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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LIPITOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | RAYNAUDS - NEW TRIAL | I HAVE LITTLE CIRCULATION IN MY FINGERS. NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THAT 40 MG. OF LIPITOR IMPROVES CIRCULATION IN A GOOD AMOUNT OF PATIENTS. MY DOCTOR CHECKED MY LIVER ENZYMES BEFORE I STARTED. THEY WERE NORMAL UPON TAKING THE LIPITOR, MY FINGERS STARTED TO FEEL BETTER ON THE 4TH DAY AND THE ULCERATIONS I EXPERIENCE STARTED HEALING. I WAS SO HAPPY AND SO WAS MY DOCTOR. HE SAID TO REPEAT MY LAB WORK IN 6 WEEKS. WELL I JUST FOUND OUT THAT MY LIVER COUNTS ARE TOTALLY WHACY AND I HAVE TO STOP THE DRUG. I AM GLAD THAT MY DOCTOR IS RIGHT ON TOP OF IT, BUT IT IS SO DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE IT WAS HELPING. I DID HAVE EXTREME EXHAUSTION BUT THEY SUGGESTED FOR ME TO TAKE IT IN THE MORNING INSTEAD OF NIGHT AND THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE. AFTER MY LABS ARE DONE AGAIN IN 3 WEEKS, THEY MIGHT TRY ANOTHER STATIN DRUG. AFTER READING THI WEBSITE, I DON'T HAVE MUCH HOPE. IT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL THOUGH. | IT CAN BE A GREAT DRUG FOR MOST, JUST NOT ALL. | F | 51 | 6 weeks | 1/7/2009 | 1 | high cloresterol | shrinking muscels,leg arms,neck vertgo from convusing neck muscels | unable to get out of bed,loss of strength,memory,halucinations been of it for 2 years,not quite cured kill | M | 75 | 3 years | 12/25/2008 | 1 | high cholesterol | Severe lower back pain and an aching pain across my shoulders. Generally I also felt weak. The symptoms first started after about 4 months of taking this drug and tapered down for a couple of weeks after stopping. | I tried 3 different statins, all with the same horrid side effects. I will NEVER take another statin drug. | M | 41 | 6 months | 12/22/2008 | 1 | high chlolesterol | taken since 2004, just got off this stuff a month or so now, had memory loss, extreme ache in left arm and sometimes left leg. thought it was another issue, spent the last 4 years with neurologists doing MRI, nerve tests, every test known to detect the reason for this. nothing found. decided to stop taking lipitor and am much improved. can do many things without my arm aching now. | this ache was extreme, almost unbearable, many doctors just ignore the side effects of this drug. | M | 55 | 5 years | 12/19/2008 | 3 | high cholesterol | flatulence, mild aches, occasional indigestion | Overall this seems to be working reasonably well -- brought my triglycerides and LDL down to normal levels but not sure if it's really from the Lipitor or from major life-style changes and bringing my blood sugar down. In any event, I haven't had any serious problems with this drug aside from having to be a bit more careful in the gym and being the butt of fart jokes. | F | 29 | 10 months | 12/18/2008 | 3 | High Cholesterol | Abdominal distention - feel full. Gained about 5 lbs the first week. back pain in the am, leg cramps on and off. Weird tight feeling in my head. Gas, insomnia, loss of muscle strength. I have Sores on the inner cheeks. Weird tight feeling in chest cavity at times, when exercising. | I was in otherwise good health before starting, although it's only been a week. It should be noted that this is my third time trying this med. I am not drinking the koolaid on this miracle drug. I think it has major side effects that the mfgs are still not attributing to the drug. There is a lot of good reads out there, including articles in the NY times - do some research - it seems a lot of us are on the fence. I'm in a very high risk category, with levels over 300, a horrible ratio, and tryc through the roof. | M | 46 | 7 days | 12/5/2008 | 1 | high cholesteol | depression, finger stiffness, finger joints locking up, much worse in the mornings. | After being off lipitor for 3 weeks, my depression is gone, but the locking fingers and finger stiffness and pain is no better. | M | 55 | 5 weeks | 11/17/2008 | 1 | high cholestrol, high triglycerides | muscle weakness, tendon weakness and ruptures, memory loss. | I started taking Lipitor 3/29/06 to control elevated levels of cholesterol and triglycerides. I started taking 10 mg per day along with omega 3, fish oil, change in diet and exercise and reduced total, LDL and Tri's to acceptable levels within 3 mos. However, I tore my right Achilles tendon on 2/4/07 by just simply taking off from a sprinters stance. I then tore my left Achilles tendon on 10/26/08 by simply jumping in the air after my son won his playoff football game. Someone at the Dr's office recently recommended to me to do a search for possible connection between statin use and tendon damage/ruptures. Much to my surprise there is a significant amount of study and history of this connection. (Google "statins tendon") I have stopped the use of Lipitor immediately after finding out about this connection. I have always been very active, athletic and have worked out pretty consistently since my High School years. I am 41 now and cannot understand why now I am having th | M | 41 | 2 years | 11/17/2008 | 2 | Familial hyperlipidemia | Shoulder and neck muscle pain, tender joints, wrist pain, fogginess, depression when not getting enough rest, possible insomnia | I took Lipitor for 7 years due a genetic form of high cholesterol. Controlled cholesterol levels very well. Never thought it was doing me harm, until my cardiologist bumped me from 40mg to 80mg. Had muscle pain that would not go away, memory loss (could not remember names or words at times), trouble sleeping (possibly-I've always had some insomnia). Symptoms eased at 40mg again, but did not go away. Still felt like an 'old man'. Went off the drug after much thought, all physical symptoms disappeared, physiological problems eased. Tried Crestor but it was far worse for physical symptoms. About to try low does of Pravichol and work up from there. | M | 41 | 7 years | 10/6/2008 | 4 | Elevated cholesterol | Memory loss/ability to concentrate. | Prescribed 20mg for the past 3 years or so, my cholesterol levels have all been normal since starting this medicine. Originally I was given Crestor 10mg, but experienced muscle pain, and was given Lipitor. The only problem is I feel I have suffered memory loss and the ability to concentrate since taking this medication. | M | 41 | 3 years | 10/4/2008 | 1 | high cholesterol | Aches and pain from head to toe, very grouchy. | I have been competitive in road racing for almost 20 years, but after starting this drug I began to notice my performance falling off. Later I got pains so bad that I could not run. I stopped taking this drug and after about 3 months am almost back where I was with my running. I detest lawyers, but statin class drugs are crying out for a class action lawsuit to stop their use. | M | 41 | 7 months | 10/3/2008 | 1 | Elevated Cholesterol level | Toe tinglingling, numbness in toes, feel like I am in a fog most of the day, memory impaired, hair loss ( major symptom for me), low grade headache, vision impaired, calf pain....... | Lipitor does help reduce total serum cholesterol considerably in many patients but the side effects of this 'poisonous' medication are extremely alarming. I fail to comprehend why this medication is still permitted to be on the market as there is evidence that those who have been on long term have suffered irreversible muscle damage plus other permanent side effects. How come no one has sued the manufacturers as yet? Do patients have to die first before a pharmaceutical entity can be sued? Surely some of the people who have written in to this site should get together and institute litigation? | F | 57 | 5 weeks | 9/21/2008 | 1 | High cholesterol | I took Lipitor for 6 weeks and noticed extreme dehydration and extremely dry eyes. My eyes are so dry that they stick to the eyelids at night and I am getting microabrasions on them - very painful. Additionally, despite eating a pure fiber diet to lower my cholesterol, the medicine has made me extremely constipated. I have been off now for 5 days. The constipation is starting to go away as are the dry eyes although they are still quite painful. | I have started the "Blood Type Diet" for my blood type (A) and will lower my cholesterol naturally since I cannot fathom being on Lipitor after my experience with it. I would not recommend this medicine to anyone. | F | 37 | 6 weeks | 9/5/2008 | 1 | high cholesertol | I have had unexplained fatigue (sleeping 11-12 hours a night, and still having no energy all day)since starting Lipitor 2 years ago; my new doctor did a new test and said my SED rate is high- he suspects it is the Lipitor and told me to go off it immediately. I don't know if this is the problem, but after reading this site I will not take a statin drug again. I also have short term memory loss, and an unexplained cough. | Sure, it lowers cholesterol, but I am a zombie. | F | 57 | 2 years | 9/5/2008 | 4 | high Cholorestral | F | 82 | | 8/23/2008 | 1 | colesterol | tired-weak-pains all over body-groggy-light headed | all these statin drugs are death in a bottle. they are the perfect med as they will cause the poor dumb patient to spend huge sums of money on tests-pain killers and other statins till they will one day they will just give up and lay down and die-BROKE-what a well laid plan by big pharma and covered by the criminal FDA food and drug syndicate. | F | 65 | 3 days | 8/18/2008 | 5 | high blood pressure / heart attack | None whatsoever. | I'm taking 80 mg's a day which is the maximum dose and it brought my cholesterol levels comfortably back into the safe numbers. | M | 54 | 2 years | 8/15/2008 | 1 | cholestrol | Weak muscles. Achey like when you have a very high fever, only without the fever. Elevated white blood cell count (very high), but liver emzymes were normal | I was on lowest dose. My LDL started at 90, but MD insisted that because I am diabetic, I should be on lipitor and try to get below 70. Lipitor knocked it down to 25. I do not know if the problems were due to Lipitor, or having LDL down to 25. I asked MD he stated "They (whomever they are), have not established a low threshold for what is safe". I stated that just because it has not been proven in a lab, does not mean it is not true. I went off the meds, and am now in search of a new MD, as I have felt worse under this DR care than ever before in my life. | F | 50 | 45 days | 8/6/2008 | 1 | high cholesterol | Deep depression, insomnia, joint stiffness in hands and feet, inability to think clearly to the point I thought I would have to quit my job. | This drug dramatically lowered my cholesterol but ruined my quality of life. After repeated visits to my doctor complaining of these debilitating symptoms he finally made the connection and took me off. Within 3 days, I started to feel like myself again. Cholesterol plays an important role in brain and nerve function and is essential to our good overall health. Do your research. Stripping your body of it can be devastating. I would much rather take my chances with a slightly elevated level than go through that again. Horrible. Pfizer should be ashamed of themselves for not clearly stating the possibility of these side effects. | F | 56 | 6 months | 7/30/2008 | 1 | yes | tremors and tingles although the body | F | 62 | 14 years | 7/24/2008 |