CRESTOR Reviews (ROSUVASTATIN)Average Rating: 1.7 (1262 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CRESTOR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Very high cholesterol/ heart attack | Depression ,terrible pain in joints, sickness, can't sleep at night, | This drug should be banned ! Cholesterol came down for a while now it's back up ! Damned if you do take it and damned if you don't ! Surely not all these people can be wrong ? Surely this day and age they can make some drug to lower cholesterol without all these side effects .......? | F | 47 | 3 days 5mg 4X W | 2/20/2016 | 1 | high chlestrol | The answers are here...all of the statin drugs are POSION..PHARMO MAKING MILLIONS POISONING US | F | 70 | 7 days 5 | 2/17/2016 | 1 | hyperlipidemia | muscle pain in shoulders and arms, tachycardia, type 2 diabetes, foggy brain, elevated liver enzymes, early cataracts | Refused statins for years, was convinced to go on them 7 years ago, tachycardia started soon after beginning statins -did not relate the two until I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a month ago (with NO risk factors except age, not overweight, no family history) and began to research. Liver enzymes are now elevated and cataracts have been found. All of these can be long term effects of Crestor. | F | 54 | 7 years 10mg 1X day | 2/16/2016 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Severe pain on the top of both feet, shoulder, neck and back spasm. | After trying all other statins and Ezetimibe this was the last one to try. Took it for 4 days and on day 3 had severe pains in feet, shoulder, neck and back. I have disc problems in my neck and back and this made it 10x worse. Stopped it for 4 days to see if it would get better and on day 2 it did. Restarted the drug to make sure it was that causing the problem and the next day my back is in a severe spasm. I will never take another statin. I'd rather live for a shorter time and have reasonable quality of life over a miserable existence on this poison!!! | F | 49 | 4 days 5mg 1X day | 2/5/2016 | 1 | Cholesterol was 9.3 (Australia) | Severe restless nights, pain in joints, giddy, sore throat, little sleep during night, tired during day Shoulder pain, listless Fatigue | My total cholesterol was 9.3, LDL very high, Triglic very high, Doctor said I could be dead within 5 years. Was put on 40mg Crestor, symptoms so severe he put me on 20, then 5 every other day, then 2 1/2mg I "chucked" the lot into the bin now! I still suffer from VERY poor sleep, average 4-5 hours a night, still get very tired during day. I rather cut out most of my food and live on VEGETABLES will also try BERGAMOT CHOLESTEROL CARE tablets. DONT take Statins, my sister-in-laws Mother took Crestor for years and now only has 20% kidney function left (stage 4) and what medication did the doctors take her off first? CRESTOR. DONT TAKE STATINS!!!! | F | 68 | 2 1/2-5 1X day | 2/1/2016 | 1 | High cholesterol | Developed unbearable pain in front left thigh, mixed in too many Advil a day to compensate, bought thigh bands, foam roller, physical therapy and no improvement. Prescribing Dr and PA didn't want to believe it, so I stopped. 3 months later pain is not gone but not debilitating. I hope I didn't permanently damage my muscles. Now my Dr wants me to try another Statin because my Lipids are up and was told I have a 1 in 5 chance of cardiovascular disease in 10 yrs. I'll give it a try for a month. If symptoms get worse, that's it. It also depresses me because my outlook for an active life is diminished. | M | 61 | 1 years 30 MG | 1/22/2016 | 1 | High cholesterol | Sore throat, wet chronic cough,muscle ache…. I am in great shape and this drug brought me down after only 2 days… I'm just going to have to try limiting my diet… I feel horrendous on this … I'll risk a heart attack thank you very much | F | 45 | 2 days 10mg 1X day | 12/27/2015 | 1 | Dr wants me to try again. | Charlie horses in legs, thigh, severe pain in legs, heel,ends of my toes. Dizziness, extremely tired. | Have tried every cholesterol drug out there. Same thing happens,except it has been years since I tried it and this time is worse. Dr prescribe 5mg every other day. Now on third week got really bad by Dec 25. I'm about ready to scream. Pain pills work somewhat. I would not recommend any cholesterol drug to one single person. I think we are being poisoned. | F | 64 | 3 weeks 5 mg every | 12/27/2015 | 1 | high cholesterol | Muscle pain and weakness, sweating, can't walk very far without feeling need to vomit, passout or faint feeling. Depression from feeling so limited and ill, a feeling and sense of unwellness I never want to feel again. Definitely felt fear, heart elevation, omg too many side effects to try and cope with. Told effects should last a week but instead are worsening. NEVER TAKING AGAIN!!! | Any suggestions to another Med that might help without all these effects? | F | 47 | 1 weeks 5mg | 11/5/2015 | 1 | High cholesterol | Developed extremely bad muscle pains to the extent I can hardly walk. Dizziness, an intermittant cough, mind fuzziness, headaches, depression and list goes on. Doctor was not really interested in my pains as I was having achilles problems before taking the meds. My achilles is the only part of my body not aching. My cholesterol is down but at what cost. I stopped Crestor 3 days ago but still living on pain killers. Currently waiting on blood test results. Doctor not convinced its the Crestor. | Will never take it again. Normally I bushwalk and now I cant even walk 1km. | F | 53 | 35 days 20 1X day | 11/1/2015 | 1 | high cholesterol | Anxiety and muscle pain. Nausea. | M | 60 | 1 months | 10/31/2015 | 1 | I was put up to 40mg 6 days ago from 20mg which id been on for 6 weeks . As soon as the dose was increased I started having violent shakes and developed a high fever as well as muscle and hip pain . I've been off it altogether now for 4 days and am still having shivering attacks pretty much all day due to my fever. Does anyone know how long the side effects take to go away after stopping it ? I'm desperate, feel so so sick and will NEVER take statins again . | F | 6 weeks 40mg | 10/21/2015 | 1 | High cholesterol | Severe lower back pain, shoulder pain, numb hands, some ringing in ears, tired, constipated , lack of sex drive! | This drug is so powerful at 5 mg with all the side effects I have experienced I can't imagine what I would feel like on a higher dose! I will call Dr., to let them know I will NOT be taking it anymore. I feel like I'm 90! I want a better quality of life ! | F | 58 | 4 months 5 mg | 10/19/2015 | 1 | Elevated LDL level | Malaise, numbness, sharp transient pains in arms, wrists, neck, shoulders, severe sudden cramps with change of position or slight exertion. Headache, depression, confusion, weakness, falling, impaired balance and coordination resulting in fractured fibula. Splotchy rash on legs after exposure to summer heat. Sexual degradation. Very sore feet and body every morning, tired by noon, completely fatigued by late afternoon. | Tried another generic statin but had severe aches and pains in joints and muscles, this should have been reason enough not to try Crestor but the doctor considered that if I had a problem with the first one, it just wasn't expensive enough so I should go to the top shelf. Actually, one reason not to prescribe Crestor is an adverse reaction to another drug in the same class. GP said pain in joints not a side affect but he is wrong. Doctors had me on five Rx per day, That was insane, looking to be free of pharmaceutical meds soon. | M | 57 | 1 years 20 mg 1X day | 8/25/2015 | 1 | cholesterol, LDL management | renal toxic | research indicates 10% of patients taking Crestor experience diminished kidney function. 1 in 10 is too high. | M | 66 | 20 MG 1X day | 8/10/2015 | 1 | high cholesterol | headache, insomnia, numbness across forehead, dry mouth, neck pain | First doctor recommended Crestor because I had high cholesterol. Took 1 10mg pill. Felt horrible. Did not take it anymore. Saw another doctor several weeks later for what I thought might be a thyroid problem. He reviewed my blood work, saw the high numbers, recommended I try Crestor again. Tried it once more. Felt horrible. The neck pain that I thought was my thyroid acting up, I'm sure now was caused by the Crestor. Right in the middle of my neck. That pain had gone away after I stopped taking Crestor (but I thought I should get it checked out). When I took the second dosage of Crestor, yep, it came back again. After reading these comments I am sitting here (at 1:30 in the morning, I might add, I cannot sleep) feeling dizzy, with my head hurting, and I'm pretty mad. Will not take this again. | F | 1 days 10mg 1X day | 8/8/2015 | 1 | High triglycerites | Muscle aches and spasm, depression. | I think the medical field gets a kickback for prescribing this crap. Spoke to my Dr. And he acted as if i was creating these side effects. | M | 57 | 2 months 2x weekly | 7/20/2015 | 1 | high cholesterol | Headaches, stomach pain, tingling near ears. | Works, but to many side effects | M | 35 | 5 months 20 mg | 7/6/2015 | 1 | Cholesterol | Extreme muscle pain , neck pain, congestion, anxiety and panic attack | Been off of it for a week and still have some symptoms | M | 30 | 5 weeks 10 | 6/30/2015 | 1 | high cholestrol | tiredness muscle wastage uri.e infections congestion | M | 1 days 10mg | 6/26/2015 |