LIVALO Reviews (PITAVASTATIN CALCIUM)Average Rating: 1.8 (36 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LIVALO with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LIVALO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | High cholesterol | I'm no longer taking this medication. I had terrible reaction the entire time I was taking the medication. From stomach problems, headaches and muscle and joint problems. Finally, after a month I developed painful trigger fingers in both of my thumbs and stopped the drug. I told my doctor no more statins for me. I had the trigger fingers for three months and had to have them injected twice! | It took about two weeks for the reactions I was having to go away and the trigger fingers in my thumbs continued until I had to get steroid I he take twice to relieve the pain. | F | 66 | 0 weeks 2mg 1X day | 3/21/2024 Patient History | 1 | Cholesterol issue | This was extremely short lived and absolutely painful. I am being treated for Dermatomyositis with hydroxychloroquine and it took 3 days before my entire body was on fire with a rash!!! The pain with itching and swelling is horrific. The evening before the rash outbreak I had an argument with my husband and he was shocked at my behavior as he had never heard me talk or seen me behave like I did. | They (the FDA) need to pull this medication!! | F | 59 | 3 days 2mg 2X day | 4/12/2023 | 1 | High LDL | I had been taking Livalo only 3x a week as I have not had good experience with other statins, for several years. It was working fine and maintaining my cholesterol levels but my doctor wanted my LDL under 70 so we upped it to 5x a week and after years of tolerating the medication, I developed severe muscle pain in my neck shoulders and chest. It was so intense I could barely function and thought I was having a heart attack. Took two weeks off from the medication and the symptoms subsided. Restarted it at the reduced rate of 3x per week, but unfortunately it seems like the symptoms are returning and I will have to give up this medication. | F | 55 | 4 years 2mg 3X W | 11/23/2022 | 1 | High LDL | I had been taking Livalo only 3x a week as I have not had good experience with other statins, for several years. It was working fine and maintaining my cholesterol levels but my doctor wanted my LDL under 70 so we upped it to 5x a week and after years of tolerating the medication, I developed severe muscle pain in my neck shoulders and chest. It was so intense I could barely function and thought I was having a heart attack. Took two weeks off from the medication and the symptoms subsided. Restarted it at the reduced rate of 3x per week, but unfortunately it seems like the symptoms are returning and I will have to give up this medication. | F | 55 | 4 years 2mg 3X W | 11/23/2022 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Big time pain in calf and thigh muscle s ... wakes me up at night ...strange sensation 2 weeks ago ... thought I had Bought the ranch ...stopping it today ... dangerous for me . | M | 82 | 21 days 2 mg x3 3X W | 11/10/2020 | 1 | High cholesterol and triglycerides | Debilitating muscle and joint pain. Liver enzymes 100 times normal. 5 weeks off livalo still no better. Fatigue. Pain from neck to feet. Sharp pain in wrist,fingers,knees and feet , just making a slight movement. WHEN WILL THIS STOP ? | 59 | 2 weeks 20 1X day | 9/12/2020 | 1 | Cholesterol | Stomach problems | Have taken other statins, and they eventually led to problems with pain in knees and side. This is worse than the others. After taking 2 times, I’m having stomach problems that I never had before. This wakes me up after only being asleep a couple hours. Then I have to take something else for indigestion. | F | 72 | 2 days 1 mg 2X W | 9/1/2020 | 2 | cholesterol | Pain in the kidney area; muscle weakness; weight gain; coughing, especially at night; headaches; sleeplessness; vertigo; stomach indigestion. | I'm female and I have been taking Livalo for the past 60 days...every other day before bedtime. Prior to this, I tried Atorvastatin, Rosuvastatin and then Ezetimibe. I had negative side effects with all of these, and apparently now Livalo. I will stop taking this drug as of....now... and hope the side effects subside. The worst side effects are the kidney pain and the sleeplessness and coughing at night. I don't believe anyone else here has mentioned coughing or throat issues, yet. I was wondering why I was getting headaches when I never had headaches before, but I see others have complained about that issue as well. If the coughing, headaches, sleeplessness, and stomach issues (been chewing a lot of Tums) do go away, I'll know then it is more than likely the Livalo medicine. Also, as mentioned by others here, Livalo is expensive. My BCBS (primary) would not cover it at all. My secondary insurance Tricare, (I'm retired vet) does cover it, IF you have tried others and they didn't work. It still cost $60 for 3 months supply. | F | 62 | 60 days 1 MG 1X O | 8/6/2020 | 1 | Cholesterol | At first I thought the muscle pain was from the disease I have, Dystonia, since it does affect your muscles, but then as months went on, my muscle pain became worse over time accompanied by severe joint pain all over including my fingers and toes. Ive had a severe cough and felt lik my air was being cut off around December. Felt like I had a respiratory infection or flu like symptoms . This all started around 2 months after taking it. Then the pains ( muscle and joints) is becoming more apparent. I'm swelling in my feet, legs, and body, and am having horrible pains in my upper stomach. Had ct scan done, ruled out kidney, liver, and pancreas but I have a very tiny hernia, a fatty liver, and a little gastritis but don't think any of that is causing my pain. I can't eat anything without it hurting my stomach. Never had stomach issues before. Im running into things like my balance is off but that also comes with my disease so I just chalked it up to that, but its gotten worse. I'm so tired and fatigued. I dont want to go anywhere or do anything the pain is so unreal. I just stopped taking it today to see if this is whats causing all my problems, which I seriously think it is. | Never used statins before. I think I can lower my own cholesterol without having to deal with all this. | F | 51 | 9 months 4mg 1X day | 7/27/2020 | 3 | Elevated Cholesterol | Muscle and joint pain. Occasional digestive issues. Dry eyes. | Works great for lowering numbers. Physical discomfort is frequent and also seems to "settle heavier into weak areas". For example, if you have an overworked muscle or joint, it feels worse. | 51 | 1 years 2 mg 4X W | 7/16/2020 | 1 | Cholesterol | Pain in all extremities including joints of fingers and toes, neuropathy in feet and bu Bing on sides of calves. Back and head pain with general malaise. | Stopped taking over 2 weeks ago but still unable to walk at times because of foot and leg pain. | F | 73 | 2 weeks 2 mg | 6/15/2020 | 5 | high cholesterol; improve LDL/HDL | None | I took this drug for 7 years and had no side effects. Labs were always great. I had to fight the drug companies continuously to get it, even after trying generics, which gave me side effects. Finally gave up and take nothing at present. Currently on medicare and can not afford it. | F | 66 | 7 years 2 mg 1X day | 2/24/2020 | 2 | High Cholesterol | Severe pain in legs, legs aching all the time . Horrible vivid active nightmares! | Start eating right so you don’t need to take this medicine | M | 60 | 6 months 2 mg | 1/30/2020 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Told to try this because it didn’t have side effects like other statins. Day one I thought was okay starting the dose at 9am. Later towards the evening about 6pm, I felt like my heart was being squeezed, chest pain, short of breath, headache, light headed. It’s been about 25 days since and still not right - digestive, headaches, sore chest, tire very easy and can’t do much. | Before that one dose, I was functioning well - eating okay and able to walk any distance without issues. I do not recommend this medication to anyone. | 53 | 1 days 2 MG | 12/26/2019 | 3 | Had Double Bypass. | Headache, fatigue, neck pain, vertigo, stomach issues. This is my third statin that I have tried. My cholesterol has always been great and BP okay as well but for some reason at 37 I had to get a double bypass Because I had 90% blockage in the LAD artery. So all the cardiologists I been to want to keep me on a statin at all cost. | F | 39 | 30 days 2mg | 11/8/2019 | 1 | Extremely high cholesterol. | Non at first. Numbers were great. After 6 mos I have severe muscle cramps from outer calf to my ankles and feet interrupts my sleep all night long. Unbearable. Neck pain also. Dr told me to take it every other day. | IV done this now for 3,weeks. Leg cramps debilitating. I’ve tryed 3 other statins. This got my numbers down quickly but worse joint pain than the others. | F | 71 | 0 months 2mg | 10/10/2019 | 1 | High cholesterol. Other statins not | Took Livalo for 3 weeks w tolerable muscle aches. At day 22 felt awful. Flu- like symptoms with constipation nausea and headache. Stopped med, next day had awful dizziness, near syncope, nausea, right upper abdominal pain. I’ll stop this med and hope these symptoms cease soon! This was 4th statin I took but hoped it would be better tolerated. High cholesterol less of a risk than a statin for me | Dr thought this statin might work as billed as less side effects for those w problems w others. Not so! | F | 67 | 3 weeks 2 mg | 12/4/2018 | 1 | To lower my high LOL cholesterol of | I read the Warnings about the drug. It did say headache was a possible side effect but I woke up with a bad migraine. | F | 66 | 3 days | 8/5/2018 | 1 | high cholesterol | I only took Livalo twice and it sent me to the emergency room after my heart cramped up thinking I was having a heart attack. Thank God it wasn't that. But I have been unable to regain my strength since that day, and that was over two months ago. | Before taking Livalo I was very active working out 5-6 days a week. Now I can hardly stand up very long, let alone trying to work out. | M | 61 | 2 days 2 1X day | 10/24/2017 | 1 | high colesteral | pain in legs and joints | Dr put me on the highest dose. Stopped livalo and seeing him also | M | 73 | 2 weeks 4mg 1X day | 4/3/2017 |
LIVALO (PITAVASTATIN CALCIUM): Pitavastatin is used along with a proper diet to help lower "bad" cholesterol and fats (such as LDL, triglycerides) and raise "good" cholesterol (HDL) in the blood. It belongs to a group of drugs known as "statins." It works by reducing the amount of cholesterol made by the liver. Lowering "bad" cholesterol and triglycerides and raising "good" cholesterol decreases the risk of heart disease and helps prevent strokes and heart attacks. In addition to eating a proper diet (such as a low-cholesterol/low-fat diet), other lifestyle changes that may help this medication work better include exercising, losing weight if overweight, and stopping smoking. Consult your doctor for more details. FDA Approval Date: 2009-08-03 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)