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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | upper arms upper back | muscle spasm upper arm upper back | F | 41 | 2 weeks 5mg 1X day | 2/6/2010 | 1 | High Cholesterol | I took crestor the first morning and awoke the following morning feeling as if I had lifted weights the day before. I thought maybe I just slept wrong and took it again the second day. On the second day by late night the muscle pain in my arms and shoulders was worse. I will never take it again.... | Muscle pain in upper body. | F | 41 | 2 days 10 1X day | 8/18/2010 | 1 | To increase hdl | Severe pain in both knees & right shoulder pain. Weakness. | M | 41 | 2 months 40mg 1X day | 6/14/2010 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Initially, I took 10mg per day and cholesterol dropped 60% and only side effect was I was lifting 20% less in the gym. I therefore agreed with the doctor to drop dose to 5mg per day (after 6 weeks). Cholesterol rose slightly but gym was better. Six months later, I started suffering anxiety and what would become the worst depression I can ever imagine. I can even say I was becoming suicidal. I hated life, my business started to suffer, I slept all day, I didnt want to do anything or go anywhere. I was so terrified I could be capable of suicide that I was having constant panic attacks about it. I have suffered anxiety in the past and have been put on Seroxat (20mg per day) which always worked very well for me. This time, it didn't touch the sides. My symptoms were so aggressive, it terrified me. | Eventually, I put 2 and 2 together and realized Crestor could be the problem. I stopped taking it 4 days ago and the symptoms have completely disappeared! I am so happy and relieved but at the same time angry that neither my physician nor psychiatrist once mentioned these symptoms could be caused by Crestor. Furthermore, all the aches and pains (particularly kidney and liver pains) stopped immediately. If you are taking this drug and have any symptoms at all, please stop immediately. Within 48 hours, you will know if the drug is the cause. Good luck everybody. | M | 41 | 1 years 5mg 1X day | 5/15/2018 | 5 | high cholesterol | Few years ago Dr.put me on this drug. I felt like a Dinosaur when I walked. Leg pain , restless leg pain at night. Got off drug felt better immediately. Year later after shooting hip pain went to several Drs ... Ended up having hip surgery.. Drug Deff caused it ! It eats up your muscle for Christ sake!! What holds up your skeletal system.. MUSCLE!!.. | M | 42 | 6 months 10mg | 5/31/2015 | 5 | High Chlorestorol | Lowered my LDL & triglycerides significantly. No noticeable side effects. And multiple check ups shown continual improvement. | M | 42 | 10 months 10MG | 9/1/2015 | 4 | High Cholesterol | Slight muscle pain | Was on 40mg Lipitor for years. Finally figured out where my joint pain was coming from and switched to Crestor. Much better | M | 42 | 10 years | 9/19/2007 | 4 | Improve LDL-HDL ratio | No side effects to date. | Currently taking 10mg daily. Reduced total cholesterol from 176 to 91, LDL from 107 to 58, triglycerides from 191 to 96, increased HDL from 31 to 32. | M | 42 | 53 days | 5/25/2006 | 3 | High Cholesterol | I had been taking Crestor for around 12 mths. Over this time I just felt like crap. I constantly had chest pain which scared me, I felt dizzy at times and always tied. I didn't put it down to Crestor. I didn't know what it was. Than I did a bit of research and discovered this website. I stopped taking Crestor around 3 weeks ago and have felt so good within days. Chest pains have gone, energy levels have increased and my dizziness has stopped. I will now have to look at other options as this drug is scary. Bathurst NSW Australia . | Be carefull. I just wonder what long term effects this may have on me. | M | 42 | 1 years 10mg 1X day | 5/4/2011 | 3 | High Cholesterol | Painful erections lead to loss of interest in sex, headaches, migrains, back neck and head hurt a lot sometimes. Memory loss. Talking too much in real life, or typing too much on the Internet. Not able to focus or concentrate at times. Dizzy, confused, feel like throwng up at times, nightmares, sounds, music, tv shows, get on my nerves sometimes and I try to communicate but get cut off and forget what I was talking about. Used to be brilliant with computers in programming and fixing them. Now I can barely function problerly. If I talk to someone like that they walk away instead of helping me. Some even make fun of me nd mock me even my brothers and some friends. Some friends and family members avoid me and refuse to return email or phone calls and I do not know why. | Costs too much, I am on medicare and the coverage gap or doughnut hole forces me to pay as much as $800+ a month on medicine and disability does not pay me enough to afford that. So sometimes I have good hearted doctors give me samples until the doughtnut hole resets. Without this medicine I may die, but not like anyone cares about mentally ill people on disability whe medicine costs too much, and we either get samples from other doctors, charge it to credit cards, or go without them for a while. If it keeps up I will lose my house and my wife, son, and brother-in-law will suffer and forced to live in an apartment or trailer or cheaper house. I got many persciprtion assitance discount cards that are supposed to help. But pharmacists claim they are no good and refuse to accept or use them. | M | 42 | 6 months 20 MG 1X day | 10/4/2010 | 2 | lower cholesteral numbers | No side effects after two years. | The problem is that is hasn't worked after two years. My Dr. tells me that 40mg is the highest he can give me. I have been eating healthier and exercising but my numbers wont go down. This has been a waste of money for me. | M | 42 | 2 years 40 1X day | 8/9/2010 | 2 | High Cholesterol | I have been on Crestor for 2 years. I have been aware of the side effects but continued due to the fact it does a good job at reducing the bad cholesterol. I do suffer from the usual joint problems and tiredness associated with taking Statins, bad pains in hands, knees and back. However, the worse issues are the memory loss, and mood swings. Sometimes I feel like the incredible hulk as you can go from a normal/happy to enraged over the least little thing. Can be truly worrying. My doctor upped my dose to 20Mg once and I came off after a week as I was a zombie with an anger issue. However, a relation of mine takes 20mg and seems to suffer no side effects. | Consult with your doctor about the side effects and tell them strongly you believe they are Crestor/Statin related. My Doctor at first didn't believe it until he looked it up for himself. Now we discuss other options at mt review sessions as there are always new drugs/methods coming onto the market. | M | 42 | 2 years 10 1X day | 2/22/2012 | 2 | High Cholesterol | Mild headache, joint pain, fatigue, mood changes, not sleeping | I've been on Crestor for about 8 weeks, doc switched me from Liptor which I was on because simvastatin made me sick. Now I've got pain in my left hip so bad it hurts to walk, I have bouts in the afternoon all I can do is try to stay awake, I don't sleep well at night wake up and can't get back to sleep, have been very different person lately. Taking 10 mg. I'll see my latest results in a week but this sucks. | M | 42 | 8 weeks | 8/25/2008 | 1 | High LDL | Extreme muscle soreness and weakness and insomnia | I am a personal trainer and weight lifter, I am so sore that I can't lift weights or work out at all and can't walk up one flight of stairs without wincing in pain. I picked up something about twenty pounds with two hands and injured my forearm so bad I can't bend my arm. I can't sleep even with meds. | M | 42 | 5 weeks | 12/21/2008 | 1 | to lower cholesterol levels | I developed headaches after 8 weeks and more frequently after that, at times very severe especially after even just 1/2 glass of wine. In addition to the headaches, I develop pins and needles in my feet during week 20 of taking the drug. Since I stopped taking Crestor 10, the headaches have subsided and there is still a mild reminder of the pins and needles in both feet. | My doctor prescribed Crestor 10 after several other products on the market had very little effect lowering my cholesterol levels over a 3 year period. Crestor 10 did indeed bring my cholesterol level down from 6.8 to 4.3 after a 6 month trial period, but the frequent headaches were a concern. I had flue and colds more often than before and I suspect that the use of the drug suppresses the immune system (Cyclosporine)? I also developed shingles for the first time ever during week 25 of taking Crestor 10 – maybe as a result of a low immune system (for the records, I am NOT HIV positive, and do NOT suffer from cancer and I am NOT a diabetic). | M | 42 | 180 days | 1/3/2008 | 1 | Very high Cholesterol and tryglceri | short term memory loss, disorentation, confusion, EXTREME IRRATIBILITY TO THE POINT OF VIOLENCE, depression, anxiety, sleep problems, muscle pains, shortness of breath, itchy skin | I found this site when I firt started taking Crestor and thought these folks where off their rockers- well after almost 14 months I am through with this med. I am a healthy 42 yr old male with genetic disposition to high col and tri I take no other meds and after taking Crestor these symptoms began to get worse and worse---the changes in my personality where extreme, I am a Judge so could not tolerate these "thinking/mental" changes thought is was lack of sleep etc but am now convined it is the Crestor-stop taking this stuff!! | M | 42 | 14 days | 1/18/2008 | 1 | High cholesterol | memory loss, couldn't finish a sentence; distended stomach; vivid, weird dreams, abdomonial pain; feelings of depression even though I'm generally a happy person; feelings of anxiety; insomnia even though I'm tired | Symptoms were not noticable until the last few weeks. The emotional stuff that was happening was horrible. Have now stopped (it's been five days) and will not take any statins anymore. | 42 | 58 days 5 mg 1X day | 2/18/2014 | 1 | High Cholesterol | unable to sleep, severe muscle & joint pain, moody, zero energy | i have blood tests run every 2 months to check my kidney function because this is one of the side effects from cestor. my kidney function has come back abnormal 3 times but the doctor has not taken me off crestor. i complained of joint pain so she sends me to an ortho who just put me on pain med. had another round of blood and urine tests done now i'm dealing with severe kidney problems, have to have more tests next week. all 3 of my doctors know i'm on crestor why are they not putting 2 and 2 together. after reading all of this i will be taking myself off crestor today. hopefully its not too late for my kidneys. thank god for this website. | F | 42 | 8 months | 8/30/2009 | 1 | High cholesterol | After 2 days of taking Crestor, developed chronic pain in right heel. Day 4 pain developed in other heel. Days 5-10 developed fever as high as 103.5 and thought I had the flu. Day 11: severe joint and muscle pain in hands, wrist, elbows and knees. Missed several days of work when I never miss work. | Quit taking drug on day 12. Still have joint pain and fever after quitting drug 2 days ago. Looking forward to getting Crestor of my system and will actively pursue natural ways of reducing my LDL cholesterol. | M | 42 | 11 days | 4/15/2007 | 1 | high cholesterol | After just several weeks, I feel like my personality has changed: depressed & anxious at the same time. Don't want to leave the house, which is unusual for me. Increased appetite, never feel satisfied. Even though eating causes heartburn I still feel the need to eat. I think Crestor is causing mental illness. Regarding physical changes: I have right lower back pain, a sore right knee, and headaches, but I have experienced those pains before so it might not be Crestor. But, you know, after reading the other posts, I think it might be Crestor causing these phyiscal ailments too. I'm convinced Crestor has caused my change in personality and so I'm stopping this powerful drug today. | My doctor didn't seem to know about Crestor possibly causing mental/mood changes and made me doubt myself. He asked, "maybe you're more stressed at work? at home? and so forth because he didn't believe it could be Crestor. I encourage anyone else experiencing changes in personality to stop Crestor immediately, get on good healthy diet w/ exercise, and see if personality goes back to what's normal for you. Then you'll know it's really Crestor. | F | 42 | 20 days 10 1X day | 3/14/2010 |