| Key to ratings for vytorin: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| 2 | fatigue | F | 65 | 90 days | 1/30/2010 | 4 | to lower high cholestrol # | none obvious | Doc switched my Rx from Zocor. Vytorin brought cholesterol down to good # | F | 70 | 3 years | 1/23/2010 | 1 | high HDL cholesterol | anxiety attacks | This drug failed to lower my HDL cholesterol more than 9 points over the 6 months I took it. The bouts of sudden, unusual anxiety attacks were too serious of a side effect to continue the medication. | M | 26 | 6 months | 12/21/2009 | 1 | High LDL | Elevated Liver Enzymes, Inflamation of neck arteries, Drug induced psoriasis, Mental confusion, muscle pain. | Not at all happy with Vytorin Tests which indicated increased risk of Cancer. | M | 65 | 4 years | 12/6/2009 | 4 | hyperlipidemia | So far so good. Been on it for a year when my cholesterol dropped within the first three months. Lipitor and Zetia did very little for me. Just goes to show that some drugs work on some people and other drugs on other people. | M | 68 | 6 months | 11/29/2009 | 1 | high cholesterol | Large amounts of hair loss, some actual bald spots | I could not imagine what was wrong with my hair and I mentioned it to my hairdresser. He asked if I was on any new medication, well Vytorin was the only meds I was on. Once I stopped the hair started growing back. | F | 64 | 90 days | 8/26/2009 | 5 | high cholestral and trigs | M | 1 years | 8/7/2009 | 5 | high cholesterol | none | I have been taking this medication for over 3 yrs now. I have not had any side efects, and it has worked wonders at lowering my cholesterol down from 270 to 140. I will continue to take this drug. | F | 45 | 3 years | 7/28/2009 | 1 | muscle & knee joint pain < 10 days after starting - very bad rep out of statin choices. I can't take any after 4 tries - any exercise creates problems and since I'm young this isn't aceptable to be scared to do treadmill for 6-8wks because bad drug breaks something | worst and fastest troubles of 4x statin I tried. Ezetemble was not the problem as I took zetia for 2 years. | M | 44 | 10 days | 7/6/2009 | 1 | high cholesterol | Extreme leg pain ,knee pain, pain in my neck . The leg pain got so bad I couldng get out of bed for three days. With all my complaining about pain, my doc thinks iam crazy.I stopped takeing it 9 days ago. My pain is already alot better.Sunday I am going to start taking it again and see what happens. If the Pain returns Iam going straight to docs , and telling him to switch me to something differant. | Did dramatically lower my cholesterol | F | 43 | 3 years | 6/10/2009 | 2 | High Cholesterol | Irregular and/or slow heartbeat | Irregular and/or slow heartbeat appeared several months after starting Vytorin. Dr. diagnosed atrial fibrillation. Treatment was ineffective. Decided to live with it. After 4 years switched to Lipitor due to bad Vytorin press. Irregular/slow heartbeat disappeared two months after stopping Vytorin. | M | 66 | 4 years | 5/13/2009 | 1 | high cholesterol | side effects - muscle and head pain. Doc says from arthritis, which I never had before. Other doctor agrees with me but said not to quote her, "it's a theory." Quit it & can only hope side effects will go away & have not caused permanent damage. | POISON | F | 59 | 8 months | 4/18/2009 | 2 | high cholesterol | muscle pain, memory loss, forgetting words, real zombification | I've been off the stuff for more than a year, but even though the physical stuff has gone away, the cognitive stuff is still here. I want my mind back! | F | 52 | 16 months | 2/22/2009 | 2 | to lower LDL & boost HDL | Nausea in middle of night followed by a day of low grade fever (99.5 - 100.5), muscle aches, low energy: flu like symptoms. Could have been a 12 hour viral bug but I rarely ever get sick and have a reknown cast iron stomach! | F | 55 | 7 days | 2/12/2009 | 1 | high Cholesterol | Muscle pain and cramps; and muscle deterioration. That caused my knee to fail: tore ligaments inside of knee. It did reduce cholesterol from 330 to 180 | The cure is worse than the initial problem. | M | 65 | 14 months | 12/7/2008 | 5 | High LDL cholesterol | no side effects | combined with exercise and better diet, I lowered my total cholesterol from over 300 to 126, with an LDL/HDL ratio of 2.4. I have a total of eight stents, but no blockages since taking this drug. | M | 67 | 3 years | 9/21/2008 | 1 | cholesterol | muscle pain, tiredness | The body makes cholesterol, it wouldn't if it were poison! Cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease any more than firemen cause house fires! | M | 59 | 3 months | 8/3/2008 | 5 | High Cholesterol | None | Vytorin dramatically improved my cholesterol levels. I switched to another brand when the bad press came out on Vytorin because my doctor was on maternity leave. My level went sky high on a different med. She put me back on Vytorin & I am doing extremely well. | F | 40 | 1 years | 5/28/2008 | 3 | High LDL | I have recently experienced a fluttering in my chest and sometimes a stronger pounding, especially when in a recling position. My legs also feel heavy and I have experience many foot cramps. | Although this medicine has drastically lowered my LDL from 250 to 82, I am quite concerned about the recent side effects. I have found no mention of these in the literature that accompanies the prescription. I am stopping today and will monitor how I feel. | F | 66 | 5 months | 4/22/2008 | 1 | dr. said was safest/no side effects | horrible muscle cramps in legs, itches, ulcerative proctitis, myalgia, cellular damage in lower leg muscle | disclosures said muscle pain or muscle ache; so dr. and pharm. didn't recognize cramping as symptomatic | M | 62 | 6 months | 4/12/2008 | 4 | High tri/col. | Been on vytorin and trycor 145. Wasn,t sure which one was giving me the muscle pain in my back,legs, and making me so tired.So I just stopped the Trycor 145 3 days ago and I'll see if pain goes away...I stopped trycor 3 days ago and already feel better. Must say the combo of Trycor,vytorin,niacin with fish oil lowered all my levels very, very well...but think I'll go without the Trycor for now.. | M | 59 | 2 years | 4/3/2008 | 1 | high overall cholersterol | started out as itching, progressed to excruciating burning pain, neuropathy, over a period of 3-4 years | This stuff is a death sentence for some people - one neither the patient nor doctor sees coming because it sneaks up on you. There are thousands of sufferers and the doctors don't recognize it. This will be the next major drug scandal. | F | 60 | 4 years | 4/1/2008 | 2 | lower cholesterol | muscle and joint pain | does lower numbers, but no benefit for heart problems, drug companies knew this 2 years ago! read news release http://ktla.trb.com/news/ktla-vytorin,0,42072.story In Canada this is called ezetrol | M | 50 | 1 days | 3/31/2008 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Worst side effect was burning sensation in neck arteries and elevated liver enzymes. | Vytorin, which came out in 2004, combines Zocor with Schering-Plough Corp.'s Zetia, which went on sale in 2002 and attacks cholesterol in a different way. The study tested whether Vytorin was better than Zocor alone at limiting plaque buildup in the arteries of 720 people with super high cholesterol because of a gene disorder. The results show the drug had "no result — zilch. In no subgroup, in no segment, was there any added benefit" for reducing plaque, said Dr. John Kastelein, the Dutch scientist who led the study. That happened even though Vytorin dramatically lowered LDL, fats in the blood called triglycerides and a measure of artery inflammation — CRP. | M | 63 | 1.5 years | 3/30/2008 | 2 | High Cholesterol | Pain in lower back on both sides by kidneys. Pain just under my left shoulderblade. Feeling of stomach bloating, waking up soon after sleeping with pain in my chest that felt like a heart attack. Acid reflux. One episode of my vision being wavy on the periphery. 2 upper respitory infections in the last year | I thought I had cancer. I had no idea what was wrong with me. My doctor ordered 2 CT scans which were both negative. I thought my mind was making up all these symptoms. Then I looked closely at the side-effects, did some searches, and found others had the same side effects as me! Realized that my cardiologist had prescribed Verapamil with high-dose Vytorin, which it specifically says one should not do! Amazing! and he's a doctor. I have stopped taking Vytorin about 5 days and the pain in my lower back is beginning to subside. | M | 38 | 2 years | 3/23/2008 | 2 | high triglicerides and cholesterol | extemely dry mouth, to the point of having a constant feeling of sickness | Dr. switched me from crestor 20 mg which I had been taking for approx. 4 years due to an increase in triglicerides | F | 46 | 4 weeks | 3/21/2008 | 4 | High Cholesterol and Triglycerides | None that I could notice | Worked very well lowering my total cholesterol in half, from about 285 to about 140. Did not do a very good job lowering my triglycerides, nor did it improve my cholesterol "ratio" in a significant manner. I am taking the lowest dosis available for both drugs in the product. | M | 64 | 14 months | 1/31/2008 | 4 | high cholesterol | joint pain, back pain, insomnia, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, and headaches at times. Not all side effects all the time but some more than others and some more often. | It's helped my cholesterol levels greatly and without it my cholesterol levels were 250+, now around 180. | M | 44 | 1 years | 1/27/2008 | 4 | High cholesterol | None | Added Vytorin 10/20 to my Omacor 4 caps a day regimen. LDL went down significantly. | M | 37 | 1/18/2008 | 1 | Very high cholesterol | Atrial fibrillation w/ER visit; muscle/joint pain | Statin drugs seem to work well for some, but there are some who ABSOLUTELY should NEVER take any of this class of drug. Some of the side-effects can become permanent damage. Do the web research, there are tens of thousands out there for whom this drug is much more harm than good. | M | 50 | 4 months | 1/18/2008 | 3 | High Cholestorol | Muscle pain and ache feels like circulation has been cut off from my lower legs | It has helped lower my over all counts | F | 43 | 5 years | 1/17/2008 | 2 | high cholesterol | burning feet, started off I thought I was just standing too much but over time the burning got worse | M | 39 | 90 days | 1/14/2008 | 5 | high cholesterol | Occasional joint pain but not sure it is attributable to Vytorin | I have taken Vytorin for 3 years. My Cholesterol reduction has been substantial. Total 250 start; 103 as of 11/07. LDL 179 start; 53 now. TRIG 167 start; 87 now. HDL 38 start; 34 now. | M | 63 | 3 years | 12/5/2007 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Muscle and joint pain, nerve inflamation, memory loss and mental confusion, hair loss, unexplained weight loss, elevated liver enzymes. | Criminal | M | 63 | 1 years | 11/14/2007 | 1 | High LDL | Aches pains, nagging ache between shoulders | Healthy diet I hope will cure this! | F | 45 | 3 weeks | 11/5/2007 | 1 | produced lupus syndrome, joint pain, muscle ache, etc | M | 67 | 5 years | 11/2/2007 |
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ratings: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |