard them before. Just check the blogs on this crap and count the "patient" negatives verse the positives. | M | 47 | 6 days | 5/27/2009 | 1 | Family History - High Cholestral | Debililating side effects after only six doses as noted in my prior post about a week ago. After one week off medication I have returned to feeling normal again aside from an acute Sciatic nerve condition on my left side that was brought BACK after several years by the medication. I am going to my Chiropractor today. Hell I can deal with the Sciatica and I am sure it will pass. Small amount to pay in terms of what this drug would have certainly did to me over the long run. Worst week of my life! Summary: My BERKLEE bloodwork numbers must have been skewed and abnormal the first time and showed higher numbers. Maybe I ate something a day before that caused this who knows? Anyway I am off Crestor or any other statin for sure and will continue the flaxseed, Pomegranate concentrate with a dose of red yeast rice each night before bed. Just to keep an advantage over any PREDISPOSITION to a heart attack because of family history. I never want to experience the pain that I did while on Crestor | Went back to my Cardiologist and explained the problems. He summized to my complete amazement that the muscle pains could be caused by my profession as a fitness trainer. I laughed and told him "first off" I could not find the energy to move let alone exercise while on Crestor. Not to mention the pain I was experiencing at the time. Addmittedly I told him that I may not have been so in tune with my diet, but am very in tune with my body and how it is SUPPOSED to feel without any exercise. He went on to say that my charts all looked good , cholestral borderline, EKG, Heart Scan, Calcium score 0 etc. He went on to explain that he was being cautius because of family history. I defended that by telling him that my father never exercised, was overweight, had high blood pressure and ate a fatty diet. I did not think I fit that mold at all. As it turns out he orders another blood test and I get the results: Total cholestral 158 HDL 56 LDL 65 surely 6 doses of this drug could not bring down my numbers this much! Especially from the original "BERKLEE" Borderline reading. | M | 47 | 6 days | 6/2/2009 | 1 | cholesterol | within 3 days I have severe leg muscle pain & flu symptoms. | F | 47 | 3 days | 11/20/2009 | 1 | high cholesterol | Muscle pain and weakness, sweating, can't walk very far without feeling need to vomit, passout or faint feeling. Depression from feeling so limited and ill, a feeling and sense of unwellness I never want to feel again. Definitely felt fear, heart elevation, omg too many side effects to try and cope with. Told effects should last a week but instead are worsening. NEVER TAKING AGAIN!!! | Any suggestions to another Med that might help without all these effects? | F | 47 | 1 weeks 5mg | 11/5/2015 | 1 | Very high cholesterol/ heart attack | Depression ,terrible pain in joints, sickness, can't sleep at night, | This drug should be banned ! Cholesterol came down for a while now it's back up ! Damned if you do take it and damned if you don't ! Surely not all these people can be wrong ? Surely this day and age they can make some drug to lower cholesterol without all these side effects .......? | F | 47 | 3 days 5mg 4X W | 2/20/2016 | 1 | Elevated cholesterol & triglyceride | Panic attacks, severe pain to front of ankles, worse with activity. | F | 47 | 4 days 25 mg | 4/10/2016 | 5 | high ldl | none | works great. ldl is 75 from 130 before. twice a week is all I need. So strong you can get away with very small amounts. | M | 48 | 2 years 10 2X W | 10/21/2013 | 4 | HIGH CHOL | No side effects noticed at all. | I've listed my experience having taken Crestor for five months as side effect - free, yes. But please know readers, that I am one of those people that can take anything for anything and have it work. This is primarily due to my having never taken anything, other than the occasional asprin for a severe headache from hangover, and I do mean occasional. I ride out an illness taking nothing along the way. I am also one of those that will not read the fine print for fear of anything psychologically induced - in the way of side effect recognition. I would not recommend, nor would I condemn the use of this drug, I simply have not been taking it long enough. Reduction 45 points in the past five months to 195. I am 48, weight 235 and am 6'2". Diet and exercise.. both of which I have yet to take seriously. Thanks. | M | 48 | 5 months 20MG 1X day | 10/24/2013 | 3 | High Cholesterol | extreme lethargy, body aches (muscles, joints and bones), feet hurt, back aches, I felt 60 and I'm only 48. I'm not overweight, I run 3-4 miles per day and eat half healthy. This medicine was effective in lowering the bad cholesterol but at what price? | Exit this medication ASAP and take an OTC bottled Red Yeast Rice and CoQ10. it's all in one pill at GNC. You have got to take CoQ10 even if you decide to stay with Crestor as the CoQ10 depletion caused by Statins are much more overwhelming than having high cholesterol itself. Please google CoQ10 Statins after reading this. | M | 48 | 1 years | 8/25/2009 |