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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | High Cholesterol & Tryglcerides | At first, (5mg daily) nothing. Then the doctor upped the dosage to 10mg daily. Within days I began to experience stiffness and (Rheumatoid arthritis-like) pain in left hand. Muscle pain shoulder. | I have been on medication for Osteoarthritis for a year. Then the Cholesterol problem entered the picture. The first doctor put me on Crestor (5mg) which I took for 6 months. He left town to establish a practice elsewhere. I was assigned a new doctor who said that the 5mg Crestor wasn't doing enough with the Tryglcerides levels. He upped the dosage to 10mg daily and the Rheumatoid Arthritis pain and stiffness began. Great, so now I have no knees due to the Osteoarthritis and losing left hand to Rheumatoid Arthritis. As you can guess, I am not completely sold on this drug. I am going to ask the doctor if I can try something else. | 71 | 6 months | 11/9/2008 | 1 | high cholesterol | Started at 10 mg then increased to 20 mg. Little things started happening to me that I did not associate with Crestor. Pain in right hip when walking. Pain down back of leg after driving. Temporal headaches. Mild shoulder pain at bedtime. All these symptoms came and went over a period of time and I could find something to blame them on. Car seat position or to much red wine or I lifted something heavy or I when exercising I walked to far or fast. At 71 you expect some things to hurt once in awhile. What I think was happening these minor pains were getting ready to combine and attack at the same time. The day after driving home from Florida at the end of March (1400 miles in 2 days) I was racked with pain in my shoulders, hips and legs. Blamed it on the drive and went to my chiropractor. After too many visits without enough improvement I went to my doctor. He said I have Polymyalgia Rheumatica and prescibed 20 mg Prednisone. At this point I would take anything to relieve the pain. I have been on it for six weeks now and finally started thinking about Crestor side affects after watching one of their commercials on TV. Started searching the net and I'm convinced my problems are from Crestor. I stopped taking it last night and am not taking it again until the pain is gone or unchanged. I have a feeling its going to take awhile to find out because of the length of time I have taken Crestor and the 20mg dose. If you have any new shoulder joint pain at all after going on Crestor GE | M | 71 | 12 months | 5/11/2009 | 1 | Cholesterl | Nausea daily, muscle aches, dry mouth. severe joint pain, general ill feeling 24 hours. | I feel Crestor is a dangerous slow acting poison, and would seek second opinion if your MD prescribes it in any dosage. | M | 71 | 90 days | 6/2/2005 | 1 | High Cholestrol | None yet--Dr. wants to put me on it---I'm not sure. | F | 71 | 0 days | 5/27/2007 | 1 | lower cholesterol | severe personality change, general malaise, low energy, blankness, "out of it" feeling all the time, disengaged from things happening around me | was on 40 mg, have been off it for 3 months and I'm a different person - back to my old self, have energy, my personality is back, I'm engaged in my life! | M | 71 | 1 years | 8/24/2009 | 1 | Medium High LDL - Very high HDL | Began having night hallucinations, extreme leg pain all day and night, confusion | Week 1 no side fx to mention; week 2 nausea,pain in legs, knees,complete loss of appetite; week three severe sciatic pain and lower back throbs along with other accumulated fx; week 4 feel so ill, I wanted to die - quit Crestor on 29th day and instantly began to improve. Now 3 months later, I have permanent sciatica,shoulder pain, numb hands at night, trembling in limbs -DO NOT TOUCH THIS POISON - STRYCHNINE WOULD BE BETTER - lost 19 lbs. in less than 4 weeks | M | 71 | 28 days | 7/24/2009 | 1 | Aching legs, muscle pain and lethargy. This on 5 mg. 5 times per week (my Doctor has gradually been weaning me onto this med and I was fine until I went from 4 days/week to 5 days/week). I have stopped it. | PEOPLE --- this is the strongest statin out there and it DOES work very well on lowering total cholesterol but the side effects are NOT worth the benefits of the drug. This CAN be a dangerous medication if you don't pay attention to what your body is telling you while you are taking it. | F | 71 | 3 months | 1/17/2010 | 1 | lower cholesterol | joint pain and sudden weakness like I was going to pass out. didn't have a clue what was going on until a guy I worked with asked me if I was taking a cholesterol lowering drug. shortly thereafter, i quit taking Crestor altogether, although it had significantly lowered my cholesterol. The joint pain subsided and eventually the lightheadedness went away but in there place, I now have excruciating cramps in my thighs that wake me in the middle of the night. Most times I cannot walk with them. I can only crawl or lay on the floor. I do the best I can to keep moving until the cramps recede. The first time this hit me, I honestly thought I was going to die. I wouldn't recommend this stuff to anyone. | F | 71 | 90 days ? 1X day | 5/26/2014 | 1 | HIGH CHOLESTEROL | PAIN IN THIGHS-VERY WEEK LEGS-FEET HURT-VERY BAD CRAMPS | THIS DRUG IS POISON TO THE HUMAN BODY & SHOULD NEVER BE TAKEN & COQ10 IS JUST AS BAD IF NOT WORSE. NEITHER DRUG-VITAMIN IS ANY GOOD FOR ANYONE.RUINED MY LIFE. I JUST HOPE MY LEGS GET STRONGER | M | 71 | 5 months 10 1X O | 9/7/2014 | 1 | statins | Ok i wrote a thread on 3/3/2011 regarding the severe pain in my ancles / legs and arm which basicaly reduced me to a criple i needed a stick for support as the pains in my feet were so bad..had xrays but all proved normal ..doctor said it could be a chipped bone yep could be!!!!!..i said to my doc well if its a chipped bone in my left foot then how come i now got the same pains apearing in my right foot .......could be inflamation etc etc etc no way could it be the statins anyway to cut to the chace i have stopped taking these statins as an experiment and up to date now 15/04/2011 (took about 8 weeks to get e'm out of my system) I can walk again without any discomfort - I dont need a stick for support anymore and life is back to normal and i can now walk arround normally...will i take this tablet from hell again - no way i will try keeping my cholesteral down by normal means if it exeeds the limit then tough its better that a life of pain and being crippled..sorry for being so blunt but thats what they did to me. | M | 71 | 5 years 20 1X day | 4/15/2011 | 1 | LDL=120; moderate carotid artery pl | Irritable; cursing at my computer; didn't feel right; tingling like mild electrical shocks in fingertips; progressed to pain in upper right back; hike in hilly woods daily, and when I felt sluggish going up a hill like my legs had no strength, I knew something was wrong; right little toe got red, swelled and sore; totally new experiences. Stopped on my own 3 weeks ago, still have the back pain. Then learned a friend was on Lipitor for 18 months before he realized a problem (couldn't walk up a flight of stairs), stopped taking it and took another 18 months to recover. I'm glad I stopped when I did; it appears that many of the maladies associated with this drug take time to occur and even longer to be attributed to the drug. I would guess that the negative reports on this page are but the tip of an iceberg. | My cardiologist just pooh-poohed my question about side effects when we were discussing my going on Crestor. (I didn't know much about it at the time) I don't see him until March, and my decision is final. Crestor, for me, is bad stuff. As a statin, isn't it just a milder version of Baycol, and we all know the story there. When people are falling over dead because of a drug (Baycol), the FDA may act; if it's just a more gradual poisoning (Crestor) they are blind, following (with the medical profession) the Pied Piper band of Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Bayer, etc. Money rules all. My plan is good diet, lots of exercise, and periodic carotid artery sonoscans. BTW, I have a PhD in physics and consider myself to be rational and good at evaluating data. The data/literature base related to Crestor and other statins, cholesterol, CRP, inflammation and atherosclerosis is a real can of worms, making a causal analysis very difficult. I'm worried that the pharmaceutical/medical/FDA cabal will be able to hide behind this smoke screen for a long time to come. | M | 71 | 4 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 2/13/2011 | 1 | High cholesterol | Severe lower back pain, hip and leg pain, extreme fatigue. Affected daily life considerably. Went off the medication and felt better within 2 weeks, but when I found out at my November physical that it had lowered my cholesterol, I went back on it for about 10 days, and pain started again so I stopped taking it. That was about 2 - 3 weeks ago and I am still suffering a lot of pain. Hopefully, this stuff will be out of my system soon. | F | 71 | 2 months 10 mg. 1X day | 12/27/2010 | 1 | to control my cholesterol | I have experienced extreme weakness in my legs, severely limiting my ability to walk! I also have debilitating pain in my thighs, knees and calves, and in my left shoulder. Using the computer has become difficult due to wrist pain. I've also experienced nausea and headaches, which I never had on any other statin. My weakness had become so severe that I was contemplating assisted living! Thank God that my fuzzy thinking finally allowed some common sense to sink in and I remembered the statin side effects! I quit taking the Crestor 5 days ago and already feel better. I hope I continue to improve. | My Plan D insurance rudely switched me from Lescol to Crestor, which my M.D. okayed. I was on Lescol for years with no complications. I originally was put on Baycol which I used until it was recalled. I can't believe that Crestor hasn't been recalled, too. I am through with statins. I am going to try the natural paths to keep my cholesterol low. Also, none of the statins I tried could lower my triglicerides. I'm currently taking Actos off-label (I am not diabetic) and it has helped, but it wasn't until I went on 4 grams of Omega 3 daily that they went to a normal level. A recent article in TIME magazine revealed that the statins don't work as well in women as in men when it comes to heart protection, so I will save my money and a lot of pain. | F | 71 | 4 months 10 mg 1X day | 4/4/2010 | 1 | artery disease | Severe muscle pain | On day three of taking this drug I woke up on my back with my knees pulled up and I could not straighten my legs. Doctor wanted me to immediately go for a blood test. Are you kidding? I couldn't even walk for 3 days as my muscles wouldn't relax and stretch out. | F | 71 | 3 days 20 mg 1X day | 4/29/2018 | 3 | High cholesterol | Pretty severe muscle soreness in shoulders and upper arms. Seem to be lethargic more. After a lite workout with weights or swimming I get really sore. Asprin helps. | Was on Lipitor and had doc change due to muscle soreness. Crestor soreness is different but just as severe. Seems to make one more prone to soreness after normal exercise. I stopped taking about two weeks ago. Soreness is somewhat reduced but still there. I had double bypass surgery about 2 1/2 years ago. That is when we started the statins. Never any soreness problems before then. I plan to discontinue for at least two weeks more to see if the soreness goes away. | M | 72 | 30 days 10mg 1X day | 5/17/2010 | 2 | Cholesterol 5.7 (UK) | Took this for about 9 months and cholesterol level reduced to 4. Felt OK for about 5 months then started feeling extremely tired and nauseous. Stopped last month for just one week and saw GP who took blood test. Cholesterol level soared in that week to 6.7 even though my diet is very low-fat. My liver test is giving cause for concern and I have to see GP again. Also have had one ultra-sound scan of pelvis three months ago and need a follow-up (this week) as something seen that "Just needs keeping an eye on" | I am coming off this tablet although GPs scare one about the possibility of strokes - even though they do not run in my family. I think patients should know before taking statins that if they stop them their cholesterol levels will rise higher than they were before they started the regime. | F | 72 | 250 days 10mg 1X day | 4/4/2010 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Feeling of tightness in shoulders, chest, neck and legs. Sometimes felt as if I would not be capable of walking. Tiredness, chest pains and very bad bloating, exacerbating my acid reflux situation. Particularly scary feelings while driving, which fed anxiety to point where did not feel like risking driving anymore. An altogether terrible experience and I know that when I go back to doctor will have to battle his attempts to put me on a substitute. | I quit on my own initiative 8 days ago, as I could not take it anymore. Even so, while not quite as bad, the side effects continue and are only gradually reducing. I cannot wait until Crestor finally clears my system. | M | 72 | 3 weeks 10 MG 1X day | 9/21/2012 | 1 | Ldl reduction and plaque stability | Muscle pain, strength loss, joint pain, elevated PSA , lethargy. | M | 72 | 8 weeks 5mg | 5/30/2016 | 1 | reduce cholesterol levels | From the get-go I experienced leg weakness, cramping ,numbness and pain. Initially was on 20 mg then after several months my cardiologist bumped up the daily dose to 40mg.....symptoms magnified greatly.....my compaints fell on deaf ears and he insisted I maintain the dose which I stupidly adhered to. Muscle mass became highly evident from a once athletic frame. CK levels of 1200 substantiated loss of muscle mass and myopathy. Family practioner through a recent blood test picked up on the high level of CK and attributed loss of muscle as related to the symptoms was most likely caused by Crestor. Next stop is to get the cardiologist to prescribe another statin and abandon Crestor ...... and also monitor blood levels lest I drop the cardiologist and seek cardio expertise elsewhere. | I need to get off this disabling drug and recapture life as it was before using this dreaded crippling drug. | M | 72 | 3 years 40mg 1X day | 6/17/2015 | 1 | Dr insisted for slight LDL elevatio | Constant exhaustion,tender glands, ear pain, tinnitus and elevated B/P, after 2 years started SEVERE jaw pain diagnosed as trigeminal neuralgia.Dr said depressed -gave serotonin uptick.result was serotonin syndrome. Dr refused to help. Changed doctors. Off Crestor at 72 years for 7 months and feel GREAT!watching all symptoms slowly disappear. This poison almost destroyed me!!! | F | 72 | 5 years 2.5mg dail | 3/20/2017 |