ZETIA Reviews (EZETIMIBE)Average Rating: 1.4 (601 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZETIA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZETIA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | To lower cholesterol | Horrible side effects: severe back pain, leg cramp, chest pain, shortness of breathe | Stopping this nasty medicine. | F | 59 | 4 days 10 1X day | 1/18/2023 | 1 | High cholesterol | A week before Christmas I started getting, heavy legs, painful throbbing in ankles and wrists. Pins and needles , lethargy and dizziness. Will stop taking it. Worked great at lowering cholesterol but not worth it. | M | 71 | 45 days 10 mg 1X day | 1/2/2023 | 1 | High Triglycerides | Horrible drug for me. Nausea, bloating, flatulence, heartburn, belching, loss of appetite and diarrhea and sleepless nights. Couldn't bear to last more than 2 days on this drug. It's been two days since I took my last dose & I'm still not back to normal. | I'd rather go full on vegan to control my high chol. and triglycerides than be sick from a drug. Lesson learned. I need to get back on track and do better for myself. | F | 53 | 2 days 10 mg 1X day | 12/15/2022 | 1 | Maintenance after double by pass | This drug causes unimaginable pain in muscles and joints. My kidneys felt like they would burst for the last four days. I had just started taking Zetia and stopped taking it once I realized what was causing the horrific pain throughout my body. The pain has been so extreme it's impossible to describe. | I advise anyone who is prescribed this drug to avoid it at all costs, I am still fighting lasting affects that this drug has caused, continuing pain in my muscles, joints and kidneys, as well as severe weakness in my extremities.The second and third day after I stopped taking Zetia I felt this drug would be the cause of my death. | M | 70 | 7 days 10 mg 1X day | 10/15/2022 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Developed brain fog, thought I had dementia. It took about a month to get back to normal. I am 67 years old | F | 67 | 10 days 10 mg 1X day | 9/14/2022 | 1 | High cholesterol and triglycerides | Insomnia, depression, anger | Horrible drug. Usually sleep 8-10 hours can barely sleep 4 hours now. Wake up sweating and wide awake for the rest of the night. Extreme fatigue during the day. Feeling miserable when normally happy. Stopped 2 days ago hoping l feel better soon. | F | 49 | 45 days 10mgs 1X day | 9/12/2022 | 1 | Cholesterol over 300 | Tried 3 different statins..I did try. Dr. put me on Zetia and 14 days into it now my lower back never stops hurting. Never had lower back pain a day in my life. I wake up and both my hands are completely numb. It hurts to move when I wake .. my muscles and joints hurt. I've thought we'll, this must be what it is like being 80-90! I am in very good shape. Gym 3X weekly and 30 minute walking my puppies daily. This is some bull sh*t!! It hurts to bend over and pick something up! Don't know what else I could take but I do know not taking this tonight or ever again. I was really hoping this would agree with me. | F | 55 | 1 days 10 1X day | 9/5/2022 | 1 | High cholesterol | Frequent Soft stools, headache, severe depression and mind would not shut off, itchy skin, nausea, but worst is the pins and needles with numbness In hands and feet after 30 days. Doc said this drug could not cause that so I continued for a total of 100 days. Now my feet hurt so bad on the bottom making it hard to walk and I cannot feel anything but the pain. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! | Has taken every bit of pleasure from my life. I stopped taking it seven days ago. Pins and needles pain with numbness is still crippling. I have to be pulled up from sitting as joint pain and weakness are horrible now. | F | 68 | 3 months 20 1X day | 8/6/2022 | 1 | Lower cholesterol | Nasty , nasty , nasty stuff, muscle weakness, trouble sleeping and constant severe fatigue and unwell feeling all the time . They should feed this crap to inmates . Whoever invented this medicine should be in jail ! | M | 58 | 17 days 5 mg 1X day | 6/17/2022 | 1 | Cholesterol | Chest fluttering/pain/discomfort, fatigue, nausea, dizzy | F | 29 | 11 days 10mg 1X day | 5/24/2022 | 5 | High cholesterol | None | So pleased, chol down 60 pts, trigly down 50. After just 4 mos. So happy no side effects. Statins were like poison for me. | F | 68 | 4 months 10 1X day | 5/23/2022 | 3 | High cholesterol | I have been taking zetia on and off for 3 months because I can't get past day 3 without giving up due to the side effects, muscle pain, funny feeling on the left side of my chest, and not being able to concentrate well. I want to stay on for at least 2 weeks to see if it works and lowers my high cholesterol after that I'm discontinuing and am going to rely on the lifestyle changes and my new diet. | F | 42 | 3 days 10 mg 1X day | 5/22/2022 | 1 | prophylactic cholesterol drug | Just a couple days after starting I woke up with the worst joint pain throughout my body. Every joint in my body hurt. My joints in my toes hurt. My joints in my fingers hurt. My fibrous tissues holding my ribs hurt as I took deep breaths. I was in complete and utter agony! I thought I was having a Fibromyalgia flare-up. The pain continued for several days then severe fatigue set in- a fatigue like I thought I was going to fall asleep walking. My leg muscles hurt also, not just the joints, the myscle too. That night as I got ready for bed I noticed severe swelling in my legs...I no longer had ankles!!! I took my Bllod pressure and it was very high. All these symptoms remained until I was taken off Zetia. | Based on what I've been reading , Zetia needs to be put under further review by the FDA. | F | 55 | 10 days 10 mg 1X day | 5/17/2022 | 1 | High cholesterol | I have family gene high cholesterol, diet doesn't help, tried many statins all bad side effects, doctor recommended ezetimibe 10mg, I have only had half the tablet over 4 days, I'm not taking another, horrendous back pain no pain killers would shift it, felt like my repaired prolapse in private parts was coming down!! A cough, 4 hrs awake at night, bit of indegestion & stomach ache, I'm trying Krill oil. | Rubbish drug, poison!! | F | 65 | 4 days 10 1X day | 5/3/2022 | 1 | Instead of Crestor! | Pain and muscle weakness! Hardly able to walk. Dr. Assured me it wasnt a statin! True but does the same thing; lowers LDL. Never again. I hope I can repair the damage that was done | F | 76 | 10 days 10mg 1X day | 4/23/2022 | 3 | Cholestérol | I was wondering if my lumbago is the problem i never had this happen before and I didn't do anything bad so I'm going to switch to my cholesterol med for a week and see if I m doing better | F | 67 | 20 days 10 1X day | 4/3/2022 | 2 | High cholesterol | My sinus membranes are extremely swollen in my facial sinuses and I have body aches plus depression. My cholesterol is lowering but these side effects are terrible. My aortic valve is thickening due to high cholesterol so u have to lower it somehow.. | 67 | 12 days 10 mg 1X day | 3/27/2022 | 1 | 0 days 1X day | 3/23/2022 | 1 | High cholesterol | Bloating diarrhea has constipation fatigue | I'm so grateful for this site. My doctor said it wasn't the medication but I knew it was. I felt like I was losing my mind when he said it wasn't the medication thinking I might have cancer or some thing. After reading these comments I will be going off the drug and never taking it again | F | 78 | 20 days 10 1X day | 3/13/2022 | 2 | For high cholesterol | Dizziness fatigue and pain in my left quadrant abdomen | Would not recommend it to anyone | F | 55 | 8 days 10mg 1X day | 2/28/2022 |