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| 3 | High Cholestrol | sore muscles and fatigue which is why I take it at night. I'm on 10 mg a day. | I'm 28 years old and in the 2 months I've been on it have lowered my cholestrol over 100 points. | F | 28 | 2 months | 11/10/2008 | 3 | Doc kept pushing | Pain/cramping in the calves of my legs when walking, especially climbing small knolls. On the days I don't take this drug, there is no pain. | My heart specialist said we don't have to take a statin everyday. Taking it every other day or even a couple of times a week will help and it will cut down on side effects. I noticed on the days that I take Crestor, my calves ache/cramp when I walk any distance. Other statins upset my stomach. So far, Crestor has not. I will not take a statin of any kind on a daily basis. | F | 61 | 2 weeks | 10/11/2008 | 3 | High (bad) Cholesterol | Am not sure if it's the Crestor or not. I have a good level on my good Cholesterol not sure if that is LCL OR HCL but my bad is 144. Been on Crestor 5 mg for almost a year. Loss of energy, fatigue, and leg cramps at my ankle at night only, started using the soap under my sheet and cramps have not been around for about 2 nights now. | I would like to know if anyone has had a better experience with an OTC drug to lower their Bad cholesterol? | F | 57 | 9 months | 8/12/2008 | 3 | yes | pain in my arms and legs, stomach cramps so bad that you could not touch my lower stomach without the pain shooting though my body | my sister is who 67 and myself both take 5mg of crestor and experince stomach cramps and bleeding. reported the bleeding to our obgyn who took tests and could not find the cause of the bleeding.I stop taking crestor and the bleeding stopped. want to know if anyone else has had this experince? | F | 64 | 12 months | 5/6/2008 | 3 | High Cholesterol - 270+/- | Initially no side effects - cut my cholesterol in half. Now 9 months into it I have been experiencing upper thigh, knee and leg joint pain. Worse in left leg. Thigh feels fatigued almost burning sensation. Sexual desire has been reduced. Discussed with Dr but he does not feel it is related to Crestor | I like the fact that Crestor reduced my cholesterol but the side effects are making me question my decision to take the statin drug | M | 43 | 9 months | 4/7/2008 | 3 | high cholesteral | I have taken Lipitor (3years), Zocor (3 years) and now Crestor (for about 3 years). It seems I develop odd symptoms, which get worse after a long period of time on the same statin. I have been having problems with muscles/tendons in feet, arms and hands. I am also experiencing muscle/tendon soreness in upper back/neck area. All unexplained. I underwent numerous tests with no indication of a potential cause. I do not have diabetes. I am concerned that the Crestor (as well as the other statins I took)has caused the numbness. At night, my hands go completely numb, often waking me up. Hands also get numb/tingly when held upward, such as while talking on a phone. Symptoms seem to be worsening. | Crestor (as well as the other statins I took) did reduce my cholesteral level dramatically. It went from 247 at the time I had a stent placed for a blockage 9 years ago, to about 130 today. I am considering getting off Crestor for a while and seeing if the symptoms improve or not, but have been told it can take a year for improvements to show. | M | 62 | 3 years | 3/30/2008 | 3 | Elevated cholesterol and CAD | Persistent stiff neck, lowered energy, 5 lb. otherwise unexplained weight gain. Lowered libido. | Taking Crestor for cholesterol level of 178, which is too high for someone with coronary artery disease compounded by high blood pressure. Lowered cholesterol to 117, but at the expense of 5 lb. weight gain, lowered energy, and libido. | M | 68 | 3 months | 3/22/2008 | 3 | To lower my bad Cholestrol | My Cholestrol and TriGL. were off the roof, Started taking this (10mg) for about 18 mons. Now getting calf muscle aches here and there, back aches. It feels more like fatigue due to running around etc. Did not notice memory issue. Although the numbers did come down to normal | I may ask my Doc to bring it down to 5mg, I just have to start living healthy stop on donuts, Cinamon Rolls etc. As all drugs have side affects. | M | 37 | 18 months | 3/5/2008 | 3 | high cholesterol | Muscle pain and weakness in shoulder and upper arms. | Did lower cholesterol by almost 50%, but am concerned about muscle pain and weakness | M | 53 | 2 months | 3/5/2008 | 3 | High cholesterol | weight gain, craving sugar (if I skip the pill at night-no cravings next day), increased thirst, numbness & tingling in left arm and hand, find myself having difficulty making decisions over small matters, increased dreams | I also have a lot of neck pain, but I always have.Last few weeks I have started back serious gardening and I am more fatigued and sore than I have ever been--I was blaming it on "being a year older", but maybe not.On 10 mg of Crestor, my cholesterol dropped over 100 points in 2 months, and my ratio improved. | F | 58 | 3 months | 2/25/2008 | 3 | Elevated LDL | Neck pain, tired a lot, tingling sensation in left ear, vision and short-term memory loss | This is my 3rd med now in a years time. Started out on Zocor (simvastatin), then switched to Mevacor (lovastatin), now Crestor 5mg dose. First 2 brought my #s down substantially, but now just trying to find something that doesn't have so many bad side effects. | M | 44 | 10 days | 2/6/2008 | 3 | To lower cholesterol level | I took 10mg dose. The first 10 months was fine. Two months ago I started to notice muscle twitching. My doctor convinced me to continue with the treatment since the medication lowered my level from 295 to 146. I did not experience any muscle pain at all. | The muscle twitching gets progressively worst. At first I felt it every once in awhile. Now I get them almost all the time everyday. I also felt real weak in my legs and arms muscles. A sense of restless all over the body. The doctor still not convinced that this was caused by the medicine. We are stopping for a month to see what happen. | M | 48 | 12 months | 1/16/2008 | 3 | 300 plus total cholesterol | 20mg Crestor+10mg Zetia result in shortness of breath,sore heels, left knee aching, pain at the top of the head nightly,short term memory loss, gained 10 lbs, frequent dry cough, pain under left breast and under the rib cage. Just read that my 20 mg Crestor Rx is equivalent to 12 times the strength of 20mg of Mevacor. Tried Zocor, Mevacor, Lipitor--leg cramps. Been on Crestor 2yrs and total cholesterol down to 150s. It works but the contraindications are miserable. | Am ready to bail out of the Crestor and Zetia combination program and try Cholestasys-natural nanoblended ingredients their website states. Has anyone experience with it? | F | 70 | 2 years | 1/5/2008 | 3 | High cholesterol | Severe anxiety. | My cholesterol levels have decreased in these months. I think it's a good drug for it, but an incredible anxious feeling appears when I take my 5mg pill. | M | 34 | 5 months | 1/1/2008 | 3 | 10 mg. | Increased/prolonged anxiety & depression | About 1.5 years ago, I started taking 10 mg./day. Had a period of extreme anxiety & breathing problems. Went off for 6 mos. & things improved a lot. But my cholesterol counts were great! Started again & have been on it 6 mos. Same depression, but no breathing issues. I'm going for a count tomorrow & if it looks good, I'll probably go off again for 6 mos. Seems like I can tolerate it for 6 mos. at a time. I have no muscle or joint pain. | F | 52 | 6 months | 10/25/2007 | 3 | Nightmares..stopped taking and the nightmares went away.. started again and they came back full force : ( Then I wake up so don't get much sleep. | F | 39 | 360 days | 9/17/2007 | 3 | High cholesterol | Was taking 10 mg. Crestor three times a week. In July it was upped to 10 mg. daily. Since then, I've had nausea but never attributed it to this medication. In the past week, I've had incredible right shoulder blade pain, which radiates to my chest. have no symptoms of gall bladder, or other digestive problems. In reading others comments, I'm wondering if the Crestor is behind these pains. I'm going to stop my medication as of tonight and see what happens. Even a massage hasn't helped this shoulder pain, and like someone else posted, I've taken so many Advils, who knows whats next! Anyone else feeling these symptoms? | Not sure about this. When taken three times a week, my levels did come down. Haven't been checked yet since taking daily. | F | 53 | 2 months | 9/3/2007 | 3 | high cholesterol | After six weeks of taking it, I experienced severe midback and neck pain and abdominal pain. Seems connected to taking 5mgs of Crestor. I am currently not taking it due to this. Also my urine was very dark and cloudy. the pain seems to be lessening since I have stopped. I will say though that it brought my triglycerides and choleterol down to normal levels. Even six months on an entirely vegan diet couldn't do that. | M | 58 | 9 weeks | 6/9/2007 | 3 | High Cholesterol | Muscle aches and nausea in the beginning. Now have "itching" feeling under the skin on right side which graduates to nervous chills that run up my back between shoulder blades. When stopping Crestor for a few days, side effects go away. Laso notice that I am having some memory problems. | When telling my doctor about the feeling on the right side, she said it could not possibly be caused by Crestor and chose to send me for an ultrasound suspecting gallstones. Have told her I am not in any pain in the area of the gall bladder and liver, just this itching sensation and nervous chills when on the medication. | F | 56 | 2 years | 5/18/2007 | 3 | HIGH CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDES | I have been having stomach pain, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. It seemed anything I ate gave me this pain even though I tried to change my diet to get rid of the pain. I have had sciatica pain in my right hip and back, also. | CRESTOR did lower my cholesterol to within an acceptable range. I quit taking it over a week ago and am feeling better now, almost no stomach or abdominal pain, and no diarrhea. | F | 55 | 2 years | 1/3/2007 |