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 |
| 5 | high triglycerides | Occasional gallbladder pain. Occasional abdominal discomfort. Neither annoying enough to make me want to go off the drug. | My triglycerides at their worst were over 350. [Rest of my cholesterol readings have always been normal.] Gemfibrozil made things worse and gave me intense gall bladder pain. Lower dosage (80 mg) of Tricor worked for awhile and then stopped. I've now been taking Tricor 160 mg for 18 months and my triglycerides have been well within normal. Overall, I am very pleased with my results with this drug. | F | 49 | 18 months | 1/4/2005 | 1 | High triglycerides (1800) | muscle weakness, shakiness, fatigue, anxiety, occasional slight numbness in tongue and slurred speech | high dose used. side-effects persisted more than one week after stopping, still unresolved as yet. | M | 43 | 3 months | 12/24/2004 | 1 | Prescribed for high cholesterol | My husband began with severe vomiting after two weeks of starting Tricor. Then began to lose appetite and feel nauseated. Could not eat. Heavily fatigued. Vomited 14 hours once. Lost weight rapidly and began talking incoherently. We still didn't connect it to Tricor. Then began running fever, severe chills, pains in gallbladder/liver region. Went to ER, to our surprise, they diagnosed bacterial infection and severely high liver enzyme levels (over 400). Two weeks prior to taking Tricor, liver enzymes were 12 and 14! Was advised to see his physician immediately which he did 2 days later. Dr. took him off Tricor, all symptoms subsided, tenderness in liver went away, fever left, jaundice left, appetite returned. Tricor just about killed him, I compare it to taking Drano. | This stuff is nasty and can kill you. Better to have high cholesterol and take your chances than to be killed off by it. | F | 59 | 6 weeks | 12/21/2004 | 4 | High Tri's | I have been experiancing leg cramps. I belive it may be due to the tricor. I have stoped the tricor as of today. In terms of results, It was simply amazing, My over all went from 269 to 142 and my tri's went from over 1000 to the 200's. -jamie | M | 25 | 18 months | 12/17/2004 | 1 | Lower Cholestrol | Leg & muscle pain,vertogo, feeling sick all the time. | I stopped taking tricor and after a very short time, I felt better. After just two weeks all the pains and feeling sick has gone. I feel good agin. I will never take tricor agan. | M | 48 | 3 years | 11/30/2004 | 3 | | 11/14/2004 | 5 | High triglycerides | none | Triglycerides were above 500, but after taking tricor, now around 150. No side effects at all. | M | 38 | 1 years | 11/5/2004 | 3 | M | 41 | | 10/13/2004 | 2 | Elevated triglycerides | M | 41 | 6 months | 10/10/2004 | 1 | tricor | serious joint pain. | I resently started back playing soccer, and the joint pain is unbearable. I have definitely put it down to the drug, if I don't take it the pain goes away. I am going to my doctor to complain. I have had hip pain, knee pain and ankle pain. My triglicorides were 350 after the drug they were 97 so it worked, but the pain is to much anymore. | M | 32 | 2 days | 10/10/2004 | 1 | high trigliceride; high cholesterol | vertigo; excruciating headaches; weakness; muscle and joint pain; nausea | will stop the medication - get more exercise, watch diet instead. this is not good | M | 48 | 4 weeks | 10/8/2004 | 1 | Cholesterol | Flatulence, lethargy, nausea, light-headedness, lack of sexual desire and function and a general feeling of disorientation and overall malady. | I just don't feel to be myself any longer. It's as if I'm a different person. I am taking it in combination with a statin, Ceclor. | M | 56 | 2 weeks | 10/2/2004 | 4 | high LDL | runny nose | M | 60 | 5 months | 9/30/2004 | 5 | high tryglycerides and high cholest | slurred speech also taking gemfibrozil | My tryglycerides went from 1140 to 74 in less than five weeks I also exercised an average of 40 minutes per day and completely changed my diet no sodas no red meat and 1800 calories a day I hope this note will help others. Doctor cut dosage from 160 to 80 today | M | 37 | 5 weeks | 9/13/2004 | 1 | hypertriglyceridemia | Severe joint and muscle pain in the legs. Worsening of knee pain. | M | 43 | 6 days | 9/11/2004 | 5 | high triglycerides | None. | My triglycerides went down from 250+ to 109 (combined with good diet but moderate exercise) | M | 30 | 1 years | 9/2/2004 | 3 | HIGH TRIGLYCERIDES | MUSCLE PAINS AND FATIGUE | M | 50 | 30 days | 8/21/2004 | 1 | to lower | extream painful cramps in the upper inner leg area.I stopped taking the drug. | F | 59 | 3 days | 8/18/2004 | 1 | To lower cholesterol | I have body aches, feel tired, sore throat, joint pain in hands especially. | I had bad results with Zocor and Lipitor as well. I do not believe I can take drugs of these types. I would watch every new ailment that popped up when taking these. | F | 50 | 14 days | 8/7/2004 | 2 | high triglycerides | vertigo | Don't know if it was effective in treating triglycerides because had to stop taking it due to vertigo problems | M | 53 | 5 weeks | 7/2/2004 |