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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Hi Cholesterol | I started out on Simvastatin and experienced Flu like symptoms after three weeks of use and my Cholesterol went from 236 to 190 and i was very pleased but quit because of the side efects and wanted something a little more user friendly, So my Doctor put me on 5mg. Crestor and after two days of use i experienced head aches, stomic pains, fever, nausia, sore muscles, I have decide to look in to some natural remedies and stay away from this crap. | I would not recommend this poisen to my worse enemy. | M | 55 | 2 days | 12/14/2009 | 1 | My mother started on Crestor 6 months ago. After about 3 weeks we noticed a change in her memory. Her short term memory was completely gone! She forgot to eat, forgot simple things, it was very upsetting. I asked her doctor about the side affects of Crestor, one being memory loss, and she said not to worry. But worry we did as my mother got worse and worse. She quit taking the pill and within six days she was back. She has the normal memory loss for an 85 year old, but not the kind of memory loss that she had when she was on Crestor. It is like night and day. My advice for children of aging parents, check their medications. Their memory loss may be the result of medications particularly Crestor. BEWARE | F | 55 | 6 months | 6/19/2009 | 1 | elevated cholestoral | After appox. 6 weeks on 5m Crestor, I started feeling bloated. Then suddenly experienced piercing pain behind my lower ribs on my left side. It is very painful when inhaling. On the same day, a shoulder pain started up at base of neck as if a knot is there. I cannot turn my head weell. Now, I can't do anything physical yet I am very athletic and typcally in perfect condition. I stopped Crestor 4 days ago and the pains are still here and won't go away. | Analyzing myself, I can tell my pains are totally unatural and not behaving normally; feeling more like I had been poisoned, I started retracing my steps to remember were I had been...what I had done. Then I realized it might be the Crestor. Today, I found this site looking into side effects...well, let me say: I was perfectly healthy. This had better go away! | M | 55 | 45 days | 6/12/2009 | 1 | high cholesterol | Chest pain, bloating, gas | I have tried Zocor, Lipitor, and now Crestor. After few weeks, I begin having esophageal spasms, gas and bloating. Have had numerous tests to rule out everything from gastro to heart problems. Every time I try to take one of these meds, it starts again and gets worse. Takes several days to weeks off, for it to subside. | F | 55 | 4 weeks | 5/13/2009 | 1 | atherosclerosis | muscle spasms, pain in muscles, hot feeling racing up and down legs, numbness in feet. | After CABY I was prescribed lipitor and used it for 7 years. I had similar symptons so the dr. prescribed 5 mg. of crestor. It was not lowering my total cholesterol, infact, at one check it was 243, then 295. At 295 he upped the dose to l0 mg. After 3 weeks I started feeling symtoms. Also this past winter I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia (which I didn't have) and now with AS, which I believe I don't have; especially after reading these experiences. | F | 55 | 10 months | 8/3/2009 | 1 | Low good cholesterol | Was on niaspan and had minimal night sweats. FDA saying niacin is bad for diabetes so switched to crestor. Took ONE dose and I feel terrible. Thank god I only took one dose. I'm done I'll handle cholesterol naturally. | M | 55 | 1 days 5 | 7/19/2014 | 1 | High cholesterol | No known side effects for first 2 weeks. Today experienced severe nausea, fogginess in the head and vomiting. Had to go to bed in dark room to stop the spinning. Lasted for about 5 hours. Will not take this drug again. Will use natural means to lower my cholesterol. | My cholesterol is within normal range but Dr wants to bring it down further now that I've been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. | M | 55 | 2 weeks 20mg 1X day | 6/2/2014 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Started on 5mg October of 09. Progressive joint pain with swelling in knees, fluid retention, acid reflux, general malaise and fatigue, horrible shoulder pain. These symptoms progressed to the point where I could not sleep at night due to the pain, also had leg cramps/spasms at night, and just generally felt like crap. Wrote it off to age/arthritis/wear and tear. (55 year old former firefighter/nurse/paramedic, still nursing/paramedic) I have a great doctor/patient relationship and tried different remedies for what I though was OA finally catching up with me. exercise, yoga, lots of Advil, etc...... I finally called the office in mid December and asked for pain killers (for what I then thought must be flare ups from old injuries) and took vicodin for a month and yet the pain just seemed to continue to grow. I've lived with some degree of pain for years, but this was different, the pain meds dulled it, but the pain never actually went away. Visit to the doc today, d | First: Run away as fast as you can if your doc prescribes this. Second: (And SHAME ON ME BECAUSE I KNOW BETTER! LOL) Read up the side effects BEFORE you start a drug. I could have saved myself a lot of pain. Third: Out of this world expensive (and I had the drug company "discount" card to boot!) and the side effects are not worth it. I can buy a lot of Cheerios and oatmeal for what a month of this junk cost. | F | 55 | 3 months | 1/18/2010 | 1 | High cholesterol | After being on Crestor for 5 weeks I broke out in urticaria. Insanely itchy skin and lumps which started like a mosquito bite but over time spread into welts. Also the muscles in my legs started to lose their muscle tone. After three weeks working with the doctor trying to control the rash which he thought was eczema I lay awake one itchy night and read the patient leaflet about Crestor and it said a known but uncommon side effect was extremely itchy skin with raised red lumps, said it's an ellergic reaction and stop taking immediately. | I continued with this medication for three weeks before realising I was allergic to it. I now feel like I've poisoned myself. It's only two days since I stopped taking Crestor and I'm much improved. No more feeling like hoards of ravenous ants are racing under my skin at night and the rash is diminishing. In a few more days it should hopefully be all gone. NEVER AGAIN. | F | 55 | 2 months 10mg 1X day | 4/19/2016 | 1 | cholesterol | Really bad stomach pain leg cramps very tired all the time couldn't sleep people would tell me I looked bad. Knees hurt more today than they did while taking this mess. | Needs to be a law suit. | F | 55 | 1 years | 2/20/2015 | 1 | Cholesterol | Severe leg and other muscle cramps; lower back pain; left hip pain; stiff neck to the point I could not turn my head enough to back up a car; slow wound healing; memory issues; liver pain and muscle pain. | For the past 7 months I have experienced a severe degradation in my quality of life. I didn't know what was the cause and felt like I had aged from 54 to 70 in just a few months. Then speaking with some friends about my issues, they asked if I was taking Crestor...and recommended I stop immediately. Both of them had similar experiences and thought my issues were related to the drug. I can honestly say that just after one day of being off Crestor, I already feel better. This is a horrible drug and should be banned. | M | 55 | 7 months 5 1X day | 4/7/2015 | 1 | my husband for slightly elevated | muscle pain and tiredness after 3 weeks. He stopped taking it. 3 weeks after that he jaundiced, and 10 weeks later he died of liver failure. | coincidence? I don't think so. He was 55. In the 10 years I knew him he never even had a cold. His liver function was perfect till crestor. | M | 55 | 3 weeks 10mg 1X day | 2/9/2015 | 1 | High cholesterol | Uncontrollable itching around day 5. Stopped it one week ago; still itching. How long before this goes away?? | F | 55 | 1 weeks | 3/17/2017 | 5 | High Cholesterol | None | This medication worked miracles on me. In the first year of taking it, my cholesterol level dropped from 400 (!) to 240. Good cholesterol up; bad cholesterol down. Cannot sing its praises any louder. | F | 56 | 1 years | 5/10/2007 | 5 | High Cholesterol, high Trigs. | No side effects compared to other statins. I have tried most of them with the usual bad side effects. 3 months on Crestor and no side effects. | Lowered total cholesterol from 297 to 172, Triglycerides from 225 to 162, LDL from 209 to 97 HDL remained at 43. No diet change. Continue to exercise daily and maintain proper weight, non smoker and very low alcohol use. High cholesterol is hereditary | M | 56 | 3 months 5MG 1X day | 1/9/2011 | 5 | High Cholesteral | At first I experienced muscle cramps and almost had to quit working out. Until I picked up the Vitamin D intake to 2000 IU's per day. | I met a "lipid specialist", who told me that in every case of muscle cramps with Cholesterol Meds, it was due to low Vitamin D levels. I picked up my Vitamin D to 2000 IU's per day, and the cramps went away entirely. If you have muscle issues with cholesterol meds, pick up the Vitamin D intake. | M | 56 | 3 years 5 MG 1X day | 12/20/2010 | 4 | just a lille joint pain now and again but it took my nubers to 114/44 | its to much money but crestor will help if you need help also get 20 mg if you take 10 mg and cut them in half its the same price and you get 60 day supploy | F | 56 | 7 months 10 1X day | 11/3/2010 | 4 | high cholesterol levels | achilles tendonitis & muscle pain | F | 56 | 1 years 10mg 1X day | 4/27/2010 | 4 | High cholesterol. | No side effects. | My doctor has me on a vitamin D regimen also. | M | 56 | 8 months 10mg 1X day | 3/7/2013 | 4 | Cholesterol | No side effects. | M | 56 | 7 months 10mg 1X day | 4/22/2012 Patient History |