TRICOR (MICRONIZED) Reviews (FENOFIBRATE)Average Rating: 1.9 (325 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TRICOR (MICRONIZED) with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TRICOR (MICRONI | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | High Tryglicerides | The only side effect I have experienced is a rare rash on the side of my arms. I was taking 145mg and the rash will some and go. A month ago as per my request to save money my Dr. change to 160 generic brand and the rash seems to be getting worse. I am still waiting on his decision to see if I should stop taking it. | F | 42 | 3 years 145-160 1X day | 6/2/2010 | 3 | high triglyceride, high cholestero | I have been having rather strong joint pain. | I think I have come to the conclusion that Tricor has caused me this severe joint pain I have been experiencing over the last few months. Okay, it's either Tricor or Lyrica, and that doesn't seem too possible since Lyrica is supposed to be "for" my muscle pain and neuropathy in my foot and leg (due to a paralyzed foot due to shingles -- yup, shingles). I'll talk to both my doctor (cardio) and pharmacist about this, but I really believe after reading just the first few comments on here that I've pinpointed this joint pain back to when I started to take the Tricor. | F | 63 | 6 months 1X day | 4/1/2010 | 3 | 900+ Triglycereides | Only been on 145mg Tricor for a little over a week. I have dreams that would make Stehpen Kings hair stand up. My skin feels prickly/hot and my joint and muscle pain has amplified somewhat. But what choice do I have? Can not tolerate Niaspan (blistered my mouth). I'm going to stick this out for a month and see what happens. Dramatically, altered my diet and quit alcohol. Lost 10 lbs. my first week. In the gym no matter how much it hurts. Sometimes the cure can be worse than the problem. I'll continue until my numbers come down. More than likely I will only take a half tablet after first month. I need to lose 30 more lbs. Hopefully, that will get me back to normal. No pain, no gain I guess. Thanks to everyone for posting and raising my awareness! | Guess many of should just face some facts. WE ARE GETTING OLD! With that being said, those of us in our forties and up have probably worked long and hard lives. Many of the symtpoms described sound to me as the natural process of aging. For those of you who have suffered severe organ damage, I am really sorry to hear that. I've been HIV+ for 24 years and don't really know what its like to be totally healthy. Pain is just a part of my world...so I guess I can tolerate this med. better than others due to my conditioning to pain. I feel really bad for the younger folks too. What a lifetime battle you will have. Get out and excerise and eat clean everyone. Then get off the darn drugs! I intend to. I want to live. Going to tuff this one out. | M | 43 | | 12/17/2009 | 3 | HIgh tri/choles | Shoulder/elbow/muscle: pain. But it worked with my girl friend. | M | 50 | 3 days | 5/19/2009 | 3 | High Triglycerides | I've taken this drug for 10 years, along with Niaspan. It worked great. Triglyceride numbers were way down! Within the last 6 months I have developed fatigue, muscle aches and horrible nausea and indigestion. My doctor, after trying everything, wondered aloud whether it could be the Tricor or maybe the Niaspan. After enduring an upper GI endoscopy (which I had to pay for) and finding nothing...I decided to stop taking both drugs. Within 3 days I was feeling like the old me - and I could eat again! Last nite I took a tricor just to see...the first 8 hours were fine, then the nausea and gas returned. I'm off of this stuff. I'm now looking for other options. Thank you for this website. | It's hard to rate a drug that actually worked but made me sick! | F | 61 | 10 years | 1/29/2009 | 3 | Elev'd Chole/Trigl's 46 | Pain in both knees, muscle pain in forearms, general "tired" feeling, awoke dizzy three days in a row. | Side effects came on very slowly,[ taken for approx six months ] which did not give me cause for alarm until the dizziness came on. At that time I began looking for others taking TRICOR, and what they may have to say. TRICOR was succesful in getting my high readings down, however, did not wish to continue feeling bad. Stopped the TRICOR and started feeling better within three days. Just completed a lab report, all the readings are w/n the ref limits. Along with beginning TRICOR, I also started watching the sugars in what I was eating. I also began to ride a bike for approx 30-45 min daily, have lost approx 30 lbs and feel great. Thanks for this sight and the comments of others. | M | 62 | 6 months | 10/3/2008 | 3 | High Triglycerides | Has anyone experienced parkinson like tremors, dystonia, or vocal/speech problems? | I was put on Tricor in Nov of 2002 because my triglycerides were 672. I have taken the drug regularily since then and have had my triglycerides drop to 100. However, during that period, I had voice and speech problems like a hoarseness that would not stop. I was diagnosed by an ENT specialist as having Spasmodic Dysphonia, a neurological condition which is only treatable with regular Botox injections into my larynx. I stopped taking Tricor on Feb 23, 2008 and switched to Red Yeast Rice. My blood test last week indicated triglycerides of 179. Interestingly, my voice seem to be improving as well. Anyone with similar situations? | M | 58 | 6 years | 6/5/2008 | 3 | High tris | Not yet, too soon to tell | What my local pharmacist said was the new "Antara" a fenofibrate, in combination with Lipitor does not produce the same side effects as the Tricor and Lipitor combination. Why? don't know. No, you won't find a listing for Antara. My cardiologist is a devoted vegan, fish once in a while, skim milk, no eggs or dairy other than the skim milk. He looks great for his age - 70's - coherent, must know something that the other doctors don't, I figure... After talking with the pharmacist I decided to not take the Antara and Lipitor together, but to separate them by 12 hours. Just to see if I could track which drug was having greater effects upon muscles, if it comes to that... | F | 56 | 1 days | 5/29/2008 | 3 | Elevated TG | No side effects | Somewhat satisfied since it didn't lower my TG as I hoped it would. No side effects on 48mg but my doctor raised the dosage to 145mg a week ago. I'll see what happens and keep you updated. | M | 37 | 3 months | 4/23/2008 | 3 | High Triglycerides | Joint pain, muscle pain, memory problems, libido problems. | Effectively lowered triglyceride levels (1,400 down to 225), but the side effects have been dibilitating. Doctor wants me to stay on it, but I am seriously considering alternatives. | M | 20 | 2 years | 10/17/2007 | 3 | Very High Triglycerides | Joint Pain especially in my hips and sometimes in my hand. This med always makes me figity and toss and turn which is bad since it's taken at night only. | F | 40 | 2 years | 8/20/2007 | 3 | High Cholesterol and Triglycerides | Have not experienced anything yet. When and what should I be expecting | I am on 60 mg Prozac a day and just started Tricor, 48 milligrams a day. The Prozac has made me more and more tired every week. Will this have a reaction with the Tricor? My tris were 1200 and I reduced to 600 by diet. Cholesterol was over 500 now around 300, so the Dr put me on Tricor....and I am just waiting for side effects. Is anyone else on this with Prozac? I am worried about the tiredness, as I just woke up from about 15 hrs sleeping off an on. | M | 37 | 5 days | 8/11/2007 | 3 | elevated triglycerides | I have been taking tricor for about two weeks now. my triglycerides are about 300. My doctor warned me about the muscle pain, but so far the only thing I've experience is the thrist, headaches,loss of apetite, nausea and some weakness in the hands. the migranes I already had, but now they are more frequent, the weakness and nausea are not significant enough to stop taking the medication and the loss of apetite has accually help me stay on track with my healthy eating. I'm to return to my doctor in about 2 months for labs and follow up. I will write again if anything changes. | F | 37 | 14 days | 4/16/2007 | 3 | Triglicerides | I got gallstones and had to have my gallbladder removed. I never had a gallstone before taking this medication. Unfortunately, it was amazing at lowering my triglicerieds. | F | 42 | 5 months | 4/4/2007 | 3 | high triglycerides | I've been taking tricor for over 4 years, along with zocor and zetia. I'm not sure if it is the tricor or not, but I cannot increase my stamina, no matter what I do. I have a very physical job, and have, in the last 6 to 9 months started experiencing joint pain in legs and ankles, along with a drop in stamina. | i get blood tests every 4 months, the doc says they come out fine, but he always asks me to retake the creatine test (kidneys, i think, not related to tricor). i've decided to skip my tricor for a month and see if I get any relief, i'll let you know | M | 46 | 4 years | 1/19/2007 | 3 | High overall cholesterol (245) | Increased difficulty in falling asleep. I have insomnia problems anyway, but I think the Tricor is exacerbating this condition. Yet to test to see if it's helped lower my cholesterol levels, which is a genetic condition on my father's side of the family. | So far Tricor has produced none of the other bad side-effects of the statin drugs, which knock me for a loop since I have FMS. I'm hoping that maybe if I take Tricor during the day instead of at night, the increased insomnia will go away. Will talk to my doctor soon about this. I have noticed an increase in hot flashes, however - which seems to be related here. However, if I can get the insomnia under control by taking it during the day, hot flashes are not that horrendous of a side-effect to put up with, and may go away with continued use. At this point I'm desperate for something that will lower my cholesterol since there are stroke events on both sides of my family. (BTW, I've tried herbal remedies with no positive effect.) | F | 55 | 20 days | 10/22/2006 | 3 | triglycerides 900+ | None | Been taking this for almost a month now.. Doctor started me out on 48 mg pills.. Haven't been to the doctor yet to check levels since.. Appt. in 2 weeks.. But knock on wood haven't experienced any side affects. | M | 41 | 26 days | 10/16/2006 | 3 | High triglicerides | I did have some periods of the vivid dreams, and some insomnia. however I am a shift worker and I don't have normal sleep paterns anyways. | After 6 weeks on the med . my triglygerides are down. But DR is going to increase the dosage. And he is adding a prescription for Crestor. Note: it took me lots of serching to find any web-info on this Med. Because here in Canada it is sold under the name "lipidil". | M | 37 | 6 weeks | 10/5/2006 | 3 | high cholesterol | general malaise, shortness of breath, hot flashes (body core), headaches (migraine like) | M | 47 | 10 months | 9/22/2006 | 3 | High triglycerides | The only side effect I seem to be having is dreams. Not nightmares, just dreaming so much that I don't think I'm getting enough REM sleep. | F | 57 | 6 weeks | 10/27/2005 |