LIPITOR Reviews (ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM)Average Rating: 1.9 (1279 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LIPITOR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LIPITOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | cabg | stiff neck, sore left testicle ,arm muscles melting,legs feel like they don't belong to me. | M | 62 | 30 days 80 1X day | 1/17/2013 | 1 | very high cholosterol | headache, gas, bloating, mood swings, ill feeling, paranoid, anxious | My Dr said my cholesterol was very high. SO she put me on Lipitor. I was so sick over Christmas Holiday and did not know why. Could not eat, sleep. felt so gassy and my belly blew up like a balloon. When I stopped taking it, I felt back to normal. Ill do it naturally with eating healthily with salmon and olive oil and veggies. | F | 45 | 30 days 20mg 1X day | 1/13/2013 | 1 | mild cholesterol | terrible muscle pain terrible mood changes could hardly walk or lift my arms | stopped taking them 4 years ago and still suffer terrible muscle pain and wasting. i have set up a website for australians to connect who have been afflicted by this medication please come and join and unite in effort to educate the medical fraterity of their ignorance or denial http://australianstatinvictims.com/ | M | 49 | 3 years 20 1X day | 1/3/2013 | 2 | high cholesterol | became more anxious about EVERYTHING, and noticed words would not form in my head during conversations, was disturbing and couldn't figure out why these things were happening...made me think i needed antidepressants or something to deal with constant anxiety/fear (which i have taken before and are horrible to get off of) have noticed slightly more tingling and weird pains, so I think this is a perfect time to stop taking this. I agree with another post...what are they doing to us, in the interest of "healing" us? I did take the actual "lipitor" for several yrs, and it did lower cholesteral, but started experiencing the muscle tingley thing and stopped , then started with the Atorvastatin, where i noticed the above side affects. | be very aware of any physical/emotional changes | F | 58 | 3 months 10 1X day | 1/1/2013 | 1 | High cholesterol | Severe and prolonged leg, ankle, toe muscle pain every night | Doctor said it was not the lipitor...went off it myself.... Now off 6 myths.... NO more muscle pain! | F | 61 | 6 months 40 mg 1X day | 12/22/2012 | 2 | High cholesterol | Very bad mood swings - rage. Joint pain. Extremely tired. | My husband has totally changed in the past 2 months. HUGE changes in his mood and physical activity. | M | 56 | 2 months 1X day | 11/28/2012 | 1 | abnormal lipid profile | fatigue, depression, hand and feet joint pains so very severe, dysfunctional bowel, muscle aches, no energy | patients need to realize that the statins block the mevalonate pathway that leads to ubuquinol which is the catalyst for all energy formation in the human body, this is catastrophic and must be treated by cessation of statin and 200mg. of ubiquinol twice a day, takes time to reverse side effects | M | 62 | 1X day | 11/13/2012 | 1 | High cholesterol | Overall decline in life. Depression, severe and persistent musclo-skeletal pain, insomnia, gas, severe rectal bleeding, nausea, stomach pain, syncope and more. | After ten years of misery I stopped taking lipitor/atorvastatin, on the advice of my doctor, for a week to relieve severe shoulder pain, which I extended to ten days when I noticed an amazing improvement in my general well-being and after the ten days felt so much better I stopped taking it altogether. For those who feel a long life is preferable to a good life, this drug may be worth taking; for those who have enjoyed life and would prefer a slightly shorter one to a longer miserable one, stopping it is not a bad idea. Trust me - I get up every morning feeling a thousand times better, stay busy and active all day long and feel as I used to feel before I started taking this drug...and ALL of the symptoms have completely disappeared.. | F | 73 | 10 years 20 mg 1X day | 11/12/2012 | 1 | high cholesterol | went from very active to severe leg muscle and buttocks cramps as well as aches and pains. basically a whole body feeling like i had the flu. No sex drive. Short term memory problems. Could not walk up stairs with anything in my hands more than about 5-10 lbs. Bad feeling of dread and depression. Could no longer mow my yard with a self propelled lawn mower with out having to stop and let leg muscles recover after about 10 steps. | I have been off medication for over 6 years and am still not back to my prior self. Just recently leg muscles have come back to about 50% of what they used to be. I can not run or workout any longer for fear of getting hurt. This is a very dangerous and horrible drug. This drugs side effects were not explained to me by my doctor as being so risky. I am 5'9" and 160 lbs. high cholesterol is a family trait through several generations. | M | 38 | 6 months not sure 1X day | 10/2/2012 | 5 | High cholesterol (260) | No side effects | My doctor (conservative and top-rate) says that taking Lipitor is a "no brainer". All advantages, no disadvantages. And for me that's true. My cholesterol fell to 160 and I've had no side effects. My husband and I buy 20 mg tablets and use pill-splitter to cut in half. Costs much less! | F | 69 | 5 years 10 mg 1X day | 8/18/2012 | 1 | High triglycerides | Debilitating. Has ruined my life. One year - 7 different doctors, no one found the problem for an entire year of suffering! Now, off drug for one year and STILL have burning, knotting muscles throughout my body. Bottoms of feet hurt and are so tight it's hard to walk. It is rare I have a pain free day anymore. I'm miserable and used to be quite healthy and active. | It should be taken off market. We should be compensated. It's changed my life and I think of the loss every single day. I get 4 pain free days per year. | F | 55 | 5 years 10 1X day | 8/14/2012 | 1 | High cholesterol | Leg, arm, shoulder, and foot pain. Neuropathy in feet... Constant pain! Loss of energy. Difficulty thinking and speaking in a glib fashion. Disturbed sleep patterns. Difficulty urinating. Increase in blood pressure from below normal to slightly above normal, lack of sexual desire. Less muscle mass even though I force myself to work out at least four times per week ( usually five). Decreased energy and constant lethargy. | Although it lowers wy cholesterol levels appropriately, it seems to have given me debilitating side effects that have decreased my enjoyment of life in general. I fear stopping the lipitor because I fear a heart attack... Bt I hate the side effects! I take vitamin c, fish oil capsules, CO Q 10, eat well, am allergic to red meat and have not eaten any in more than 35 years. I eat salad everyday for lunch, eat fruit and vegetables daily, and take many vitamins and supplements ( astaxanthan, MSM, alpha lipoid acid, vit. B complex, 500mg of time release Niacin, and more). One would expect me to be healthy and have a ton of energy, but instead, I feel Ike I have one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. I attribute all the negatives to the Lipitor. The worst of all the side effects is the horrible pain in my feet ( I have professionally prescribed orthotics in my shoes at all times). | M | 59 | 10 years 20 mg 1X day | 7/31/2012 | 1 | high cholesterol | Mostly Pain, Pain, Pain. Deep throbbing pain in my joints and muscles. Hair loss, insomnia, tinnitus, dysphagia. Neurologist diagnosed me with MS. Feet hurt so badly, I could not walk. The prescribing physician shrugged off my complaints. I stopped taking Lipitor when I went into a coma in June 2000. It took me 12 years to recover. | Lipitor created the same problems that Zocor had caused. I took for Zocor for six years. The prescribing physician ignored my complaints. This nightmare took 20 years out of my life. I kept detailed records. You can see a summary here: http://morleyevans2.com/Depraved/Depraved.html I got better. Please contact me at [email protected] if you need help. | M | 65 | 135 days 10 mg 1X day | 7/27/2012 | 1 | to lower cholesterol and LDL | debilitating sciatica, I wake up with my right leg( from my buttocks to my toes) tingling and numb. By end of day I am in extreme pain, and can barely walk. | F | 53 | 10 years 80mg 1X day | 7/18/2012 | 2 | Lower high cholesterol | At the beginning I didn't experience any side effects at all on 10 mg. It did lower my cholesterol. In my 2nd year I started having very bad leg cramps in the night and spinning head when laying down. In the 8th year my sugar started to go up which I am tested for every 6 months. In my 11th year I have now developed Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) as well as still all the above side effects. When I did research I read that all of the side effects I am experiencing have most likely been cause from taking Lipitor for a long time. I have now decided to stop taking Lipitor before something else happens to me. Too bad all of this showed up after so many years. | M | 68 | 11 years 10 mg 1X day | 7/13/2012 | 3 | High LDL | Anxiety, paranoia | The Niacin medication I was referring to in my posting of 7/7/12 is called in some countries "Niaspan". | M | 66 | 7 years 40mg 1X day | 7/12/2012 | 3 | High LDL | Anxiety, paranoia | I went to see my doctor and told him about my discovery. First he was a bit reluctant but in the following meeting he already told me that he had read about Lipitor’s psychiatric side effects. He therefore put me off Lipitor completely and suggested a much lower dosage of 10mg Crestor. In addition, he prescribed a new medication: Niacin, beginning with 500mg the first month and then increasing to 1,000 in the second (with the ultimate aim of reaching 2,000 in the fourth monthly). Bottom line: When I discontinued Lipitor two months ago my LDL reached 165. This week my blood test indicated an LDL level of 124. So, after being helped by folks on this website I hope I can be of some help to others who suffer from statin side effects. Therefore, here is what I’ve done during the past two months: - Took 500mg of Niacin during the first months and 1,000mg during the second; - Took a total of 10 Crestor pills (10mg which are equivalent to 20mg of Lipitor) per month, i.e., one every three days. - Two natural pills of Phytosterol. - A cup of tea made of olive leafs. Now, I do believe that when I reach the maximum intake of Niacin in two months (2,000mg) the LDL will drop from 124 to 100 (the level required for diabetics). Good luck, folks! | M | 66 | 7 years 40mg 1X day | 7/7/2012 | 1 | High Total Cholesterol | Extreme fatigue, general muscle aches, dark urine, burning back pain | F | 58 | 9 weeks 80mg 1X day | 7/6/2012 | 1 | High cholesterol, post stentplaceme | I am writing this for my husband. He initially took 10mg every other day several years ago but would complain of muscle soreness and tore a calf muscle while running once. At that point he stopped the Lipitor and improved. Fast forward 3 years, he went to dr for check up (he has known coronary disease) and was started back on Lipitor 20mg. At about 2 months in, he had nausea and sweating occasionally. One month later he ended up in hospital for coronary disease and dose up to 40. After 1 more month had episodes of extreme fatigue, increased belching, stomach discomfort and leg heaviness, low bp and pulse. Like the flu without fever. Hospitalized and cathed again but heart arteries were fine and previously placed stents open Dr stopped blood pressure meds and Lipitor. He was back to normal in a week. We thought it was the Toprol at first due to low bp and pulse also. So started back on Lipitor and within a week felt horrible again. Stopped it a week ago and will NOT go back on it. | M | 43 | 4 months 40 mg | 6/24/2012 | 1 | high lipids | Second time trying this. First time I got a frozen shoulder. Triedit a couple of years later and I have back and chest pain that made think i was having a cardio event. Stopped the Lipitor about a week ago and still having horrible back pain. | If this stuff is damaging my muscles what is it doing to my major muscle.......... my HEART! This is a terrible drug! DO NOT TAKE! I would rather take the risk of elevated lipids! | M | 53 | 5 months 20mg 1X day | 6/4/2012 |