ZETIA Reviews (EZETIMIBE)

Average Rating: 1.4 (601 Ratings)

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ZETIA  (EZETIMIBE):  Ezetimibe is used along with a low cholesterol/low fat diet and exercise to help lower cholesterol in the blood. Ezetimibe may be used alone or with other drugs (such as "statins" or fibrates). Ezetimibe works by reducing the amount of cholesterol your body absorbs from your diet. Reducing cholesterol may help prevent strokes and heart attacks.   FDA Approval Date: 2002-10-25 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR ZETIACOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 5  lower col. M 90 days
4/18/2006
 4  
11/1/2007
 3  High cholesterol I tried Zetia after spending one year in Physical Therapy, seeing a neurologist and taking various vitamin supplements for a bad reaction to simvastatin. After about 45 days on Zetia I began experiencing foot pain, ankle swelling and hip pain, the same symptoms I had with the statins. I then developed the leg crushing muscle cramps, especially on my inner thighs. At least this time I was smart enough to stop it before it did major muscle damage like the statins did. It lowered my cholesterol and the ratio was excellent in just 2 months. If I hadn't developed the horrible physical side effects with muscle weakness, pain, etc. I would have stayed on it. F 60 days
10 1X day
3/30/2013
 3  Can not tolerate statins After about 6 months I have developed surface numbness and deeper pain in all of my fingertip and toes. I gave it a three, because it lowered my LDL, so it did work. BUT I experienced these side effects. It started with an extreme burning in the tip of my left index finger when using computer mouse. Switched to mousing with right hand and felt same thing on that hand. It quickly developed into pain in all fingertips when touching things, for example moving hangers on the rack at a clothing store was very painful. There is discomfort even typing on a keyboard. I stopped taking Zetia a week ago and the pain is starting to subside. Hopefully in a couple weeks I will be back to normal. As an aside, I was on Zocor for almost two years. The doctor had told me to be on the lookout for muscle pain, but side effects crept up on me over such a long time that I didn't realize it. I was feeling aches and pains after about a year, and they got progressively worse. I thought it was just that I was getting old. I was only 47, but I was groaning when I bent over to tie my shoes or when I g M 180 days
2/24/2008
 3  High cholesterol Insomnia. I take Zetia at night and NEVER had any idea that it was the reason I did not sleep until 4 a.m. Tonight, thanks to this site, is the last day I'll be taking it! F 7 years
1X day
7/24/2014
 2  High
1/4/2009
 2  High Cholesterol Severe shoulder pain, would wake me up in the middle of the night, took for 5months Zetia 10 mg, will discontinue today. Will let you know in a few days if pain in shoulder subsides now that I quit. M 5 months
4/25/2007
 1  Need to further lower LDL Severe muscle pain. I've been on stains for 25 years. Mevacor, then Zocor, and for last 5 years or so Liptor. Started at 33 years old with 335 chol and only 35 HDL. After recent tests showed modest blockage, Doctor decided to add Zetia. I had experenced some muscle weakness with liptor, but my cholesterol dropped to 150 and I really feel I would have had a heart attack by now if I wasn't on stains for 25 years. My father died at 55 and uncle at 46. I was willing to deal with minor muscle pain. The zetia turned the minor muscle pain into a nightmare! I could hardly walk up or down stairs. Legs and Arms felt terrible. I called my doctor and he said my liver was fine and my numbers looked great. LDL down to 80!! The muscle pain became unbearable and I called him back. I've stopped both Liptor and Zetia to see what happens. After 2 days much improvement!!! BE CAREFUL WITH ZETIA!! I felt so bad on it, I thought I had Bone cancer!! I need to take something with my family history and modest blockage. Any thoug M 21 days
7/22/2007
 1  Cholesterol/Trigilicerides I only took this for 4 days, and now have been experiencing extreme abdominal pain, including bloating, gas, etc. This still is persisting 5 days after being off the medicine. I am not sure if I have a seperate condition or not, but I do know it did not start until after I started this medication. M 4 days
6/5/2007
 1   cholesterol My husband has only been on this medicine for 2 1/2 months and has had severe chest pains (thought he was having heart attack~went to ER and spent a day in the hospital). He also has severe gas and bloating, fatigue, and muscle weakness. The day he spent in the hospital he did not take his zetia and the next day he did not have the chest pains. After resuming the Zetia the following day, the pains returned along with the gas, bloating, etc. The chest pains were not from problems with his heart--stress test, ultra sound and blood work showed his heart was fine! As of tomorrow he will stop taking the Zetia and use diet and exercise to control his cholesterol. He felt 100 times better before taking this medicine. PLEASE make sure you know the side effects of any medicine you are about to take! Be your own doctor and read everything you can before subjecting yourself to a medicine! M 2 months
6/5/2007
 1  high colest actually it's my mother 82 who has the high colesterol and she just had a stroke this morning, not that that is related to the zetia, but she did experience extreme tiredness, hip pain, leg pain (shooting) and back pain symptoms read by most sounds like ebv F 0 days
8/8/2008
 1  Control cholestrol Joint pain, muscle pain unusual sweating, dry mouth, headaches, dry eyes, low grade fever, feet pain F 1 days
10 mg
9/17/2016
 1   2 doses and my leg muscles hurt so bad could hardly walk Back pain too 0 days
7/15/2017
 1  High C
1X day
7/8/2020
 1   0 days
1X day
3/23/2022
 1  High Cholesterol I'm only 25! "Heart attack" type symptoms - I would wake up in the middle of the night with my heart racing, sweating, missed heart beats, pins and needles in my left arm - i called 911 on 3 seperate ocassions swearing i was having a heart attack or a stroke. I never gave ZETIA (also known as EZETROL in Canada and Australia) a second thought, i've been on it for 2 years now without any problems, until this past 8 weeks, which have being absolute hell. I've had 2 urine tests, 4 blood tests, they thought i had adrenaline gland tumors. I've had cat scans of my kidneys and thyroid, i've had an mri for brain tumors. I've had to drink a galon of iodine to give the scans contrast. I've had 4 holter monitors, i've had too many ecg's and ekg's to count, i've had stress tests, i've had loop recorders, i've being to a "sleep study" overnight to be tested for sleep apnea and everything keeps coming back negative! I've spent thousands of dollars on specialists, cardiologists, endocrinologists, diagnostic physicians.....and not one of them said it could have possibly being this drug! I've even been to see a psychiatrist, because after all the tests the doctors labeled me as a hypercondriac, he prescribed me an SSRI antidepressent to help fix my "anxiety disorder", despite my pleas that i'm a calm, laid back person with no feelings of anxiousness. Every one of these doctors asked me what i was taking, i said just my cholesterol drug ZETIA, that was the end of the conversations. I was told this drug was safe, "mild" was the term used, the MD who prescribed it to me said it was safer than statins. I am going to sue his ass off - Finally i found this website and 1 week off this crap now and all my symptoms have stopped. M 25 2 years
7/20/2009
 1  high cholestrol Trouble maintaining a woody. I think i am having stomach problems to. Also experiencing leg muscle soreness. Bad news to take this med. M 26 4 days
10/6/2007
 1  Lower cholesterol Severe Muscle pain and weakness in shoulders, neck, legs and arms. Also tired all the time, no energy! Very painful! Also alot of gas, bloating and severe diarrhea F 27 2 months
10mg
1/3/2012
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 1  Triglycerides over 800 Took it at night because during the day it made me pretty much stupid and overcome with pain,i suffer from Fibromyalgia as well. Waking up early hours with a racing heart i can feel through my entire body. My left arm and shoulder blade hurt in all the joints terribly, while the muscles around these areas were numb and tingly and had short stabbing pain. I dont have that bad of a diet however i do consume alchohol. Going to quit drinking and start excercising but i cant take this drug anymore it puts me in misery till late in the afternoon. M 28 2 months
12/17/2007
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 1  High Triglicerides and Cholesterol Im a 28 yo former USAF P.A. In otherwise excellent health. Diagnosed 03-07 w/Elevated Trig./ Cholesterol.Tried 4 statins over 9 mos. Intolerable all.(Serious fatigue, sore,aching muscles, etc. My MD.(internist/cardiologist)Suggested ZETIA 10mg/day Jan 08. BIG MISTAKE. In just FIVE DAYS, this "drug" reduced a strapping, 6ft 4in body-builder into a nearly LIFELESS mound of achy, quivering JELLO. I was so WEAK I could hardly get out of bed. I also experienced rapid and irregular heartbeat, severe abdominal pain/gas,bizarre and INTENSE pain in my upper/lower back and really WEIRD feelings of anxiety and paranoia. NEVER experienced ANY of these HORRIBLE symptoms before. OH, I almost forgot- after 3 days on this POISON I began having pain in my right arm/hand so INTENSE I couldn't hold my toothbrush long enough to brush my teeth. Called my Doc on day six-told him I wanted to stop the Zetia. He reluctantly agreed. In 3 days ALL the symptoms TOTALLY disappeared. NEVER AGAIN M 28 5 days
2/29/2008
  

ZETIA  (EZETIMIBE):  Ezetimibe is used along with a low cholesterol/low fat diet and exercise to help lower cholesterol in the blood. Ezetimibe may be used alone or with other drugs (such as "statins" or fibrates). Ezetimibe works by reducing the amount of cholesterol your body absorbs from your diet. Reducing cholesterol may help prevent strokes and heart attacks.   FDA Approval Date: 2002-10-25 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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