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 | 350 count Triglycerides | Within 3 weeks of taking Tricor I was experiencing neck and back pain, headache, coughing, strange sensations in my chest, nausea, indigestion, sleep disturbances and heightened anxiety. Within 2 days of stopping it the side effects were almost entirely gone. | I will never touch this stuff again. Ever. | M | 40 | 3 weeks | 8/17/2006 | 1 | lower tryglycerides/cholestorol | strange pain in legs...like a restlessness kind of feeling, breathing difficulty, feeling bloated, chest pain, weight gain | Wow! After reading all of these comments, I am stopping the Tricor tonight! Lipitor gave me all the same side effects. What now? Without taking this med, my cholestorol sky-rockets. Any advice?.....e-mail me @ [email protected](my wifes e-mail) | M | 40 | 4 months | 12/27/2008 | 1 | High Trygl | Flu like systems, low sex drive, shoulder pain(Left Side) Fatigue, Can't sleep. | I have never felt so bad for such a long period of time, in the past month I have developed a chronic cough, this medicine is poision, I just found this site, and after what I have read, I'm done taking Tricore 145mg, I'm going to try the diet path to keep my numbers down, its no where near the misery this medicine puts you through, This stuff needs to be taken off the market. NOW!! | M | 40 | 10 months | 11/6/2008 | 4 | Plaque found in Arteries | No side effects so far | Cholesterol was high - Started exercising and watching diet. 2 years ago. cholesterol went down a little bit. Had a CT Scan and it found some plaque forming in arteries. Doctor prescribed Tricor. Quit smoking 12 days before taking Tricor, haven't smoked for 42 Days. Before Tricor LDL 154, HDL 33, Trig 107 After 30 days on Tricor LDL 139, HDL 37, Trig 68 Doctor now wants me to take Zocor in addition to Tricor. Don't think I want to. | M | 41 | 30 days | 1/9/2008 | 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 | M | 41 | | 10/13/2004 | 2 | Elevated triglycerides | M | 41 | 6 months | 10/10/2004 | 2 | High Triglycerides | Dizziness. Numbness in legs & arms. Sore/tendor feet. Severe pain in Achilles tendon. Low energy. Rapid Heartbeat. Anxiety. | Before Tricor I ran 6 marathons. Since starting on it I have run 0. It zapped my energy and has ruined my legs. I have constant trouble with my Achilles tendons. Dizziness and anxiety are also a normal part of my day. My numbers have dropped but it just doesn't seem worth it. | M | 41 | 3 years 148 1X day | 3/27/2012 | 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 | After taking 160mg daily for 5 weeks, I began feeling very weak and fatigued. Reported weakness to my doctor and was told to discontinue use. Symptoms resided with the exception of muscle weakness in my left leg when I'm tired. I have not taken Tricor for 7 weeks. Dr wants me to take lower dosage of Tricor, but I'm apprehensive. | F | 41 | 5 weeks | 1/5/2005 | 5 | high triglycerides | Anxiety attacks, body pain, hot flashes, flu like symptoms, headaches, cramps | Have not taken the medicine for almost 2 weeks. Still feel terrible and will never take another medication like this EVER. | M | 42 | 8 days | 8/12/2006 | 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 | 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 triglicerides | Weakness in the arms, pain in the jaw area which radiates to the neck and face. Prior to taking this medication I had no such pain. | F | 42 | 30 days | 8/25/2006 | 1 | triglycerides & recent heart attack | After 3 pills, I broke out in an extremely itchy rash from head to toe, and the skin on the bottom half of my face became red, hard, and BURNED. I felt worse than I did during my HEART ATTACK! All of this was AFTER I had warned my cardiologist that I'm allergic to more meds than I can take. | Doctors must have a secret rule to NEVER tell patients about side effects, and when patients come in with side effects, they just deny deny deny that the meds they prescribed could possibly cause these problems. Doctors will not admit they made an error because they know they'll then be open to malpractice suits, so don't expect them to ever agree that their med made you sick. I asked my primary doctor (not my cardio) to switch me to Niacin/Niaspan. I think all of these unnatural chemicals they're sticking in us are making us MORE sick, not less. | F | 42 | 3 days | 2/2/2008 | 1 | trigclycerides | Right Elbow pain for three months,kept getting worse, sex drive kept diminishing. Constipation, other body aches and pains. | Thank goodness I found this place I will not refill this bottle. | M | 42 | 4 months | 12/1/2008 | 1 | Triglycerides | Good Grief, I had just set an appointment today to go see my doctor to tell him I did not like this Medicine (trico) as my right elbow is killing me, my sex drive continues to fade every month, constipation(not even taco bell runs through me like it use too!!) Had some tingling in fingers last week. Lower back pain. The elbow thing keeps getting worse and finally it dawned on me it all happened about a month after taking this crapola. I am on my 4th month. Today will be my last. My trigs were 644 and it did lower it down but not worth no sex drive and bad elbow pain. | After reading all these comments it has royally pissed me off. Word, next time things don't seem right. Go with your gut and look at what has changed recently. It may be the meds you have been prescribed. All I can say is this elbow pain better go away and the sex drive better come roaring back or somebody is going to get a can of it ! Whats worse is some clown from the company that makes this crap is on this site using our comments as hamster clones to make the next set of crap when they pull this garbage from the market after people start dying or become disabled. For you, I have a finger. The middle one! | M | 42 | 4 months | 12/1/2008 | 1 | high cholesterol/triglycerides | liver shut-down | I began to lose weight after taking this drug. After about four months my urine began to darken. At six months my urine turned orange and I did not have solid bowel movements. It turns out that my liver quit processing proteins. I turned jaundice in the sixth month and as soon as I went off the medication had no problems. | M | 42 | 6 months 160 1X day | 4/10/2015 | 4 | High Triglycerides and Cholesterol | None. Was going to the gym regularly before taking Tricor, and still hitting the spin and kick boxing classes while taking Tricor with no side effects. | I've only been on Tricor for about 5 months, but it's doing it's job, and I'm doing mine by exercising and improving my eating habits. | M | 43 | 5 months | 5/27/2009 | 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 |