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 |
| 1 | High Tri's | Horrible muscle and joint pain from my fingers down to my toes. Can hardly get out of bed in the am. Chest pain. Low energy. | I took a very low dose (48 mg) for about a year or so with really no side effects. Then the doc thought my Tri's weren't going down fast enough so he put me on the 145mg. I also have rheumatoid arthritis and thought my arthritis was getting worse. I suffered all summer long in horrible pain and stiffness. Then when none of my pain relievers were working I knew it had to be something else. Thinking it was one of my cholestrol drugs ( I'm also on Vytorin) I thought I'd start experimenting. Stayed off the Vytorin and I still felt the same. Thought I'd do some research and when I found this website I was astounded. I'm not taking this drug any more. Seems like there are many more people out there with exactly the same symptoms. I just hope I am not stopping it too late. | F | 59 | 3 months | 9/13/2007 | 1 | high colesrerol | kidney failer, sever muscl painand weakness | I didnt think I would make it home to see my family agine.. The hospital had too deloot my blood 100 times an still could not get my CK count it was over 100,000!!!! | F | 31 | 3 days | 9/11/2007 | 1 | high triglycerides**** | GOOD GRIEF--I THOUGHT I'D TRY AND DO WHAT THE DOCTOR WANTED--AND TRY YET ANOTHER RX---AFTER TAKING MY FIRST PILL THIS EVENING---I FINALLY HAD MY TURN ON THE COMPUTER TO CHECK OUT TRICOR---A DOUBLE GOOD GRIEF!!! WELL THE PILL IS IN ME NOW--BUT THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES---I'll NOT TAKE ANOTHER ONE---WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER!! AND I THANK YOU ALL--- | F | 64 | 1 days | 9/10/2007 | 1 | High Triglycerides | SEVERE joint pain hands, fingers wrist elbow, ankles and knees. Flu like symptoms. Resulted in acute carpal tunnel syndrome with required surgery. No carpal tunnel symptoms previous to taking Tricor. Never associated the two until disconntinuing Tricor and having symptoms subside. | M | 57 | 180 days | 9/9/2007 | 1 | High Triglycerides | I was about 30 years old when my doctor put me on Tricor. Shortly after I started taking it, I developed muscle pain all over my arms and legs, which have become so severe that it has ruined my life. I kept telling the doctor, but she kept convincing me that it was not the Tricor. After many years of Tricor, I finally stopped taking it last year, but the horrible muscle pains remain. Now, no doctor can help me. DON'T ever let any doctor convince you to take this or any cholesterol meds. | F | 39 | 8 years | 8/29/2007 | 2 | chol and tri | I am starting to see some side effects I think. When I wake in the am or after a nap/sleep, my body will not move. I can drift right back into a sleep. It feels almost surreal. Like one of these days I will not be able to push myself to actually get up. Coma like I guess. I am unsure if this is magnified by the Prozac or not. So far I think that it has only been about 3 weeks that I have been on it. Always have soreness in the back of the neck. But, the worst is trying to get up. One day I slept 12 hrs..was up an hr..felt sleepy and slept for the next 6. Seems to be alot of this. Makes me wonder if this is buiding up in my system and killing nerves or something. | advice? I am only 37...I am too young to want to sleep for weeks. | M | 37 | 20 days | 8/26/2007 | 1 | High Triglycerites | I have taken this medicine for 6 months, Triglycerites went down but I am just realizing all of the side effects of this drug. Lower Energy, Joint Pain, Low Blood Platelets, Low White Cell Counts, Vertigo, Joint Pain and Lower Back Pain, Irritability, just to name a few. I have stopped taking and I am surprised how little the Doctors and Oncologist know about the side effects of this drug or their lack of mentioning the side effects. | M | 41 | 180 days | 8/26/2007 | 1 | high triglycerides | severe neck, lower back and shoulder pain. blurred vision, fatigue,vertigo. | took it for a bit over one month. stopped after reading my exact symptoms as side effects for this med. | M | 69 | 45 days | 8/21/2007 | 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 | 2 | High triglycerides & colestrol | For more than a year and half I was on Zocor, did a great job on the cholestrol but hardly any effect on the trig, but began having such serious muscle cramps doctor put me on Tricor. About a week ago I began having severe knee pains, but could not remember twisting or stretching it in any way that would have caused the pain. I used a knee brace to be able to walk for two days til the pain subsided. Then this past week the other knee began with the same pains and I realized that it might be caused by the Tricor and began researching side effects. I have also had severe lower back pains but never considered the possibility of it being associated with the Tricor til reading others coments. | After having been on Tricor for over 90 days and getting my first lab results with fantastic reduction in Trig, it is disappointing that I will have to stop this medicine, but the knee and joint pain is too great to continue. | M | 50 | 120 days | 8/7/2007 | 1 | LDL at 135 | I have post polio syndrome which has severely affected my right leg (wherein I had Polio at the age of 3). I have been taking Tricor for about 2 weeks and am feeling the same intense muscle pain and weakness that I experienced with the statins and Zetia. | I have had PPS for almost 5 years but have been able to walk (albeit slowly) for about a mile before the pain wins out. After 14 days on either Zetia or Tricor, I am down to less than 1/4 mile. My doc insists that the way in which Zetia and Tricor work on the digestive CANNOT IN ANY WAY contribute to the muscle problems. I would be very interested to hear from other PPS sufferers if they have had problems with Zetia and Tricor. | M | 60 | 14 days | 8/2/2007 | 2 | Tricor | Terrible leg pain and a numbness in my elbows. Very strange feeling. | I've been taking Tricor for four days and it feels like my legs are on fire. I take it before bed and then toss and turn trying to fall asleep thru the pain. A friend who takes Tricor said her leg pain subsided after a couple of weeks. Don't know if I'm willing to wait that long before stopping this drug. | 49 | 5 days | 7/29/2007 | 1 | High Triglycerides | Within two weeks of taking suddenly had severe joint pain, particularly in wrists, fingers, shoulders and ankles. I almost needed help eating, brushing my teeth and getting dressed. Didn't associate it with the drug so did a complete work-up with arthritis doctor. Later went off Tricor for other symptoms such as light-headed and heart racing and the joint pain disappeared immediately. About a year later another doctor put me back on Tricor and the symptoms came back with a vengence. I now realize Tricor was what caused all that pain originally. | This is a horrible drug that no one should take and no doctor should prescribe! | M | 56 | 2 months | 7/24/2007 | 1 | High cholesterol/trigs | Chronic canker sores- in mouth and throat. Very angry and irritable | Worked well to lower trigs and overall cholesterol, but undesired side effects made the drug not worth taking- canker sores subsided completely after stopping medicine. | M | 33 | 3 months | 7/23/2007 | 4 | Lower tri's and cholesterol | Side effects are the problem. Muscle soreness i.e sensitivity thru chest and upper back. Making it very painful and difficult to do floor exerices etc. Doctors comment. Don't lie down on floor. And that came from TWO doctors. Now that is ludicrous but for the time being of near 8 months the numbers are terrific for the combo of zetia and tricor.But the side effects are EXTREME. This is from one with a HIGH TOLERANCE of pain. | M | 57 | 8 days | 7/22/2007 | 1 | High Triglycerides | Serious knee injury due to weak muscles. Hand pain and joint pain in hands so badly that I can't hold a cup of coffee in the morning. | Found this site when looking for clues and symptoms of TriCor. I am in so much pain and it keeps getting worse. I intend to stop taking it immediately. | F | 62 | 1 years | 7/16/2007 | 1 | High Triglycerides | 2nd Posting First was dated 6/8/2007 56 year old male | Body Bone Scan with Flow, results were negative for Degenerative Joint Disease or Osteoarthritis acording to Rheumatologist, no signs of Arthristis. She cannot find any cause except the Tricor. I have been feeling much better without any meds, such as Motrin. Still have problem with one finger in my right hand. Still stiff and slightly swollen. My triglycerides have remaind the same 247, but my Cholesterol levels dropped from 199 to 167 during the time I was on Tricor. All other blood work has been normal. I will visit Rheumatologist in 2 weeks, as she has ordered additional blood test. Still having problems with my eyes, very red. I will keep you posted. In my case it seems like tricor has been my problem. | M | 56 | 10 weeks | 6/22/2007 | 2 | High Triglycerides/Cholesterol | HORRIBLE TASTE IN MY MOUTH/DRY MOUTH. Has anyone else had this? It's almost a metal taste. It's miserable. And I yawn, huge yawns at work all day, mostly in the afternoon. | Worked on my cholesterol counts, but I can't handle the taste in my mouth. | F | 39 | 2 months | 6/20/2007 | 2 | Cholesterol (245) | General muscle weakness, loss of muscle enduarnce, muscle soarness after minimal exhertion, constipation, headaches. | I am an athlete and race mountain bikes. After taking Tricor for 3 weeks I noticed some weakness in my muscles. My first race after starting the meds I had a total colapse after only 3 miles and only 1000 ft climb. This would have not been a problem for me prioir to taking Tricor. This result is multiplied when I exceed my LT level. | M | 33 | 3 weeks | 6/10/2007 |