TRICOR (MICRONIZED) Reviews (FENOFIBRATE)Average Rating: 1.9 (325 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TRICOR (MICRONIZED) with similar:
Type: Brand name discontinued; available as generic
|
Results are sorted by Date added. Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) |
More on TRICOR (MICRONIZED): Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TRICOR (MICRONI | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | High Triglycerides | After 10 weeks on this med, I had Pain and stiffness in arms,elbows, hands, fingers, legs, stiffness Which traveled from one part of my body to another. Vision anomalies. I had blood test for Arthritis,CBC,ESR,ANA,Anti DNA, Ace Level, FTA,RF, UDRL, uric Acid, all came back normal. | I then decided to stop taking Tricor, started taking Motrin, I started to feel relief within a day, I kept taking motrin for 10 days, and I felt back to normal. When I stopped some pain in my hands came back. Again right hand fingers, then it would move to left hand. I started mortrin again for a week. Again I felt better. I have been off motrin for 3 days without any pain. I just had a body bone scan. I will know results this week. I am also going to see a Rheumatologist. I will keep you posted. If Tricor is the problem who knows how much damage has been done. | M | 56 | 10 weeks | 6/8/2007 | 5 | +1200 triglycerides | gas, mild intestinal cramping, diarhea, constipation. Seems to have increased symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. | Since I started taking it trigs and cholesterol have dropped to 150ish. Having been on Lopid and another similar drug before, Tricor has a lot less side effects. I had to quit the other meds because it messed up my digestive system. Take metamucil regularly to help. Have not had any muscle problems that seem to be common, I do have a physically active job and work out with weights regularly. | M | 48 | 2 days | 6/5/2007 | 1 | triglycerides | Vertigo, nausea, flu-like symptoms, deep depression | I cannot recommend this medication. After 6 weeks of feeling like crap, I stopped taking the meds. Felt immeidately better the next day. | F | 47 | 6 weeks | 6/4/2007 | 1 | total chol. 264, trig. over 400 | Horrible pain in the lower part of my back upon awakening, very bad pain and tightness in legs. Some constipation, even though I drink a high fiber drink everyday. | I only took Tricor for 4 days and today would be the 5th, but I'm not taking it anymore! I was doing an herbal total body cleanse and I believe the reason for the elevated chol. & trig. as it was helping to flush things from my body and it had to be elimated via the bloodstream. Tried to tell my doc that, but she insisted I give Tricor a try and she promised me that it didn't have the effects like Vytorin did...I tried that a few years ago and during a month of taking it I'd had the above "side effects"...only it also took away any energy, felt very tired all the time. (Within a day of going off Vytorin, I felt 110% better all over, including increased energy.) | F | 39 | 4 days | 6/2/2007 | 1 | Tricor 145 mg | Same as other posters, I had flu like symptoms & discontinued use. Total fatigue, headaches, joint pain, nausea. Wouldn't recommend this med to anyone. | F | 48 | 19 days | 6/1/2007 | 4 | high Triglycerides | Muscle cramps and over all lack of drive. Sexual desire wanning. Before I begin a round of golf I have to exercise my muscles or they cramp up something awful on the first swing. Also some insomnia. | My latest triglyceride readings have been outstanding. | M | 67 | 2 years | 4/29/2007 | 1 | Triglycerides (599) | Headaches, Nausea, Fatigue, vertigo, muscle pain. loss of strength. | Doctor started me out on 145mg, I called doctor he said to keep taking it as my symtoms only efffect 1% of the population. It may be coincidental but two weeks after I started taking it my back went out, raking leaves and I am now in PT but can hardly do the exercises, no strength or stamina. Note: I worked out at a gym three times a week prior to taking this drug and had no major back problems in twelve years. I am cutting the pill in half to see if a lower dosage helps reduce the symtoms if not I will stop taking it. Just hope there is no permanent damage. | M | 65 | 35 days | 4/24/2007 | 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 | 1 | high triglycerides | chest pain, numb legs, numb spots in parts of my back. headache, felt flu like, insomnia, weight gain. visual anomalies. rash, break outs in skin, gerd was aggravated always thirsty, pain in left leg. | it may work for some but if you take it and start to feel bad just stop. don't continue like i did. i think i have an on going issue with my left leg and part of my back now. whatever parts of my body were numb like (or felt like they were in water) are now dead or in pain. left leg isn't doing very well i will wait and see if it improves. very day i stopped taking it i felt like conquering the world! | F | 37 | 9 months | 4/11/2007 | 1 | High Triglicerides/LDL Cholesterol | After 3 48mg. pills, I experienced loss of appetite, gas, insomnia, bad dreams, generally felt bad; after 6 pills, I could hardly eat, lost 3 pounds, lots of gas, nausea, stomach/abdominal bloating, loose stools, malaise, didn't feel myself. | My doctor said he thinks I have a virus, but to stop the Tricor for one week, then to restart it and call him if symptoms return; I stopped it this morning. I have not been able to take any medication for high cholesterol (I've tried all of the others) and there is a family history of it, but I do not plan to resume taking this medication. My weight is already dangerously low, and I've been trying to gain - this drug will make that impossible. | F | 50 | 6 days | 4/5/2007 | 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 | 1 | High triglycerides | After about 5 months on Tricor, I began having pain in my arms, unable to lift things. I have always been very strong, but felt like I had been hit by a truck. I finally stopped taking it...I have no idea what my triglycerides are like now. The pain seemed to move all over my body, and eventually the ball of my left foot was very painful. I went to a foot Dr wh did an MRI, and said I had inflammation and should see a Rheumatologist. I have since been diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis, and I blame Tricor for messing up my immune system, but I have no proof. | My Dr. did not even consider diet changes, always had 3-4 drug reps waiting in the lobby, and in my opinion, should be prevented from practising. | M | 49 | 8 months | 4/4/2007 | 1 | triglyceride-329 | I am experiencing deep left elbow pain similarly causing my pinky and ring finger on left hand to go numb. In addition chest pain causing anxiety enough to go to hospital. I will not go after reading others below but will immediately STOP TAKING THIS DRUG | It is now 1:52 AM on a friday night and this pain started in my elbow ,mostly at night, 3 days ago. The chest pain on my left side started tonight. The elbow pain was bad so I took advil thinking it was a bruise or banged it somewhere but the pain has not stopped for 3 hours with no relief. I searched the web, found this glorious site and will call my doctor tommorow to indicate my symptoms. I, also, feel this drug carries bad side effects enough to go around with high triglycerides than feel this horrible pain all the time. I hope mine goes away faster when I stop taking this drug than others have experienced. | M | 47 | 15 days | 3/31/2007 | 5 | Familial Hypertriglyceridemia | No side effects to speak of. | After two years on Tricor, my results continue to be fantastic. My triglcerides have stayed consistently under 180 the entire time, with considerable improvement in my total cholesterol (150-160 range) and HDL (44-46 range). Sorry to all those who've experienced problems. With a proper diet and sufficient exercise, this medicine has been nothing short of a miracle for me. | M | 38 | 23 months | 3/30/2007 | 1 | high trigycerides | Within an hour of taking this drug, I began to suffer from what I can only describe as parkinson's-like symptoms, which increased over time. My left thumb twitched uncontrollably for over 24 hours. I would rather die of high cholesterol than deal with these side effects. | F | 2 days | 3/28/2007 | 1 | elevated triglycerides and choleser | muscle weakness and pain, joint pain especially knees and hands. Pain in left arm when lifting any object. Mood disorder, sleep disturbances. Nausea and vertigo | I am off the drug and see some improvement | F | 63 | 4 days | 3/23/2007 | 5 | High Triglycerides | None | My numbers went down considerably after just a couple of months on meds. All my numbers are within normal ranges now. | F | 35 | 4 months | 3/13/2007 | 4 | high triglycerides | within one day of starting tricor had constipation | side effects were tolerable because of reduction of triglycerides and colesterol. Muscle and back pain but i don't think it is from the tricor | M | 61 | 4 months | 3/6/2007 | 1 | "Severe" Pain in Joints, Chest, Back. Pain so bad kept me awake at night, could not hardly drive due to back pain. | I am the one that comitted about severe knee pain and so bad I went to 3 different knee Drs and to make matters worse they all had different opinions. The pain went from ankle to knee and so bad I could hardly walk without crutches. I have taken medication for over 5 months as I would have never realized it was so bad until I checked. Follow up to last message is that it has been almost 9 days since I COMPLETELY STOPPED taking Tricore and slowly slowly the pain is almost gone. I had considered cancer as the pain was so severe and only after wondering why pain had moved from front of chect to severe back pain did I considered it "might" be something other than 'artharitus?' as my Dr never did figure out what was causing it and wanted to give me a heart stress test! I have learned that in order to lower triglirides that it is up to me so I have purchased excerise equipment and will faithfully watch my diet. I will post blood test results in a few weeks. I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW MU | M | 61 | 5 months | 2/25/2007 | 1 | Hi Triglicrides | Had SEVERE knee problems to which I paid over $1200 and 3 Dr's later found out that my problem was "not" my knee as one knee Dr said knee was bad. Also had SEVERE pain in chest and after pain for 2 weeks thought it might be heart related and Dr said no and sent me home. After my chest quit hurting the pain moved into my back and was so severe I could not raise my arm or even comb my hair without terrible pain. Finally after 3 months and no results as to "why" this was happening I decided to do my own checking as to my medication that Dr had given me concerning Triglicrides and to my horror I found that many mnay people experienced that same problems. I IMMEDIATELY stopped taking the Tricor medication and now 4 days later I am almost 90% back to normal. MY DR NEVER MENTIONED THE FACT THAT THERE MIGHT BE PROBLEMS WITH THIS MEDICATION and Thank God for the Internet and it's solving so many questions! I have never hurt so bad and suffered so bad and never ever would hav | M | 61 | 4 months | 2/19/2007 |