CRESTOR Reviews (ROSUVASTATIN)Average Rating: 1.7 (1261 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CRESTOR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | High Cholesterol | My Elbows hurt and my knees and ankles feel damaged as if I injured them ever since being on crestor my legs are constantly killing me and when I kneel down I need help getting back up and then I limp for awhile. This drug has ruined my life, I cant run or anything and I am a sewer cleaner, I have a hard time doing my job. | Dont take this crap!! | M | 49 | 3 months 5 mg 1X day | 10/10/2014 | 1 | High cholesterol | I have been experiencing all these effects; After a mild heart attack my medication dose was increased to 30mg from 10mg. However none of the doctors can tell me why I had a heart attack, my arteries are not clogged. I have discussed how I was feeling on numerous occasions with my doctor (side effects below) and he never told me it could be related to the Crestor... •Abdominal pain and nausea •Blurred vision - Started when the doctor changed my prescription from 10mg a day to 30mg a day •Confusion - all the time •Depression - I do not feel as chipper as I used to.... I was always the optimist however I do not feel myself at all •Drowsiness - so tired all the time •Memory problems - I forget everything now •Weakness, muscle pain, tenderness, Muscle aches - all the time | I am going to take myself off the medication for 2 weeks to see how I feel and if I feel better I will be approaching my doctor and tell him I am not taking it any longer. I am so sick of feeling like this all the time. | F | 44 | 2 years 30 MG 1X day | 10/7/2014 | 1 | TAking it to raise HDL | Muscle pain, especially upper arms, back, and neck. Then sudden sharp chest pains with nausea, dizziness, and sweating. | Cost is OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!! ˇ Insurance paid $300 and I was still responsible for $208 out .of pocket. | F | 59 | 5 weeks 5 1X day | 9/29/2014 | 1 | Hi Cholesterol | Confusion and memory loss, unable to function especially at work | I took Crestor for 3 years not knowing that all my problems were due to this drug. It lowered my cholesterol quickly but I lost my ability to think, to concentrate, to remember things that I knew all my life especially at work. I became the village idiot at work after 22 years of dedicated service to my employer - no one ever came to me anymore for information. I knew the information but I could not retrieve it/remember it. It was thanks to PBS, CNN, and FOX that I found out that Crestor can cause these problems. I stopped taking it and it took about 6 months to finally find my old self again, who I was 3 1/2 years before. What is criminal is that my doctor and my pharmacist did not know Crestor had these side effects. I recently asked my pharmacist again, he looked in his computer and said "no Crestor does not cause confusion and memory loss". My doctor accused me of making it up. I went to the Crestor,com and sure enough memory loss and confusion are listed but at the bottom. I suffered for 3 years for nothing! I am grateful I didn't lose my job and am off this medication. It is negligence that the company does not inform the doctors and pharmacists of this side effect. My heart goes out to others who are suffering like I did needlessly. | F | 54 | 3 years 1X day | 9/24/2014 | 1 | slightly elevated cholesterol | Woke at midnight with the most horrific muscle pains through my whole body including heart. Over 4 years on I still have very disturbed sleep because of muscle pain in mostly my legs. I had the best sleeps ever until I touched a statin drug, never again. I have tried natural cures but am now waiting for an e consult with the Mayo Statin damage clinic. Statins have totally ruined my quality of life. | M | 70 | 4.5 months 40mg 1X day | 9/22/2014 Patient History | 1 | doctor prescribed as precaution | Thought I was going mad painful stomach, rashes, joint pain, palpitations, sore backache, sore joints, uncontrollable weight gain. ANGER LIKE YOU WONT BELIEVE. Stopping this stuff now always felt better when I forgot to take my meds. Now I know better | 48 | 6 months 202 | 9/18/2014 | 1 | High cholesterol | I had memory loss, brain fog, muscle spasms in my feet and legs-at first at night then during the day as well, hip pain (surgery as a result), lower back pain to the point where it would wake me up at night, stiff neck-impeded my driving since I couldn't turn my head to the right or left, exhausted all the time and as a result had to get in bed when I got home from work everyday at 4 pm, constipated, night sweats, interrupted sleep...a nightmare! I am resentful now that I didn't have my wits about me enough to figure out it was the drug! I was going from specialist to specialist, but no one could figure out what was wrong! Imagine that! Then, finally, I went to a doctor who said, "I think you are having a reaction to Crestor. If it is the Crestor, you will feel much better in a few days." Sure enough, I feel like a new person! I am still having a few muscle cramps and memory problems, but other than that, I feel 100% better than I have in two years! | F | 59 | 2 years 10 1X day | 9/9/2014 | 1 | Colestoral | Let me start by saying taking Crestor has been a HUGE mistake!! Feel old, very upset and angry!!!!!!!!, driving very aggressive, (had a few near crashes) crazy dreams and worst of all argued with my wonderful wife because I am feeling sooo upset and angry! A kid was standing in my walking path and had a thought to shove him out if the way; That's terrible!! That's it!!!! Called in to work today (Which I rarely ever do) Stopped taking this devil drug, I rather die early and treat my wife better and feel like a human in place of being part of this crazy Nazi experiment. I didn't bother listing all my side effects, to many to be honest. Will look into a new diet, praying to God and treat my wife as I used to before Crestor | M | 41 | 1 years 20 | 9/8/2014 | 1 | HIGH CHOLESTEROL | PAIN IN THIGHS-VERY WEEK LEGS-FEET HURT-VERY BAD CRAMPS | THIS DRUG IS POISON TO THE HUMAN BODY & SHOULD NEVER BE TAKEN & COQ10 IS JUST AS BAD IF NOT WORSE. NEITHER DRUG-VITAMIN IS ANY GOOD FOR ANYONE.RUINED MY LIFE. I JUST HOPE MY LEGS GET STRONGER | M | 71 | 5 months 10 1X O | 9/7/2014 | 1 | Good out weighted bad | Extreme pain all over my body irritable going to toilet a lot headache spins and needles and in bed it felt my body was vibrating | F | 57 | 2 months 20mg | 8/27/2014 | 1 | Low good cholesterol | Was on niaspan and had minimal night sweats. FDA saying niacin is bad for diabetes so switched to crestor. Took ONE dose and I feel terrible. Thank god I only took one dose. I'm done I'll handle cholesterol naturally. | M | 55 | 1 days 5 | 7/19/2014 | 1 | mildly high cholesterol family hist | Leg cramps, joint pain from wrist to ankles feeling like the flu, mild fever, eyes burning, lethargy, mild headache. Been on Crstor for 5 plus years and the aches took me off work today and saught medical help immediately | M | 43 | 5 days 10 2x dail | 7/9/2014 | 1 | high cholesterol | I can relate to 95% of the symptoms u guys have mentioned! So, I did a little homework of my own... I stopped two weeks ago, guess what, I feel ten years younger! No, I did not.ask my doctor if I could.stop, I just got.fed.up with the crap! I'm now on a high fat low carb diet, believe it or not, if u do it properly u can actually lower u colestrol... (paleo/Banting diet) Good luck to all who still suffer… | F | 49 | 5 years 20mg | 7/9/2014 | 1 | High Colestarol | Both Knees and elbows in extreme pain if I crouch down I need help to get up again I do labour at my job and its ruined my life as Im always crouching and the pain is extreme at times. | Dont take this crap!! | M | 48 | 3 months 5MG 1X day | 6/20/2014 | 1 | high cholestoral | Exhaustion, joint pain, seeming to get worse. Latest thing is terrible tingling and numbness in both hands, trying to rule out the Crestor, Stopped taking it about 5 days ago. Will check back in. | F | 66 | 2 months 10 1X day | 6/8/2014 | 1 | Familia Hyperdypedimia | This drug has ruined my life. I am in constant pain. Thigh pains that shoot, shin pains, even vaginal pains. NOT worth it! There was an expert who said no women should be on statins. | F | 52 | 40 1X day | 6/6/2014 | 1 | High cholesterol | No known side effects for first 2 weeks. Today experienced severe nausea, fogginess in the head and vomiting. Had to go to bed in dark room to stop the spinning. Lasted for about 5 hours. Will not take this drug again. Will use natural means to lower my cholesterol. | My cholesterol is within normal range but Dr wants to bring it down further now that I've been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. | M | 55 | 2 weeks 20mg 1X day | 6/2/2014 | 1 | lower cholesterol | joint pain and sudden weakness like I was going to pass out. didn't have a clue what was going on until a guy I worked with asked me if I was taking a cholesterol lowering drug. shortly thereafter, i quit taking Crestor altogether, although it had significantly lowered my cholesterol. The joint pain subsided and eventually the lightheadedness went away but in there place, I now have excruciating cramps in my thighs that wake me in the middle of the night. Most times I cannot walk with them. I can only crawl or lay on the floor. I do the best I can to keep moving until the cramps recede. The first time this hit me, I honestly thought I was going to die. I wouldn't recommend this stuff to anyone. | F | 71 | 90 days ? 1X day | 5/26/2014 | 1 | High Cholesterol | This drug has caused me shortness of breath, insomnia , sharp pains in my toes and feet and in my thighs. This was the last of the statins for me to try and I'm done with all of them . If diet and exercise don't work then I'll let fate determine my existence. Good luck to all that try or stay on this medicine or any other statin. | M | 44 | 1 months 20 mg | 5/23/2014 | 1 | High Cholesterol | extreme cramping, pain in joints of hand,urine smelling bad, muscle breakdown | stopped taking crestor and still had muscle breakdown a month after stopping. cleaned up my diet and had my levels checked a year later and my ldl went up only 10 points. not worth all the side effects | M | 63 | 5 years 30mg 1X day | 5/18/2014 |