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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | high cholesterol | not sure if it is causing memory loss but i stopped taking it yesterday after seeing my dr. it brought my cholesterol numbers in a good range but i either have the beginning of dementia or possibly a side affect of crestor. i will post when i know more. | F | 65 | 8 months 5 1X day | 5/2/2013 | 3 | HI CHOLESTEROL & TRIGLYCERIDES | PAINFUL LEGS, HARD TO TO WALK, NUMB HANDS OR FINGERS OCCASIONALLY, ACUTE GROIN STIFFNESS AND PAIN WHICH MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO WALK, STAND UP FROM A SITTING POSITION, SLEEP PROBLEM WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, NOT SURE. | VERY GOOD IN LOWERING MY CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDES. HOWEVER, AFTER MANY YEARS I BELIEV INSIDIOUSLY THE PAIN HAS INCREASED FROM THIS MED. HAD PREVIOUS LEG PAIN WITH PRAVACHOL BUT IT HAPPENED SOON AFTER STARTING AND I PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER AND WHEN I STOPPED IT THE PAIN DISAPPEARED. TRIED THIS AS IT WAS NEW AND "BETTER" AT THE TIME AND I HAD NO PAIN FOR A LONG TIME SO NEVER CONNECTED MY LEG AND GROIN ACHES AND STIFFNESS PLUS GRADUAL MUSCLE WEAKNESS TO IT. HAVE STOPPED IT TO SEE IF THE PAIN DISAPPEARS. CAN BARELY WALK NOW AND USED TO JOG,RACE WALK, ETC AND NOW OF COURSE WEIGHT HAS COME ON. WOULD RATHER LIVE A SHORTER LIFE THAN LIKE THIS. THIS IS NOT LIVING. | F | 65 | 4 years | 7/19/2009 | 2 | cholesterol 348 | I got muscle pain on lipitor and welchol so taking crestor. Irregular painful bowel movements. Have daily bloating some nausea since taking it and pain in top and side of left breast waking me at night. Saw cardiologist who ordered stress test but im sure pains from crestor. | F | 65 | 5 days 5mg 3xweek | 3/3/2014 | 2 | High chloresterol | Flue symptoms. Low grade fever, pain, weakness, and numbness in feet and lower legs up to the knee. General malaise. Symptoms started after about two weeks. | M | 65 | 20 days | 12/22/2007 | 2 | cholesterol | F | 65 | | 7/22/2008 | 2 | high cholestrol | sternal and rib pain, upper abdominal pain, pain below R shoulder blade, tinitis, bloating, bowel movements with mucus. bilateral vitrial detachment of eyes. Most side effects decreased when drug stopped, but didn't go away completely. Return of abdominal, rib pain and bowel problems after 5 days of restarting Crestor. | ultra sound detected no gall bladder problemes, unable to visualize pancrias, minor liver enlargement. slight WBC decrease. Switching to pravachol. Crestor was effectivly controlling cholesterol without the libido problems of Zocor. | M | 65 | 2 years 5 mg 1X day | 7/6/2012 | 2 | high cholesterol | Pain in legs, memory loss, total loss of libido | Crestor 10mg lowered my total cholesterol from 300 down to 150 and also killed my libido and erections. My wife told me if I don't stop the Crestore and get my libido and erectons back she will leave me. I have just stopped taking it and hope to get my sex life back soon. | M | 65 | 6 months 10mg 1X day | 9/30/2012 | 2 | leg pain | M | 65 | 5 years 30mg 1X day | 7/2/2011 | 2 | colestrol | Had no side effects for 2 years, then on a Monday took Cialis an ED drug. No problems, then Wednesday noonish legs went weak, numbness and tingling in toes, general muscle pain from waist down, bottom of neck pain and severe stomach ache. Went to GP on Thursday had full body scan which showed no abnormalities.Friday went to hospital 7am after severe pains from waist down all night and no sleep.Blood tests showed everything ok.Very thorough Doctor immigrant from Bangladesh checked everything and said stop taking Crestor and prescribed Panadene Forte for the pain.Take every 6 hours when muscle pain returns. Stomach pain now gone and now 7.5 hours since last Panadene and legs now a little bit tingly, so hopefully no permanent muscle damage, but very scary stuff. | I am in Sydney Australia and do not think many Doctors here are aware of the possible side effects of this powerful drug. Until googling it yesterday I had no idea of the dangers | M | 65 | 2 years 10mg 1X day | 4/17/2010 | 2 | Hereditary | I'm no longer taking this medication. Muscle weakness, soreness, forgetfulness! Had to quit due to ab cramps along with leg cramping! Elevated blood sugar and now I'm t2dm! Great! | Now diabetic due to Crestor! I wish i had known beforehand! I never would've agreed to that poison! | M | 65 | 2 years 40mg 1X day | 3/12/2024 Patient History | 2 | Hereditary | Overall soreness! Now the hips are affecting my exercise routine! Scans reveal nothing's wrong with the hips! I feel I've aged 30 years in the last 4! I'm not sure it's worth the pain for only another month to my lifespan! | M | 65 | 4 years 20 1X day | 2/17/2023 | 1 | Convinced it was beneficial | Muscle pain and extreme weakness,loss of memory,shortness of breath ,croaky voice.I still have a skin lesion on my chest that won't heal. I also had jaw pain and severe knee pain.I took this poison for 21 months before the side effects hit me. | The doctor convinced me that it was a small dose and as I was 60 and in good health it would be beneficial.I was a very active woman.I swam daily ,long beach walks daily and bike rides.I can do none of that now.My life has changed dramatically.My doctor dismissed my symptoms and offered no support.My husband has been my carer. | F | 65 | 21 months 5 MG 1X day | 8/5/2016 | 1 | High ldl | Numbness in feet, aching lower legs, severe vertigo attacks with vomiting lasting several days, insomnia | Extremely dangerous drug and after stopping taking it I still have vertigo feeling after two months. Hope it's not permanent, its debilitating. My lifestyle and diet changes have lowered my ldl. | F | 65 | 3 months 30mg | 2/17/2017 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Severe stomach pain to start. Muscle cramping next. The latest symptoms are swollen hands, feet and knees. All joints (toes included) in feet so swollen that it hurts to walk. Left hand so swollen that you cam't see the tendons or veins. Cannot even make a fist. Hand is too painful to even use. | If this drug causes this much pain to the muscles and joints what is it doing to your organs. They should have kept it off the market- it's poison!!! | F | 65 | 21 days 20 1X day | 6/2/2021 | 1 | To lower cholesterol levels | HORRIBLE DRUG IF YOU HAVE GOUT TO AVOID A PAINFUL FLAREUP DISCONTINUE IMMEDIATELY!!! | M | 65 | 5 days 20mg | 2/3/2020 | 1 | high cholesterol | muscle aches and pain. loss of muscle tone. I stopped and went went on a generic.(simvastatin). Have the same side effects. I told my Dr. I was losing muscle tone and he told him that is not possible, so I took the Crestor for a mo. and thought i was having the same symptons as before when I was on the Simvastatin, so I finished the Crestor and went back on the Simvastatin. I would rather die from High Cholsterol than not be able to walk. I hope the muscle tone will come back, but from what I have read I don't think it will. I have discontinued the Simvastatin and will not go back on any cholesterol medication. Something needs to change | F | 65 | 30 days 30 mg 1X day | 3/15/2010 | 1 | Severe headache,lethargic, nausea, abdominal pain, weakness, blurred vision, flu-like symptoms, feel fevered although temp is normal, jittery, and nervous. | Have taken Crestor for only 4 days and I feel rotten. I called my doctor the next day after only one dose. He said it was not the Crestor. I will not continue to take it. I see my cardiologist next week - I will discuss it with him. I am a nurse and still work. Could not work today. | F | 65 | 4 days 20mg 1X day | 7/24/2010 | 1 | familial cholesterimia | I've had extremely high liver enzymes for 2 months. I stopped taking Crestor when the first lab results came back. After a month, I underwent a liver biopsy. The pathologist says that it is "drug induced hepatitis" with lesions commonly seen with Crestor. My enzymes are slow to fall but are coming down from 900 to 550. Normal for me was 24 before Crestor. I am absolutely livid at what I've gone through the past few months. Major discomfort due to a swollen liver, extreme fatigue, fuzzy headed in the morning, and fear as the enzymes climbed. Still going through tests as the liver is still inflamed but getting better. My husband took Crestor a couple of years ago and was involved in a study. He had to stop as he had extreme muscle pain and fatigue. | F | 65 | 8 months 20 1X day | 5/25/2010 | 1 | High cholesterol | Extreme fatigue coupled with depression - could not drag myself out of bed | Tried a second time a monh later - same effect | F | 65 | 3 days 5mg 1X day | 11/20/2010 | 1 | high chloresteral | I have had leg cramps, crazy dreams at night, can't sleep at night, can't get my brain to work-works in slow motion, bad attentions span, weak muscles, slow moving | F | 65 | 2 years .15 1X day | 11/1/2010 |