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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | High Cholestrol | Unbearable pain in shoulders and down to elbows a constant throbbing keeping me awake at night. Also lower back pain and pain in knees and very fatigued. Was taking pain killers to sleep something i have never had to do before and the pain would build up throughout the day to a point were I would cry. | Stopped taking Crestor after 28 days once I visited this site and realised that it was the cause of my sudden demise. After three weeks the pain had lessened but still really bad. It is now three months on and I am feeling better than ever, have been to a Naturopath and done a complete detox to rid my body of these dreadful toxins, and am now on a diet to reduce my cholestrol which has dropped from 7.4 to 5.4. I will never take Crestor or any other statin again. I never want to go through that pain again. I now feel twenty years younger than I did 2 or 3 months ago. | F | 62 | 28 days 20 1X day | 1/5/2012 | 1 | lower cholesterol | Aching, stiff and sore from head to toe, weakness,extreme fatigue,headaches, foul mood due to all of above. I have fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis and thought I was going downhill over the last couple months. Stayed on all meds trying to work through the misery. I couldn't take it any more; call fibro dr to change my meds. No relief, now reading this site and a couple others and I am having the same issues as so many others who have taken CRESTOR. Calling my PCP now to tell him "No more". Thanks for sharing-what a great site! | F | 55 | 65 days 5MG 1X day | 12/9/2011 | 1 | Elevated cholesterol readings | Muscle soreness,legs,and upper arms(deltoid area),weakness both areas. | Had taken Crestor 5 mg. EVERY OTHER DAY for over 2 and a half years.With higher reading,increased to once daily.Now,after 4 months,have muscle pain and soreness and increased physical disability.Am thrice weekly "Y" participant,exercising with Silver Sneakers,walk the tread-mill one-half mile bi-weekly,and water walk like-wise.Am too sore to do so currently.M.D.advises returning to QOD,but I'm taking a break ,period. | F | 85 | 3 years 5 mg. 1X day | 12/1/2011 | 1 | elevated triglycerides | Back pain, weak legs, slight stomach flu like symptoms, muscle spasms, cramping calves and hamstrings, flushed feeling, tingling feet and fingers, overall weakness and heavy feeling in upper torso.. | Fought for years to get over low back pain from a herniated disk. No pain for the last year and a half. Started Crestor 70 days ago. Went to the Doc for returned back pain which continually worsened over the last 30 days. Didn't have a clue it might be the Crestor but Doc asked me if I was having any stomach problems so I decided to check out some info and found this site - Holly cr*p, I have almost every symptom mentioned here and then some. Back pain, weak legs, slight stomach flu like symptoms, muscle spasms, cramping calves and hamstrings, flushed feeling, tingling feet and fingers. Calling Doc today to get off! | M | 57 | 70 days 10 1X day | 11/29/2011 | 1 | High Cholesterol | 6 wks after starting Crestor 10mg began experiencing excrutiating pain in shoulders, neck, down arms, and in lower back, leg weekness, and mild forgetfulness. Have a herniated disc but pain intensified 10 fold. Started using a walker, had to sleep in a chair (as could not push to a sitting position in bed), needed TOTAL help with shower (prior was completely independent), losing independance. Stopped medication 1 week ago and can now get up out of chair much easier, horrible pain in shoulders, neck, and arms is going away. Pain in lower back is back to normal level (for me). Able to assist with my own shower and get my meals again. P.S. Please review your parents medications and if they have had a change in their independence or any of these symptoms talk to them and their doctor about stopping medication. | F | 87 | 2 months 10mg 1X day | 11/27/2011 | 1 | High HDL Low LDL | Horrible muscle cramps from thighs down to toes. Toes actually curl, instep cramps so tight it feels like the bones are moving. Ankles and calves are the same. Try to sleep and wake up to such severe cramps, cannot even get them to let loose. | I quit taking Crestor 2 weeks ago and am still not getting any relief from the cramping. Saw my Cardiologist yesterday and he said to quit for good. I just don't know if the cramping is ever going to stop! | F | 53 | 2 years 20 MG 1X day | 11/10/2011 | 1 | High Triglycerides | each day it got worse: all over muscle pain, including it hurt to hold my head up, extreme weakness and shakiness in my arms and hands, thighs, making it hard to sit, stand, hold things, type, lie down, especially walk. Very Confused. Spells of eye "white outs". Uncoordinated. | I was only on this for 7 days. I take several important meds for other conditions that require medication, and they *cause* high triglycerides. I honestly would rather let my triglycerides go and eat and exercise more than EVER deal with another type of these drugs. No thank you. My dad and mom both had regular bad Cholesterol probs they took crestor and had to stop due to side effects too. Dont take this. | F | 34 | 7 days 10 Mg 1X day | 11/9/2011 | 1 | high cholesterol and to raise HDL | I switched to taking 20 mg of Crestor about a week ago when I read that Zetia, the drug I took along with Crestor, could cause hearing loss. I took the 20 mg one week and lost my balance and nearly 1/2 my hearing in my left ear, according to the audiologist . This is just my first full day off Crestor, but so far it doesn't sound like I am going to regain my hearing. | I think anyone taking this drug should have their hearing tested twice a year before they have to purchase expensive high-powered hearing aid devices. Loss of hearing can sneak up on you. Definitely don't take pain medication, anti-inflamatories, or any antibiotics while using crestor. | M | 68 | 730 days 10 mg 1X day | 10/29/2011 | 1 | High cholesterol | I took this drug for a month and after two weeks developed severe pains in both shoulders going down to my elbows as well as pain in lower back and in both knees. Couldn't sleep with the pain and had to take strong pain killers and heat packs just to get to sleep. | After 30 days suddenly the penny dropped and I recalled the pharmacist saying that Crestor could cause muscle soreness and if so to stop taking it and return to the Doctor. I stopped taking Crestor two weeks ago and although some slight improvement am still in agony. Have aged 10 years in 6 weeks. Will not take this or any other similar drug again and am taking wild krill oil and changing my diet to bring my cholesterol down naturally. Will see the Doctor next week to be certain. I am pleased to hear others have had similar effects as I was starting to think it was bone cancer. Hope I will be back to normal soon. | F | 62 | 30 days 20mg 1X day | 10/21/2011 | 1 | High cholestrol | Severe headaches every day | I am not going to use it any longer. | F | 44 | 10 days 1X day | 10/1/2011 | 1 | cholestoral | severe pain in legs. back, pain in kidney region. stiff neck blurred vision. | I have bulging disks in my back and need to have a hip replacement so the pain I experienced was masked by thinking my condition was worsening,. Eventually I couldn't walk without severest pain to move was agony, I stopped taking CRESTOR AND THE PAIN LESSENED WITHIN 48 HOURS BUT THE DAMAGE TO MY KIDNEYS MAY NOT BE SO EASY TO CONTAIN. I would never recommended this drug to anyone and I think it should be taken off the market, I am still suffering pain because of Crestor | F | 66 | 65 days 10mg 1X day | 9/29/2011 | 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 | Cholesterol | Depression,Aches & Pains,Swelling of Legs,Peeling of Legs and Feet like a Snake,Breathing Problems. | Took her off Crestor and all symptoms disappeared in 5 days.Dr not happy wanted to give her another Med for each mentioned Side Effect.Had Dr switch her over to a non Satin called Fenofibrate and no side effect noticed in last 10 months. | F | 69 | 6 months 20 1X day | 9/25/2011 | 1 | High Chol | Bloody headaches and tired but not sleepy. Sore legs and lower back ache legs really tire on stairs and feel breathless. Memory is terrible.."um..I can't remember what I was saying...what was I saying?" Yuck meds = horrible. | I bet this does a great job lowering chol - but is it worth it. Quality of life feels so compromised. Tired and forgetful versus rahter die energetic and remembering who was with me when i died. Drug companies are lazy - they create this stuff and then generalize side effects. Be aware that you need very little of this drug, see http://medicationsense.com/articles/may_aug_05/crestor_headlines_053005.html. to see that 1mg and 2 mg are sufficient in dose and effectiveness. Don't take 10,20 or 30mg,..that's crazy. Eat better and exercise.change your attitude and life patterns and stop believing the Dr is a health god. Mine couldn;t wait to give me another prescription.with lots of repeats. How could anyone take 10mg or more? . . | M | 45 | 40 days 5mg day 1X day | 9/16/2011 | 1 | lower LDL | severe muscle pain in left leg, both inner thighs and upper arms loss of strength | The pain started at 11 mos and pregressively got worse. I've always had a high tolerance for pain but this is the worst I've ever experienced - sleepless nights and pain at an 8-9 level. Some relief during the day. Have been off the med for 1 month and no relief. Doc says it could take 6 -8 weeks. Over the counter pain relief doesn't work nor does oxycodone or flexeril I'm a very healthy 70 year old and I want my life back!!!! | M | 70 | 14 months 10 MG 1X day | 9/15/2011 | 1 | For High cholesterol | I have gotten very bad joints, muscle weakness in legs and arms. Severe muscles spasms, to where my legs jump and cause my whole body to jolt. | I would not advise anyone to take Crestor. Trying to sleep at night while your legs are jumping is not easy. Many mornings I wake up, my sheets and blanket is in the middle of the bed. Where I guess I didn't rest well. Getting off of Crestor,, is rough,, the leg spasms get much worse. I just don't know when the spasms will go away. I will pray about this. | F | 56 | 7 years 10 MG 1X day | 9/4/2011 | 1 | High Cholesterol / high LDL | Extremely painful achilles tendons (now walk like Frankenstein in the a.m. and after sitting for awhile). Also sudden weight gain (round the mid-section). Have been off Crestor for 3 months - damage done - still very, very painful achilles tendons!!! | I've always had side effects with statins - but not to this extreme nor have the side effects lasted this long after I stopped taking them.. | F | 54 | 60 days 5mg 2X day | 9/2/2011 | 1 | my feet ankles and fingers swell daily and hurt . My calves are so sore to walk..I thought it was arthritis but now I think it is this awful med..I cant believe I let my dr. talk me into this med. Does anyone know when I get off which will be tonight , if the swelling and soreness will go away? | F | 54 | 30 days 20 1X day | 8/30/2011 | 1 | high LDL | back, knees, shoulders, ankles, chest pain (odd; could not place it), foggy thoughts. tired. loss of strength. Have worked out for the past 10 years and never had more than the basic pain as would be expected after a harsh workout. I believed at first that i had perfected some exercises and maybe i was getting better results. when the knees and shoulder got really bad i just thought i was overdoing the routine. it was more like biometrics (body weight). I slowed down and went back to the old weights for a couple weeks. i was having trouble with 50% of the old weights. I was hitting max at half the weight. I stopped taking it when it started to feel like i was in a car crash every morning. the odd thing was that my thought process was so poor that i think that is why i couldn’t put 2 and 2 together. I got off of it for a month and read a lot. i found this was common. i decided to test it again just to confirm. 5 days ago i took the pills and cut them into quarters. I wa | i can’t say enough just how much damage i believe this drug did. I feel i have aged decades in just months. i will not take again and will inform as many people as possible | M | 39 | 80 days 10 mg 1X day | 8/29/2011 | 1 | high cholestrol & trigliserides | within 48hrs my thighs were weak, terrible joint pain. my knees had sharp strong pains, my ankles were unstable, could hear a crack sound some days in them. after 11 days i could no longer stand it, and stopped taking crestor. saw doctor next day she agreed stop it it causes muscle problems. but my main concern was it affected my left eye. I went and had an eye exam nothing wrong, but i told him on crestor, he was surprised as very few have eye muscle problems, my left eye was constantly contracting. Since stopping crestor (35 days) my eye problem has gone, but i still have great trouble going up stairs, i hope it will subside. I am now taking krill oil tablets and watching diet, my doctor said go back in 6 wks for a review. This crestor is really not good at all, I was shocked side effects can be permanent in some people. I will never take it again | before taking crestor talk about side effects with pharmacist. | F | 58 | 11 weeks 10 1X day | 8/28/2011 |