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 |
| 2 | High Triglycerides | Feet and ankles swelling, shortness of breath, constant feeling of being bloated, wieght gain, insomnia and muscle weakness. | My doctor has me on Coreg, Tricor, and Levothyroxine. I dont know if its one or all three of these drugs that are making me feel this way, but I am going to have to make a change. None of these drugs are a cure, merely a treatment that has no end in sight. My intention was to try and lose wieght and get healthy. I am worse now than I was six months ago. | M | 45 | 180 days | 8/4/2008 | 1 | High Triglycerides | Stiffness, muscle aches, severe knee pain to where I could hardly walk. Knees swelled severely and had very limited flexibility. | Dr. put me on this to lower my triglycerides and now I think I have permanent damage to my knees/muscles. Have had several cortizone and arthritis fluid shots in my knees (6 in each knee). None of this has worked and doctor is now talking about knee replacement surgery. Never had a knee problem until I took this medication | M | 45 | 8 months | 8/4/2008 | 2 | High Triglycerides | At first I was very fatigued but that passed, then this week I started having muscle aches in almost every muscle. I work out with weights 3x/week and rarely have sore muscles. | I told my doctor about my muscle aches and she immediately took me off of the med and ordered a blood test to be sure it wasn't effecting my muscles in other ways. I've been off of it for two days and am already starting to feel better. | F | 39 | 3 weeks | 7/24/2008 | 5 | LDL around 140 | none | my HDL rose about 5 points after taking the 145 mg. pill for 30 days | M | 2 years | 7/23/2008 | 1 | hdl and ldl was off. | After taking the Tricor for seven days I got a severe chest pain and had to go to the emergency ward. It felt like my chest was going to explode from the extreme pressure. My blood pressure has been a constont 120 over 70 all of my life. When they checked it at the hospital, it was 217 over 90. They did a angeogram at the hospital and my heart was pretty much normal. I,m 75 years old. I stopped the Tricor and my blood pressure is now back to normal. I don't take the Tricore anymore. It also gave me severe constipation. | I would like to know if anybody else has the same problems. | M | 75 | 7 days | 7/22/2008 | 1 | high chol. allergic to statin | cramps in calfs, foot cramps, back pain, and wrist pain | F | 68 | 4 days | 7/21/2008 | 1 | Lower triglisorites | After 4 weeks of taking 48 mg tri levles dropped 150 points. Heart doctor was happy and trippled dose to 148 mg a day. After 4 weeks of taking, I have sever pain in my lower back just like passing a kidney stone. Have gone to two doctors and taken x-rays and CT scans for stones but none there. I read your stories and have decided to stop this medication ASAP!! As you all stated doctors tell me it not the Tricor. Sorry but when you can no longer live life normally then it is time to stop this medication. Always been told a doctor will kill you!! | M | 43 | 2 months | 7/16/2008 | 1 | High Cholesterol/Tri | Severe, completely dibilating leg pain; overwhelming; knee pain enough for Dr to recommend knee replacement; muscle weakness | After three years; 6-7 drs and/or specialists, finally found Dr who put two and two together, but may now be too late for me. Now off med for >4 months with no improvement; They believe I have permanent muscle damage and may forever have to live with pain of a 9-9.5 on a scale of 1-10. Has absolutely ruined my life. I BEG YOU TO FILE COMPLAINT WITH CONSUMER AFFAIRS IF YOU HAVE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCE. | F | 49 | 3 years | 7/2/2008 | 1 | high triglycerides | Bad stomach pains, very dizzy and lightheaded, very fatigued and generally feel unwell. | After six doses at 145mg I am going to quit taking the tricor. I can't continue to function this way. It started just about 3 days after starting the med. | F | 34 | 6 days | 6/10/2008 | 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 | 2 | Prescribed | Approx. five days after starting, had severe neck & shoulder pain. Thought I had pulled something; saw a chiropractor for three weeks. Got worse and worse. Did some research and found out the nasty side effects and stopped taking it immediately. Took about three days, but now I'm feeling much, MUCH better and have scheduled an appointment to go discuss this with my doctor. I'll diet and exercise instead of putting up with this awful stuff. | Review with your physician BEFORE taking this; make sure you are aware that you might have this kind of reaction. | M | 49 | 30 days | 6/2/2008 | 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 | 1 | cholesterol | after only 8 doses, I thought I was O.K. (having already experienced severe muscle pain w/Lipitor and bone pain with Zetia). As is my habit, I will park my car and walk to the 1st store I want to go to then make my way back (my version of extra exercise). Did fine until I started making my way back, then all of a sudden my legs felt like wet noodles. Could barely make it back to my car. Went off drug immediately and the wet noodles went away. However, I still suffer some residual muscle pain in upper arms and back from the Lipitor and bone pain between knees and feet from the Zetia. | I have always been relatively healthy and not on medications for extended periods of time until I developed Diabetes Type 2 about 5 years ago. Since then, I have experienced at least 6 different episodes where medicine that seemed to be working for me was pulled by FDA b/c it was killing people or having to get off them b/c of terrible side effects. Thought FDA was suppose to check this stuff out BEFORE these things were put on the market! Also, I was started out on the 145 mg dosage - did not know there was a lower one. Maybe I should have been started on that first???? | F | 61 | 8 days | 5/9/2008 | 2 | Hyperlipidemia | Soon after starting I had ligament pain (e.g., tennis elbow) at multiple spots. Felt extremely run down--fatigued. | Had to stop. | M | 45 | 2 days | 5/4/2008 | 1 | General high cholesterol | Sharp lower back pain, extreme and progressive muscle weakness with muscles eventually feeling like meat, could not stand straight and almost could not walk, eventually almost completely unable to go to the bathroom (urine and feces). | Side effects sharply increased after I'd been on the drug 4 or 5 months and my doctor doubled the dose from 48 to 96 mg. Doctor was not interested in these side effects and prescribed an antibiotic for a urinary tract infection. After 10 days of antibiotics I still could not go to the bathroom, the side effects were getting even worse (almost complete urinary and fecal retention) and the doctor increased the dose to 140 mg. After taking the increased dose once I realized I had to depend on my own judgment and stopped the drug myself. It took 6 weeks for me to feel normal again. | F | 55 | 8 months | 4/29/2008 | 1 | HIGH TRIGLYCERIDES | HORRIBLE MUSCLE PAIN IN MY LEGS, HIP JOINTS, BURNING SENSATIONS IN MY BACK AND FEET | ALTHOUGH TRICOR LOWERED MY TRIGLYCERIDES BY 400, AFTER ABOUT SIX MONTHS I BEGAN HAVING SEVERE MUSCLE PAIN IN MY LEGS, HIPS, AND BACK. MY FEET WERE BURNING ON THE BOTTEM. THANK GOD I CHECKED THIS WEBSITE. I WAS TOLD, OH WELL YOUR GETTING OLDER AND YOUR MUSCLES START TO GET SORE..SO ON AND SO ON.... THIS IS HORRIBLE HORRIBLE PAIN THAT I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED!!! I WOULD SUGGEST CHANGING YOUR DIET...AND STAY AWAY FROM TRICOR!!!! ITS THE DEVIL!!! | F | 46 | 6 months | 4/28/2008 | 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 | 4 | High Triglycerides (>5200)at worse | Elevated liver enzymes. (I've a history of liver problems.) No other adverse side effects I'm aware of. | This drug has aided in lowering my Tg levels from above 3200 to about 1320, the levels were higher in the past. At the same time I've been reducing my weight and exercising, but I was doing that before. Weight went from 206 to 187 over same time frame. | M | 48 | 4 months | 4/20/2008 | 2 | HIGH CHOLESTOROL | ACHE IN LEFT SHOULDER, AND LEFT ELBOW, INSOMNIA, TIREDNESS, | HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH OTHER CHOLESTEROL, MEDICATIONS, ALSO HAD BAD LIVER READINGS WHEN ON THESE | M | 69 | 7 days | 4/12/2008 | 1 | High Chol & Trig | Took for first month without side effects. Second month started having severe sore muscles in arms and legs but didn't think it was related to the med as it was Ok the first month. Decided to stop taking it and arm pain is gone, but leg pain has not gotten better yet (almost 1 month). In fact, my knees are so bad now I can hardly walk! I wonder if the weak muscles have somehow caused some damage that may not go away. | Thought I had bone cancer! NO JOKE. Knees and bones between knees and ankle hurt so bad I can hardly walk or sleep. Terrible medicine for me. | M | 44 | 60 days | 4/5/2008 |