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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | high cholesterol, 220 | Extreme joint pain, lethargy, depression, sleeping long hours, exhaustion, dizziness, felt like I was going to pass out, got to where I was foggy and couldn't concentrate or remember things. Makes it very hard to work, felt like I was 85 and walked like an 85 year old. Not ready for that. | I would rate this worse than a "1", I would recommend that no one take this drug. The extreme joint pain has involved most all joints. I wake up during the night with elbow pain, feet and ankles hurt when I get up in the morning, knees always hurt, fingers swollen, hurts to make a fist. I stopped taking about 1-1/2 months ago, came home today and took off shoes and feet are swollen, have trouble getting up off toilet or out of chairs or car. Doctor finally listened and did a liver enzyme test which was high, will repeat in about a week. Fogginess and extreme exhaustion seemed to clear up after a couple of weeks of being off of Crestor. | F | 53 | 3 months | 6/23/2009 | 1 | Cholesterol | 2nd time taking it - two years apart. Leg cramps, passing out, dizziness, anxiety...told doctor had bad reactions before...prescribed it anyway. He should have to take it! | I stopped taking immediately and plan to find new doctor. One who will listen!!!! | 49 | 6 days | 6/19/2009 | 1 | My mother started on Crestor 6 months ago. After about 3 weeks we noticed a change in her memory. Her short term memory was completely gone! She forgot to eat, forgot simple things, it was very upsetting. I asked her doctor about the side affects of Crestor, one being memory loss, and she said not to worry. But worry we did as my mother got worse and worse. She quit taking the pill and within six days she was back. She has the normal memory loss for an 85 year old, but not the kind of memory loss that she had when she was on Crestor. It is like night and day. My advice for children of aging parents, check their medications. Their memory loss may be the result of medications particularly Crestor. BEWARE | F | 55 | 6 months | 6/19/2009 | 1 | high cholestrol | numbness in feet, muscles pains/cramps in arms, legs, neck, shoulder, & severe anxiety. Thought I was having a stroke. Have had MRI, CAT scan & heart scan - all normal. I quit taking after 3 years when I had a severe reaction. I felt like I was literally dying. A year later I am still suffering some side effects. | I have refused to take any statins for the past year despite Dr's warnings that the cholestrol will kill me. I just had a calcium test on arteries-O score. On 5/8/09, my cholestrol was 292. I began taking Mega Red fish oil & grape seed extract with resveratrol. On 6/13/09- my cholestrol was 233-59 pts lower in a little over a month!! My good cholestrol was up to 64. Try this combo if you can't tolerate statins & see if it helps. | F | 63 | 3 years | 6/16/2009 | 1 | High LDL | Severe pain in feet and left knee occured. Went to orthopedic dr. who thought I might have a torn miniscus. Had an MRI and xray, found nothing but swelling and inflamation. I received cortisone shot and anti-inflamatory drug. I have also been feeling extreme fatigue and having nightly leg cramps. After reading this post I am convinced it is the Crestor. I have taken it for about 6 months, 10mg. I think I will stop and see what happens. | F | 60 | 6 months | 6/12/2009 | 1 | elevated cholestoral | After appox. 6 weeks on 5m Crestor, I started feeling bloated. Then suddenly experienced piercing pain behind my lower ribs on my left side. It is very painful when inhaling. On the same day, a shoulder pain started up at base of neck as if a knot is there. I cannot turn my head weell. Now, I can't do anything physical yet I am very athletic and typcally in perfect condition. I stopped Crestor 4 days ago and the pains are still here and won't go away. | Analyzing myself, I can tell my pains are totally unatural and not behaving normally; feeling more like I had been poisoned, I started retracing my steps to remember were I had been...what I had done. Then I realized it might be the Crestor. Today, I found this site looking into side effects...well, let me say: I was perfectly healthy. This had better go away! | M | 55 | 45 days | 6/12/2009 | 1 | Cholestorol | Rhabdomyolysis is a serious disorder that causes kidney damage resulting from toxic effects of the contents of muscle cells. Myoglobin is an iron-containing pigment found in the skeletal muscle. When the skeletal muscle is damaged, the myoglobin is released into the bloodstream. It is filtered out of the bloodstream by the kidneys. Myoglobin may obstruct the structures of the kidney, causing damage such as acute tubular necrosis or kidney failure. Myoglobin breaks down into potentially toxic compounds, which will also cause kidney failure. It is important to treat Rhabdomyolysis quickly. Early and aggressive hydration may prevent complications by rapidly eliminating the myoglobin out of the kidneys. The hydration needs with muscle necrosis may approximate the massive fluid volume needs of a severely burned patient. This may involve intravenous administration of several liters of fluid until the condition stabilizes. Diuretic medications such as mannitol or furosemide may | I expeirenced all of the side effects listed in the previous column. Please use caution when taking this drug! I stopped after 7 days. Do I want to reduce my cholestorol so I don't have a heart attack or damage my kidneys?? I think Doctors had better start paying attention to the drugs that may cause kidney damge because a diabetic can ill afford to loose there kidney function!!! | F | 56 | 7 days | 6/11/2009 | 1 | cholesterol | Foot, leg, sciatic nerve, hips, back, arms, hands = PAIN Dizzyness, nausea that kept me home from work!! Lethargy/exhaustion. | I have only been on this medication for 10 days. | F | 65 | 10 days | 6/6/2009 | 1 | cholesterol | I took 5 doses and got tendonitis in both feet. I had similar problems but only worse with Lipitor. However, my symptoms resolved after quitting Lipitor. It has now been 19 months since I took Crestor and I hobble to bathroom every morning; it gets some better during the day but I am never without foot pain when I walk. | M | 50 | 5 days | 6/3/2009 | 1 | Family History - High Cholestral | Debililating side effects after only six doses as noted in my prior post about a week ago. After one week off medication I have returned to feeling normal again aside from an acute Sciatic nerve condition on my left side that was brought BACK after several years by the medication. I am going to my Chiropractor today. Hell I can deal with the Sciatica and I am sure it will pass. Small amount to pay in terms of what this drug would have certainly did to me over the long run. Worst week of my life! Summary: My BERKLEE bloodwork numbers must have been skewed and abnormal the first time and showed higher numbers. Maybe I ate something a day before that caused this who knows? Anyway I am off Crestor or any other statin for sure and will continue the flaxseed, Pomegranate concentrate with a dose of red yeast rice each night before bed. Just to keep an advantage over any PREDISPOSITION to a heart attack because of family history. I never want to experience the pain that I did while on Crestor | Went back to my Cardiologist and explained the problems. He summized to my complete amazement that the muscle pains could be caused by my profession as a fitness trainer. I laughed and told him "first off" I could not find the energy to move let alone exercise while on Crestor. Not to mention the pain I was experiencing at the time. Addmittedly I told him that I may not have been so in tune with my diet, but am very in tune with my body and how it is SUPPOSED to feel without any exercise. He went on to say that my charts all looked good , cholestral borderline, EKG, Heart Scan, Calcium score 0 etc. He went on to explain that he was being cautius because of family history. I defended that by telling him that my father never exercised, was overweight, had high blood pressure and ate a fatty diet. I did not think I fit that mold at all. As it turns out he orders another blood test and I get the results: Total cholestral 158 HDL 56 LDL 65 surely 6 doses of this drug could not bring down my numbers this much! Especially from the original "BERKLEE" Borderline reading. | M | 47 | 6 days | 6/2/2009 | 1 | Cholestral, family history | Headache, extreme fatigue, pain in left foot area and also lower back, acute sharp pains in chest area, dizziness, insomnia, lethargic. | 10 mgs was supposed to be a mild dosage. This drug is extremely powerful with debilitating side effects. I never felt this bad over a six day period and I consider myself a strong 220 lb. male. Only a matter of time before they ban it like Celebrex . I stopped taking it and am due in tommorow to see the Dr. for a natural cure. No more statin "gambles" for me. I felt compelled to report this in the hopes that it helps someone to avoid this NASTY drug. By the way when I called my cardiologists office they seemed totally surprised by my complaints,,, as if they haven't heard them before. Just check the blogs on this crap and count the "patient" negatives verse the positives. | M | 47 | 6 days | 5/27/2009 | 1 | high triglycerides | going numb and dizzy, did not sleep well, felt like crap. | have been taking lipitor for 10 years (no major problems) the doctor put me on crestor because of one bad triglcerides test. Started to feel dizzy and numb in both arms within the 1st two days. Ended up in emergency room. I put my self back on lipitor after 4 days, already starting to feel back to normal (3 days later) | M | 49 | 4 days | 5/19/2009 | 1 | Cholestrol | Mild headach, tingling on one side of my body, Severe muscle pain in both arms. | After taking this medication 10 weeks, suddenly starting experiencing side effects. | F | 61 | 10 weeks | 5/18/2009 | 1 | high Cholestrol | muscle pain weakness I wish I would of never took it. in pain for four years. I'm sure to have it till the day I die | Crestor will make your life a living hell If your takeing this crap make sure you have test for "RHABDOMYOLYS" The pain stared in my feet woke up one morning and I couldnt walk my life suck now because of a little pill called "CRESTOR" | F | 51 | 2 weeks | 5/16/2009 | 1 | high cholesterol | Chest pain, bloating, gas | I have tried Zocor, Lipitor, and now Crestor. After few weeks, I begin having esophageal spasms, gas and bloating. Have had numerous tests to rule out everything from gastro to heart problems. Every time I try to take one of these meds, it starts again and gets worse. Takes several days to weeks off, for it to subside. | F | 55 | 4 weeks | 5/13/2009 | 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 | High cholesterol | Took 10 mg first time before going to bed. Usually I don't have problems sleeping but after taking this medication I didn't sleep but maybe 4 hours. My heart raced as though I had been drinking too much caffine. Took medicine for 3 nights and did not sleep for 4 nights and 5 days so far. I hope it leaves my system soon!!!! | I cannot take this medication because I cannot sleep and my heart races afterwards. I hope it does not do everyone this way! | F | 52 | 3 days | 5/10/2009 | 1 | to reduce LDL to optimal guideline | Left ankle tendonitis ("sprain") pain preventing walking. Possibly left plantar fascia (sole) pain/fatigue discouraging walking after a few blocks. Possibly also pain in right calf muscle after few blocks. Possibly also pain in right hip after few blocks. | I want to skip your 1-5 satisfaction report as my impression is way more complicated. Crestor DOES reduce LDL very well. But it also causes side effects (pain and fatigue in joints, muscles, ligaments, tendons) much more often than most doctors realize. Further complicating these effects is that they may become evident only after years of usage. Some people, for unknown reasons, are hardly affected at all--especially at low doses for limited periods. (Remember, FDA trials can't go on for years.) Further, these symptoms are easily confused with those of common problems like arthritis and peripheral artery disease. (Worsening this confusion is modern imaging that shows clearly that cartilage, for example, is worn away. Or that there are artery blockages. These are common, but they doesn't necessarily mean the cause of one's pain has been found!) A personal note: because of a bad family history, I took Zocor 10mg, then Lipitor 10mg for years. (I now suspect that unrecognized discomfort and fatigue gradually caused me to give up walking, my main exercise, during that time. Result: weakness and weight gain--bad for the heart in themselves.) After a disastrous experience, I resolved never to take ANY statin drug again. But later I foolishly let my internist talk me into Crestor. Again, to be cautious, I took only 2.5mg (I cut tablets in half) which, since there seemed to be no side effects, I eventually increased to 5mg. Years later I have tendonitis--no walking. | M | 89 | 30 years | 5/8/2009 | 1 | elevated ldh | severe nausea, nightmares, shoulder pain, right kidney pain. After 6 weeks only of Crestor 5 mg, pain in the calves and hamstrings was severe and my legs would not hold me up. The Crestor was stopped, and even in 24 hours I had improved. In another 6 weeks, I was well again. | I had been put on several of the other statins, with milder, but significant side effects. Crestor had the most severe side effects. I am now trying Moduchol 500mg AM and PM (hard to find, available on Amazon.com) and PHARMACEUTICAL GRADE NICOTINIC ACID 500mg three times a day, by doctor's orders. It's amazing how many pharmacists and doctors don't understand the difference. Plain Niacin over the counter is just a vitamin, and shouldn't be mixed up with the nicotinic acid properly used for lipid therapy. I also became wise too late about reading labels for fat and salt, and eliminating food habits that are not good for me. I only weigh 120#, so weight is no problem. My high chohlesterol is heredity. | F | 50 | 6 weeks | 5/7/2009 | 1 | high cholestreol | Pravastatin lowered my cholesterol 60 points in 9 months, without any noticeable side effects, but my primary thought we could do better, especially with the HDL. So...10 days on 80 mg of Zocor rendered me profoundly tired and fighting with myself to do things that only require normal amounts of activity. Crestor had the same effect as the Zocor in only 5 days! After 5 days on 20 mg Crestor, I once again experienced extreme tiredness and general malaise. After 5 days off of the drug I did a small roofing job that required 7 hours of moderate varied activities and after a 30 minute ride home got out of my van and felt nearly crippled. I have never had this experience before. Crestor and Zocor also gave me late evening acid stomach which I controlled with Rolaids. | I will never know if Crestor can effectively lower my colesterol, since I will not tolerate the side effects long enough to find out. After a one month statin hiatis I will try the Pravastatin again. After all, significant improvement is just that. | M | 67 | 5 days | 5/1/2009 |