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| 2 | high cholesterol | The last two years I have had severe pain in my feet and legs with a definite decrease in muscle strength...have spent a fortune on orthodics and shoes. I take a very small amount because I have always been hyper sensitive to drugs...I am now convinced it IS the Lipitor and am going to stop immediately as a test. | It definitely lowers cholesterol.....my LDL cut in half....The research is still out though. | F | 59 | 8 days | 5/1/2007 | 1 | high cholesterol | after taking the drug for several years, I developed one of the supposedly rare side effects ... muscle disintegration/degeneration ... fortuntately when I experienced fatigue and muscle/joint pain, I remembered some of the warnings I had read when I first started taking the drug ... My doctor ordered a blood test when I told him of my symptoms and concerns and it revealed a grossly excessive amount of muscle tissue in my blood ... I haven't taken it since ... after I stopped taking Lipitor, I felt normal about three weeks later ... | M | 6 years | 4/30/2007 | 1 | raised cholesterol level | episode of intense dizziness lasting nearly an hour, then an episode of intense chills and shivers lasting nearly an hour, and continued lassitude for another day. | cure is worse than the problem | M | 54 | 3 days | 4/18/2007 | 5 | Hi Cholesterol | None Maybe I'm just lucky. I went from 80mg zocor to 40 then 80 mg lipitor all with no discernible side effects. | Without statins my TC is around 300, with 80 mgm lipitor it is a consistent 140. Nothing else worked to bring it down and I nearly died with 99% blockage of the LAD before an angioplasty and going on statins. Both my grandfather and father dropped dead in their early sixties. For me, this is a wonder drug. | M | 70 | 3 years | 4/17/2007 | 5 | Hi Cholesterol | This is the same poster as the previous posting. I notice a poster attributed Bell's palsy to lipitor. I too had Bell's, I went back and looked at my cholesterol chart and found I got Bell's before I started on lipitor. | There seems to be a consistent occurence of muscle pain and/or liver problems but I wonder how many other problems are not really attributable to lipitor eg see my Bell's palsy. Also I get night muscle cramps but I have had occasional muscle cramps at night since I was a child, Maybe my memory isn't as good as it was but I'm 70 and I still passed one of the hardest bar exams in the country less than 2 years ago. However I don't doubt that some unlucky people are having bad side effects, I just wonder about some of the more esoteric ones. | M | 70 | 3 years | 4/17/2007 | 1 | high cholesterol | My left arm and neck that hurt from chronic pain are now exploding. | I hope from just taking a short time no perm damage is done. The pain is unbearable. I was down to a level 4 and now hitting 10 for parts of each day. I told the dr. I felt socked in the arm, he thinks my chronic problem is just getting worse. I hope he is wrong because I cannot take this much longer. | M | 51 | 8 weeks | 4/17/2007 | 1 | Preventive, then high cholesterol | 10mg/day for 6 years, no side effects. Recemt increase to 20mg/day caused severe pain in back, hips, legs, and feet. Unable to walk or stand for more than 10 minutes. | To lower cholesterol, excercise is necessary. With Lipitor, it's impossible for me to even walk slowly, so what point is there in taking Lipitor? I stopped, MD wants me to try other statins. I have my doubts about all of them. | F | 61 | 6 years | 4/15/2007 | 2 | High Cholesterol, Stent Placement | After taking 40 mg/day of Lipitor for a couple of years, I started to notice foot pain, diagnosed as a neuroma in the right foot, then a hammer toe, then left heel pain. I didn't connect this with Lipitor and continued to take it. I saw a podiatrist who made no mention of the connection between foot pain and statins. One day a pharmacist told my husband that there was a "huge" connection between taking statins and foot pain. I dc'd Lipitor 6 mos. ago, and my foot pain improved a lot, but I still have some daily pain and discomfort when I walk. My cholesterol numbers have shot up, but I won't take statins again. I'm afraid I'll become a "cripple." I'll pay more attn. to diet & exercise, try Vit. C and prescription Niacin. | If you have foot pain while on a statin, assume a connection, and assume that family physicians and podiatrists are largely unaware of this connection. | F | 58 | 2 days | 4/13/2007 | 4 | high cholesterol. | none. but soon as i started it the staticy feeling in my abdomin stopped and the hot feelings i usually suffered from when that static would start had ceased with it. i feel much better. it drove my cholesterol down to almost perfect levels. of course if you behave with your diet. AND if the medication doesn't make you sick. | if you feel better taking it you've hit the jack pot. i've heard so many who suffer bad cramps and chest pains with this medication. i've lucked out. though i've had unsuccessful endeavors with another medication pertaining to triglycerides... but lipitor has actually made me feel much better from a problem i've suffered feeling as a child... abdominal irritation or a sensation that feels like electricity zapping around my midsection and used to make me feel hot and irritable. soon as i took lipitor that all stopped. i'm very happy something helped that. i was tired of feeling "strange" when it came to my gut. :D | F | 37 | 3 years | 4/11/2007 | 1 | Cholesterol | Up until 3 weeks ago I was taking LIPEX another member of the Statin family - reduced my cholesterol very satisfactorily. However - over time, the following symptoms developed - pain in hips cannot walk even a short distance due to pain. Legs felt like they had run a marathon! Deep bruising - I thought I was just being clumsy. Joint pain in spine, hips and elbows. Exhaustion. | A colleague asked if I was on cholesterol medication and informed me there could be a connection - I found this website - amazed at all the similarities to me - I thought I was going MAD!!! I came of LIPEX 3 weeks ago, muscles feel better, energy levels picking up, but hip pain still throbbing. I also felt like an old woman, I have over the years been to physiotherapists and chiropractors who did not know what to do - recently diagnosed with bursitis in the hips had 2 cortizone injections - still suffering severe hip pain and cannot walk more than 5 yards. Doctor agreed I could be having severe side effects of STATIN drug - has insisted I need my cholesterol attended to - has now put me on BEZALIP (no relation to STATINS so I am told) I haven't filled the script yet - need to do more research. My heart goes out to all of you! | F | 50 | 3 years | 4/9/2007 | 1 | Cholesterol | It concerns me that someone else is recommending SIMVISTATIN as an alternative to LIPITOR. Up until 3 weeks ago I was taking LIPEX which is SIMVISTATIN - it reduced my cholesterol very satisfactorily. However - over time, the following symptoms developed - pain in hips cannot walk even a short distance due to pain. Legs felt like they had run a marathon! Deep bruising - I thought I was just being clumsy. Joint pain in spine, hips and elbows. Exhaustion. | A colleague asked if I was on cholesterol medication and informed me there could be a connection - I found this website - amazed at all the similarities to me - I thought I was going MAD!!! I came of LIPEX 3 weeks ago, muscles feel better, energy levels picking up, but hip pain still throbbing. I also felt like an old woman, I have over the years been to physiotherapists and chiropractors who did not know what to do - recently diagnosed with bursitis in the hips had 2 cortizone injections - still suffering severe hip pain and cannot walk more than 5 yards. Doctor agreed I could be having severe side effects of STATIN drug - has insisted I need my cholesterol attended to - has now put me on BEZALIP (no relation to STATINS so I am told) I haven't filled the script yet - need to do more research. My heart goes out to all of you! | F | 50 | 3 years | 4/9/2007 | 5 | High Cholesterol | No side effects. On for 3 years so far...feel great. | 20mg and working fine. | M | 51 | 36 days | 4/2/2007 | 1 | Elevated cholesterol | None | The drug was fine but I resent the rediculous high price. I have switched to generic simvastatin and am actively encouraging others on Lipitor to consider switching. I also resent the direct to consumer advertising of Pfizer as well as many other drug companies. | M | 53 | 5 years | 4/2/2007 | 3 | hi cholesterol | always feeling tired | high priced | M | 70 | 2 years | 3/25/2007 | 1 | high cholesterol | Taking it for a little over a year and have had many of the side effects to some degree. Gas, bloating. sleeplesness along with fatigue and not being able to get out of bed in the morning. The worst is muscle stiffness and not being able to walk at times. I am feeling like an old lady and I'm only 54 and blamed all this on menopause or arthritis.Difficult to walk up and down the steps especially in the morning. I just stopped taking lipitor and after this experience I WILL adjust my diet and I just joined the gym again.I am taking some herbs to detox my system and in a month,I will begin alternative treatment.I was also starting to become depressed. Good Luck to all of you. Will keep all of you in my prayers. | F | 54 | 1 years | 3/24/2007 | 1 | high cholesterol | taking lipitor for 1 year.four months ago I noticed it was difficult for me to get out of bed. the stiffnes and pain in my right hip got worse. difficult for me to walk down the stairs when I first get up. i feel like something in my body is going to crack if I move the wrong way. last 3 weeks symptoms are getting worse. after sitting fo a while, it is difficult to stand up. very tired and sometimes legs are restless during the night. I thought I was going crazy or had MS or worse. Bless you for this web site.I stopped taking Lipitor on my own but did let my doctor know. I will seek alternative treatment. | I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. | F | 54 | 1 years | 3/23/2007 | 2 | high cholesterol | back pain, aching joints and muscles, flatulence and wind,hair loss | M | 10 years | 3/22/2007 | 1 | HIGH CHOLRESTEROL | WEAK MUSCLES ,POOR BALANCE,VERY VERY TIRED CAN'T WORK MORE THAN 2 HOURS WITHOUT A NAP | M | 78 | 1 years | 3/22/2007 | 5 | high cholesterol | no side effects...feel fine and know that my risk of having heart attack and stroke are drastically reduced!!!!! | ldl went from 172 to 80 and hdl went from 65 to 98!! | F | 50 | 3 days | 3/21/2007 | 1 | High cholesterol | Severe muscle pain in calves, unable to run at all even though I've been running marathons all my life. Felt very unwell, as though I had a high temperature. | My total cholesterol did drop from 6.5 mmol/l to 3.6 but my HDL also dropped to below 1 mmol/l actually making my good/bad cholesterol ratio worse. Because I felt so ill, I stopped taking it. Cholesterol went up almost immediately after stopping Lipitor and I felt great again and was able to run again. A year later I tried Lipitor again with the same side effects as before. I stopped taking it and decided to live with high cholesterol as taking this drug made my life not worth living. | M | 46 | 3 months | 3/6/2007 |