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 |
| 3 | High Cholesterol | Cut pill in half after 3 days of constipation. Now seems to be OK. Haven't had a blood test yet. I am not able to take a statin as they shut down my liver twice. | F | 70 | 20 days 10 1X day | 6/28/2018 | 1 | high cholesterol | Side effect: polymyalgia rheumatica (PR). Been suffering from PR for 14 years as there is no cure. | F | 85 | 14 days 30 1X day | 6/14/2018 | 2 | High Trig. and Chol. | Gas and Bloating. Getting tough as I work full time and its embarrassing me. The elastic around my waist is so tight it hurts my stomach. | I tried cutting the pill in half to see if it helped. I still had bad gas. Went one day without, still bloated but no gas pains. So I know its this med. What to next is the question. Can't take statins........ | F | 62 | 35 days 10 1X day | 5/29/2018 | 1 | Cholesterol | My thyroid has gone bad. I cannot eat.. Lost 50 lb and still losing. I look awful. Muscles weakening. No butt. Breast gone. Hair was falling out. Lost muscle tone all over my body. Take this off the market asap. Feelings of gloom and doom. I think I am dying and this med is the reason. I hurt all over and wear from 198 to 118 lb. | F | 57 | 5 months 10 | 5/4/2018 | 1 | High cholesterol | Same as when I took other cholesterol meds. Severe back ache, debilitating to point couldn't bend over to step into my underwear. This happened within days of starting this. Told Dr. I could not take statins, but between him and my Husband they think I NEED this crap. My HDL is high and triglycerides low, have a 2.8 ratio - have high LDL, but maybe I need it. Don't care anymore, will avoid Drs.unless sick. Am very active, feel great, not overweight, 69 years old, and taking this med. gives me pain, makes me tired (but can't sleep) and overall pissed off. If I have the big one due to my cholesteral - too damn bad. Life was better before there was a test and medication for everything that may cause you to be sick, when the side effects make you sicker. Geeeeze!! | Claim this drug has no side effects. BS. Any pill that small that can change the way your body functions is powerful stuff to should be avoided. | F | 69 | 14 days 5 mg 1X day | 5/2/2018 | 1 | High cholesterol | It has made my blurred vision worse which makes it difficult for me to work. I have headaches almost daily and nausea too. I cannot tolerate statins due to muscle weakness and inability to climb stairs after 3 weeks of medication. | F | 56 | 7 days 10 mg | 4/28/2018 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Severe dizziness. Had to stop the drug but still have problems two months later. Never had dizziness before ever. | M | 66 | 14 days 20 | 3/30/2018 | 1 | Lower Cholesterol | Kaleidoscope of pain in my chest all over that would come and go. Worst was my torso felt like someone beat me up. Constant bruised feeling. Only took half a tablet daily. Can't imagine what would have happened if on full dose. Nurse practitioner said my side effects were unusual. Really? | F | 61 | 2 weeks 30 1X day | 3/5/2018 | 1 | High cholesterol | I was having shortness of breath, feeling as though I was having an asthma attack when I would lie down at night. In addition to this, I had a hacking dry cough. I returned to the doctor and he thought maybe I was having acid reflux. So, he prescribed Prilosec and an inhaler of Symbicort. It only got worse. I finally decided to discontinue the Zetia after taking it for 30 days. The second day after not taking Zetia, I was amazingly better. I can get a good deep breath but still have a bit of a cough. I should also add that while taking Zetia, I always had a feeling that I needed to use the bathroom. My ankles felt weak and my calves were sore and sometimes ached. I cannot take statins and I cannot take Zetia!!!! | F | 65 | 30 days 10 MG | 3/3/2018 | 1 | To control my cholesterol | Absurd headheache,chest pain Sharp pinches in my left arm And whistles in my ears.. And adding icing sugar on the cake My blood pressure was scary to read.horrible medication.. Stop it asap if you take it .. | I rather have cramps in my legs with crestor and cope with it. Zetia is a killer med. | M | 53 | 6 days 10 mg | 2/28/2018 | 1 | Elevated cholesterol | Flu like symptoms that included continually experiencing a sore throat, nasal issues, lethargic with no energy, extreme dry mouth, tongue sensitive (sensation of a burnt tongue when eating), and depressed mood. | The first two weeks I also experienced a tingling sensation on the side of my face and my tinnitus seemed louder and more annoying. Once I stopped the medication it took about a week for my side effects to subside. | F | 64 | 6 weeks 10 mg | 1/30/2018 | 1 | control cholesterol | Took it in AM with other HBP meds so I didn't know which one of meds was making me feel so bad all those yrs. Asked cardiologist if there any meds that could be changed and said no. Said this is as good as it's going to get. I finally figured it out myself. Noticed about 45 minutes after taking meds how bad I felt, very toxic and debilitating until about 4 or 5 in evenings and I observed I did not have the affect after I took my night med which did not include Zetia. I stopped taking it with AM meds 6 month ago and immediately noticed an improvement and whole new world opened up to me. Haven't felt this good in years. I am very angry with the cardiologist for the years of suffering. It's too bad I didn't figure it out sooner. | M | 79 | 5 years 10 1X day | 1/21/2018 | 1 | Elevated triglycerides | Tachycardia, hair loss, weight loss, hoarseness, sinus infection, fatigue | Don’t take it. | F | 53 | 30 days 10 mg | 1/20/2018 | 1 | Lower LDL | Severe aches all over. Could not sit down as buttocks were painful. Would not take again!! | M | 82 | 3 days | 1/13/2018 | 1 | cannot tolerate statins | Severe pain in neck and shoulders. Stiff neck. Pain brought me to my knees, in tears, and I have a high tolerance for pain. Horrible drug, should not be on market or Drs should prescribe it for themselves 1st instead of using patients as guinea pigs. I would suggest to anyone to NEVER take this drug. | Devil drug is right and I would not wish this pain on my worst enemy. Foolish practitioners to prescribe this drug. Made my recovery 100x worse and longer. | F | 55 | 3 days 30 1X day | 1/8/2018 | 1 | Lower cholesterol | Very bad and disgustingly smelly flatulence and extremely itchy thighs especially at night. | Don’t know if it is actually lowering my cholesterol yet. | M | 55 | 60 days 10 MG | 1/6/2018 | 1 | Cholesterol | Severe headache,rash with blisters,sore throats sinus infection cough fatigue | M | 56 | 1 months 10 | 1/4/2018 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Severe pain in the left shoulder joint,base of the neck and in my left forearm and wrist. Constant attacks of painful pins and needles in the left arm and bleeding from my right eye. Brain foggy and muscles feel as if they are full of gravel when I flex them. | I live in the UK and my NHS doctor put me on Zetia as I have tried various statins and have experienced terrible side effects from them.Four days after taking Zetia I developed a slight irritation on the palm of my left hand.Within a couple of hours this turned into pins and needles and a crippling pain in my neck and shoulder. A couple of days later I had pain in both of my eyes and the right one became full of blood. I stopped taking the Zetia two weeks ago and pain has not yet gone away. Horrible drug!!! I will take my chance with the Cholesterol. | M | 68 | 14 days 10 mg 1X day | 1/3/2018 | 1 | High cholesterol | Severe chest pain, severe arm pain, couldn't get out of bed for 2 weeks, diherra so severe I dehydrated, labs were all over the place, couldn't urinate. Was hospitalized 5 times while doctors tried to figure out why I was so sick. They thought I was dying and didn't know why, and so did I. Ran out of meds within 3 days of stopping it I has fine. I have no doubt if I would have continued this drug I would have died. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG | F | 53 | 60 days 10mg | 11/29/2017 | 3 | Lower CHLOSTEROL WITH lipitor 40 mg | Joint pain in legs | Both statins WERE generic | F | 77 | 2 weeks 10mg | 11/4/2017 |