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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | genetically high cholesterol | After about 2 months, I began to get extreme anxiety, depression, body aches, lethargy, and developed a problem in my left foot out of the blue. I did not immediately link the anxiety and depression to the drug, and was amazed that I had developed these very extreme reactions in such a short time. | Crestor has been worse for me than vytorin and simvastatin in that the depression and anxiety were not side effects I experienced with these drugs. Crestor caused these symptoms along with body aches, insomnia, and general malaise that were also caused by the other statins I have taken. I felt like I was having a nervous breakdown. | F | 60 | 3 months 5 mg 1X day | 4/3/2011 | 1 | high cholesterol | muscle aches, achilles tendonitis, cognitive problems | Because of achilles tendonitis and other muscular problems, I reduced Crestor to 1/2 of a 5 mg pill, every other day. Muscular aches about gone, and am trying everything I can to alleviate the Achilles tendonitis in both legs. My podiatrist said it was systemic because tendonitis occurred simultaneously in both legs, and I have had no unusual physical activity. In fact my muscular problems also caused by Crestor inhibited walking. | F | 70 | 2 years 5 mg. 1X day | 4/2/2011 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Muscle pain, general weakness and tired a lot. Sexual Side Effects - inability to get/maintain erection - similar to what I experienced on Simvastatin. | M | 40 | 60 days 10 MG 1X day | 3/30/2011 | 1 | high triglycerides | headache, muscle spasms, muscle and joint pain, memory loss, hair loss, skin rash, depression. My CK levels soared to 1748, maximum normal range for CK is 215. | I was prescribed Crestor and Niaspan after complaining that Lipitor made me feel awful. After one month on Crestor and Niaspan things got worse. The symptoms mentioned above started with Lipitor and got worse with Crestor and Niaspan. | F | 60 | 1 months 1X day | 3/29/2011 | 1 | Elevated cholesterol | Muscle aches and soreness from my neck down to my toes | I had taken Crestor for about 9 mths. ending about a year ago. At that time I had developed what the dr. called severe myalgia and said it was the Crestor. It was in my neck (coudn't turn my head), shoulders, hips and legs to where I couldn't go to work. Since then dr. has tried 3 other statin drugs with even worse side effects for me. So back on the Crestor I am - for the past five days I have had pain in my feet radiating up the back of both legs, stiffness in my neck and shoulder area and both of my elbows feel like someone has hit me with a hammer to where it hurts to raise a spoon to my mouth. I've had it but my next dr. apt. isn't until the middle of April. I think I am going to cut myself down to 5 mg. a day and then stop altogether. I can't take this anymore. | F | 55 | 3 months 10 1X day | 3/28/2011 | 1 | Cholesterol | Calves hurt constantly. Legs hit spells of being very heavy and I felt as if I couldn't walk. Thumb constantly twitched and parts of body would tingle & sometimes entire body would tingle. Constant nervousness.Blood pressure increased by 40 pt & my normal was 120 or lower. This caused headaches & blurry vision. | After having another spell at work of heavy legs, I went to doctor. Labs were normal and doc immediately took me off crestor. Take changes in body serious and at least talk to a doctor. I put it off a few weeks. After 3 days, some symptoms have let up already. | M | 39 | 6 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 3/28/2011 | 1 | high cholesterol,high LDL, low HDL | achy, stiff joints, muscle weakness, pain & numbness in arms & hands especially when raising arms, irritable mood. | F | 43 | 3 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 3/27/2011 | 1 | high cholesterol | Severe back and leg pains. Shrinking muscles in the thighs and calves. Loss of sleep. | DO NOT take this drug. I have been having severe leg pain in both legs and my muscles in my legs are shrinking. Despite walking 4 miles 4 times a week, the pain never stopped. Awake all night with severe pain like a toothache. Did my own research and found out this is a side effect of this horrible drug. Went to my primary doctor and told him of my findings, he said stop taking the drug which I have. It has been 2 weeks now, still have the pain. I am going to have tests for muscle damage. The company that produces this drug and the FDA should be sued. | M | 50 | 5 years 10 MG 4X W | 3/26/2011 | 1 | Bad ldl | Could not breath irritable as the devil himself. constant lump in throat no energy to work out or even walk. | The stuff is poison. | M | 43 | 2 weeks 20mg 1X day | 3/23/2011 | 1 | High Cloresterol | Severe muscle pain, shoulders & arms mainly, loss of energy, depression, groin pain, Sleep in a recliner. Wondering if anyone after Crestor use has had any success stopping the muscle pain? Suggestions? | Shouldn't surprise me in this money driven world that a company can get something like this not only FDA approved but still sold after all the damage to human lives!!!! not ready to die yet......... | M | 57 | 3 months 20mg, 1X day | 3/18/2011 | 1 | Only to keep the veins healthy | After only four days of taken 10 mg daily I experienced very high blood pressure and extremely increased hearthbeat, panickiness and uncomfortable feelings in the chest, like just getting a heart attack, could not sleep in the night. At this moment I did not recognize all this a side effects of Crestor, even it was the only drug I used. After thirtheen days I became dangerous and I needed the emergency doctor and the clinic. Suddenly after doing a soft 20 minutes workout on my indoorcycle at recommend heart rate of only 120 bpm my rest pulse stopped at 90 bpm, which is normally around 54 bpm, since I am trained very well. Following I was very nervous for some hours, still not achieving my normal pulse. Heartbeat remains high between 75 an 95. Then four hours later in the evening I suffered from heavy palpations and heartbeat was around 118 bpm accompanied with blood pressure over 200. I did never face such health problems in my whole live before. In the hospital the could not find any | M | 54 | 17 days 10 mg 1X day | 3/18/2011 | 1 | High cholesterol | Extremely stiff neck | I only took this drug for a month after taking another statin for a month. Both caused muscle problems | F | 57 | 2 months 10 1X day | 3/18/2011 | 1 | high cholestrol | took it had severe leg pain, lower back pain dizzy sometimes.weak and trouble getting up in the morning. Last time I went to the doctor he told me to stop taking the crestor to see if I had injured my leg or if it was the meds.It was the meds .Off crestor and I,am pain free.Have to find another way to fight this cholestrol. | My wife and brother went on crestor and both had leg pain and climbing stairs were out it hurt that much. Both went off crestor and this day are pain free. Crestor did lower the chestrol but the pain was not worth it. Still trying other things to get the levels down without the side effects | M | 62 | 5 years 40mg 1X day | 3/17/2011 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Dr. prescribed Crestor to be taken twice a week.After the 7th dose,I became ill with flu like symptoms.Back pains, leg and thigh pains, and arm pains. Felt like I had been lifting weights.I run daily and never experienced any pain in my legs like this.Also very weak.Have stopped taking and wondering how long it will take to leave my system. | F | 50 | 7 days 10mg 2X W | 3/16/2011 | 1 | high cholesterol | muscle weakness behind knees. Also pain the ball of my foot. | I am suppose to take this daily but I only take it Monday to Friday. Muscle pains started in the past 1-2 months. When walking sometimes it feels like the muscles behind my knee will give out. This happens when I initially place weight on my leg or when going up or down stairs. I also have been having pain in the ball of my foot. It feels like I pulled a muscle. I initially thought the foot pain was due to over use from excercizing but I wear good supporting sneakers when I work out. Glad I now know that it may be the medication. | F | 50 | 1 years 10mg 1X day | 3/13/2011 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Occasional headaches, constant pain in knee joints and muscles behind the knees along with pain and muscle spasms in the calves. My knee problems came on abruptly. I thought it was from heavy lifting earlier that day. I noticed muscle aches while climbing a long flight of stairs and after sitting for a long period of time, I could barely get out of my seat climb back down the same flight of stairs. The pain was rediculous. Knee pain kept me up all night.I tried knee braces,heating pads,ice packs,pain meds and NOTHING worked. I voluntarily quit this medication one month ago and recovery is very....very.....slow. I can sleep now but I can barely climb steps,long trips in the car are uncomfortable, squatting and kneeling is nearly impossible. | My high cholesterol is hereditary, I tried diet and excersise and it didnt help my condition. Crestor DID reduce my numbers significantly but...I cant handle this constant pain. I'm very active both at work and home. If I cant get around I'm screwed. I have a long, uncertain road ahead. | M | 43 | 3 months 20mg 1X day | 3/12/2011 | 1 | high cholesterol | tendonitis in feet, wrist, hip and shoulder. muscle pain, weakness, bloating, peripheral neuropathy. If you have any tendency toward muscle issues or a bad back, stay away from this drug. | my cardiologist prescribed simvistatin, I stopped taking it because of side effects and because my orthopedist didn't want me taking it around time of knee surgery. Started the Crestor, tolerated it for a couple of months, then started having the tendon and muscle problems again, more severely. | F | 55 | 8 months 5 mg 1X day | 3/11/2011 | 1 | lower cholesterol | Severe hip pain, stiffness in legs. Also having problems with the ball of my foot buy my doctor says it's unrelated (I think it is). When I told the doctor my symptoms he took me off Crestor immediately. Feeling a little better every day. | I was so happy to find this site to see that I'm not the only one suffering from the result of taking Crestor. I thought I was going crazy. This drug needs to be taken off the market! | F | 55 | 1 years 10 1X day | 3/11/2011 | 1 | high cholesterol | dark urine, muscle pain, depressed mood, frequent urination, painful urination, cramps | suggested by dooctor as new alternative to lipitor to try out. After such an immediate negative response, will wait till elimination complete, then back to lipitor. By the way, found out about the importance of supplementing concurently with ubiquinol (Q10) when tKing statins. | F | 45 | 3 days 5mg 1X day | 3/5/2011 | 1 | high cholesterol | severe muscle pain and muscle wasting | I took crestor for 3 and a half yrs. Just over 2 yrs now had total knee replacements but never seemed to improve. I was taken 3 steps forward and two steps back and the overall muscle aching was unbelievable, felt like flu symptoms. A few mths back found out my muscles were wasting and found it very hard to walk of just get out of bed. I saw a specialist a couple of mths ago and was told to stop it immediately and now the severe pain is gone but it will take lots of walking and exercise for a yr or two before my muscles repair themselves so I would never advise anyone to take 'crestor' because you may suffer these severe side effects also. | F | 52 | 3 years 10 mg 1X day | 3/3/2011 |