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 tri's | Roving joint pain over the last couple of years; trouble sleeping due to back pain which then turned into stomach pain which now is gall bladder pain from possible stones (a definite listed side effect) | I have been on this drug for about 8 years. It has brought my triglycerides down from the 400's to the 230 range. In reading the comments on this site I am coming to realize that a lot of the pain issues I seem to be going through are probably a result of the drug although my GP has made the same comments to me that the drug is probably not the root cause. I see him soon and I do not think I want to refill this prescription. | M | 8 years | 12/1/2008 | 2 | high truglycerides | chronic fatigue, daily exhustion, mysterious adominal pains, unable to tolerate sun | I took Tricor for about 10 eyqrs and did not think I had any side effects. The side effects tooks years to add up on me. Finally my liver tests came back and my Dr took me off Tricor about 6 weeks ago. First I slept for 3 days ahd had extreme joint pains. My Dr thought I was nuts and gave me antibiotics for the "flue". But now, I have more energy than I have had in years! I no longer need 2-3 naps a day. I no longer race home to get a nap after work and before anything else. In fact, my hous off work seem so long now that I do not know how to keep myself busy and must restucture my life for this NORMAL ENERGY that I have now. I will never take this medicine again. For the last 5 years, I have had this daily fight to have enough energy to have a decent life. Many times I was so tired at work that I just put my head in my hands and prayed I did not get fired. No one ever suggested that it was the Tricor. I am blessed that my numbers went "bad" and they took me off | F | 52 | 5 years | 11/3/2008 | 2 | High Triglycerides | Dizziness to the extent of vertigo. | I took tricor for five days, until the rooms, bed and highway started spinning. I stopped taking it, and the effects have almost gone, after ten days off the drug. The doctor said that it was unlikely that tricor caused it, but that he felt it was just a coincidence. He suggested that I go back on it. I declined saying that "cause and effect" was a more likely explanation in my opinion than unrelated coincidence. He has now prescribed Lopid, which also has dizziness as a possible side effect. Sometimes, it seems hard to win, doesn't it! I'll give that a try, but with reservations this time. | M | 77 | 5 days | 8/14/2008 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2 | cholestrol (TC and LDL) | severe muscle pain/constant fatigue after taking the medicine (tricor 145 mg) for cholestrol (TC 235, LDL 153). Also feeling of bloatness in stomach area even without eating. Going for my blood tests to test for liver activity next week. Had similar problems with crestor when first started , turned out high liver activity (very high AST levels) were damaging so stopped that one. Let us see what comes out of this one | M | 37 | 2 months | 3/2/2008 | 2 | triglycerides 900, LDL way high | All of the pains described elsewhere, plus the lack of sound sleep and subsequent irritability. I also had an appendix rupture two months after starting (see another post)Tricor 145. Hmmm. | Very effective for me. Triglys went from 900 to 275, LDL went from high unmeasurable to 180. HDL went from 20 to 25. Can't say it is worth the side effects. | M | 54 | 2 years | 10/30/2007 | 2 | high triglicerides | constipation, bloating, severe back pain | I started taking Cimbalta at the same time, which I should have spaced out for my fibromyalgia. The Cimbalta is supposed to be for muscle pain/aches, but it's not doing anything I believe because of the Tricor | F | 49 | | 9/20/2007 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2 | decrease triglyceride | 1).Increased insomnia problems, but I think the Tricor is exacerbating this condition; 2).Painfully urinated. | Very cautiously for tricor!!! | M | 43 | 65 days | 2/8/2007 | 2 | triglicerides 378 to 500 | Headache, constipation, upset stomach, muscle ackes and painss | I would like to try a lower dose and see if the side effects can be eliminated. Taking 145 at this time. | M | 67 | 70 days | 2/1/2007 | 2 | high triglyceride level - familial | Was placed on Vytorin first but experienced extreme muscle pain, though it did take care of triglyceride level. Doctor then put me on Tricor. After 2-3 weeks of taking Tricor 145 mg, had horrible anxiety attack, with lingering depression and anxiety. After 1 week of this decided to look up side effects on internet, and then stopped taking Tricor....feeling so much better! | Will have to find something else for triglycerides. Won't be taking this one ever again! | F | 53 | 3 weeks | 11/17/2006 | 2 | High Cholesterol | my mood swings are rediculous, I anger quickly,Im basically cranky. As far as sleep goes, I dream like a maniac, crazy dreams, my sleep pattern is all out of whack, leg and foot pain wakes me up, I get a charlie horse's that will bring tears to your eye, finally fall asleep about two hours before Im supposed to get up. Going to bed isnt something I look forward to, it has become a toss and turn marathon, I would rather fall asleep in the recliner. | I cant imagine that there isnt a drug available that doesnt screw with you like this one does. | M | 56 | 5 months | 10/5/2006 |