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 | cholesteral | imence pain in legs,calf,feet,cramping in legs and feet,even toes,,armpain,swelling,extreme heaviness in limbs,backache,bloody noes, high cpk, my short term memory is terrible,confusion.tingling,buzzing in limbs,big time depression.The list is endless. I seem to get a little relief and wack. Right back again. I have been off it approx 5 weeks. I have been to neurologists and had emg,bone Dr.for xrays primary Dr. And now the major hospital to the big guys. I will have a more intense emg and then they will do biopsies on my limbs and thigh. not one Dr will blame Lipitor.I guess it's the forbidden word to say if it's something negetive. This stuff is definitely for everybody.By the way I was only on it approx 4 months.Sad to read so many people are suffering from side effects of this but good to know I am not nuts and I am not alone. | A huge money maker so I doubt it will ever be taken off the market.I've read short term and long term users of this stuff. I am beginnig to wonder if it's just a matter of time for everyone who's on it. | F | 56 | 4 months | 7/19/2007 | 1 | Cholesterol | After taking 3 or 4 times I started having very intense muscle pain with burning from the middle of my back and around my ribs to the center of my chest. It would last from a few minutes to a couple of hours and then fade away for awhile. I had the same intense muscle pain with intense burning in my arms, neck and sometimes my legs. I stopped taking it for a few days and tried it again with the same results. I stopped taking it but it took at least a month for the muscle pains to stop completely. | My doctor had me try 2 or 3 other similar medications before this one with the same results. When I told him that I was still getting the muscle pains occasionally a couple weeks after I stopped taking it he said I was crazy. I'm now afraid to take any of the Cholesterol drugs. Every one that I've tried has had some really bad side effects. | M | 48 | 21 days | 7/17/2007 | 1 | High Choleserol | After 1 year on Lipitor, I experienced severe pain in both hips & legs, would wake up with so much pain at night that I would get out of bed for relief. Even after 3 months of nonuse, I still have stiffness, weakness & pain in both legs/ hips, especially right side & now limp. I have started physical therapy, massage theraphy & pain medicine. | M | 51 | 1 years | 7/15/2007 | 2 | High Cholesterol | A few years after the dosage was raised to 40 mg, I began to have a sharp pain in the ball of my right foot, diagnosed as a neuroma. (It seemed more like metatarsalgia to me.) Then the left foot started hurting also. I nearly stopped walking for 6 months, hoping to get better to avoid surgery. I stopped Lipitor as an experiment, and after 3 days the pain changed completely. It began to heal after that. Every week since has been a marked improvement. After 7 weeks, it's nearly healed. I can again hike for miles without the horrible pain I experienced for over 6 months while taking this drug. | Lipitor did control cholesterol, but isn't it really inflamation causing heart disease and stroke, and not the cholesterol? Is everyone barking up the wrong tree here? And what is the price of all the weird side effects no one can recognize? | M | 49 | 7 years | 7/12/2007 | 1 | genetic high cholesterol | After three months on Lipitor, I started to feel like an airhead -- slightly dizzy virtually all the time and frequently unable to think clearly. I actually started to wonder if I were developing early Alzheimer's (I'm 58). After five months, I developed severe pain in my thighs and knees and I'm exhausted all the time. So far my blood tests have been normal, but now that I've read these posts, I'm going to stop taking Lipitor. | It did lower my total cholesterol from 235 to 200. | F | 58 | 6 months | 7/8/2007 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Joint and Muscle Pain / Stiffness | I took 20 mg for 9 years and I told numerous physicians about my pain and stiffness and was told that I had arthritis and to keep taking it. I left it at home by accident when we went on vacation and within 3 days, the pain in my legs began to go away. After 2 weeks I knew it was a very dangerous medication. I went to my new physician and he wanted me to try Pravachol. Afer 4 days on it, I was in a fog and thought I had the flu. I have been off it for just 36 hours and feel better. I am an RN and should have known that I was experiencing side effects with Lipitor, but you listen to your Doctor because you trust him. I now tell my patients to trust what their bodies are telling them. Statins can't be good for anyone but the drug companies!!!!!!!!!! They keep lowering the recommended levels so that almost everyone is considered to have "high" cholesterol. If someone is 30 and on this for 30 or 40 years there is not telling what the long term effects will be. And a mi | F | 60 | 9 years | 7/8/2007 | 1 | Lower Bad Cholesterol | Very Painful feet for past 3 weeks and lower legs now starting to hurt. Can hardly walk without higher pain level. I stopped Lipitor for a few days before now and the pain did not subside. I now know from this site that it takes longer to recover then a few days. | This has caused me to miss out on my Summer Vacation with Family. | M | 41 | 1 months | 7/8/2007 | 2 | High Cholesterol | Achilles peritendonitis and sore ankles, knees and fingers. Stiffness was aggravated by rest and better with activity. After sitting for 15 minutes, particularly with feet elevated, and then getting up to walk, my gait was like someone who could barely walk. Have stopped taking Lipitor and symptoms seem to be subsiding. | Lipitor worked great lowering cholesterol but the side effects are not worth the benefit. | F | 56 | 2 years | 7/5/2007 | 1 | Cholesterol slightly high | Took 10 mg. for two years with no problems, then started to have burning,numb feet in toe area - both feet. Also, had discomfort in right side upper and lower of stomach area. After assorted blood tests which were all normal, read an article regarding neurophathy and statins drugs. Stopped the Lipitor and slowly the stomach discomfort went away, but two years later my feet are still a mess. | Would not take this or any other statin drug | F | 77 | 2 years | 6/29/2007 | 1 | cholesterol 240 | 2 years with no problems, then toe neuropathy for two years now and other foot problems because of this I assume. | I stopped Lipitor after taking it for 2 years and toe neuropathy started. I also had stomach problems and pain. After stopping Lipitor, I thought my heart would jump out of my chest, but now stomach and heart are both OK - Feet are terrible thanks to Lipitor. I know many others that have had problems with Lipitor - feet and legs - and had to stop. All my blood test were normal. I weigh 114 and 5'2". Hike, play golf and keep busy. It is a terrible drug and should be off the market | F | 77 | 2 days | 6/25/2007 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Ok for a while but then started having severe leg muscle pains to point could not sleep. After 3 days of not taking it, most leg pain went away. Hopefully joint pain will eventually go away. | F | 61 | 5 years | 6/18/2007 | 3 | chorlestriol | cognitive ability deminished. My recall was slower and not uncommon to not be able to process thoughts. The best way to describe it would be to say that I notice that I am not as smart as I use to be. | I no longer take it and I am smarter. I was only taking 20 mg a day. | M | 43 | 3 years | 6/17/2007 | 4 | High cholesterol | None, lowered my cholesterol by 47 points Balanced my good vs bad cholesterol | M | 48 | 8 years | 6/13/2007 | 4 | High Cholesterol | Works just fine. If there are any side effects, they are definitely not noticeable. | What's with all these older people (70's)complaining about the lack of sex drive? Are you guys being realistic? How much of what you are complaining about is simply related to getting older? | M | 36 | 2 years | 6/5/2007 | 1 | high cholesterol | severe edema of lower extremities that got worse when walking/exercising/sitting/standing, vision problems, muscle weakness (lift weights every day but couldn't open a bottle of water), shoulder pain (every morning regardless of sleeping position), numbness on left side, rapid pulse, productive cough, poor coordination while walking (kept bumping into things), light-headedness (hurt to hold my head up or turn my head from side to side and that made driving real difficult), 25% weight gain (due to doctor-recommended eating to relieve light-headedness) | diuretics taken to relieve edema caused cholesterol to go higher and M.D. recommended more Lipitor which made the edema worse and so on; got off that downward spiral 2 months ago and cholesterol went right back up to 300+ within a week but I'll take my chances and try to find some way other than statins so I can get some quality of life back | F | 52 | 10 years | 6/3/2007 | 5 | high cholostrol | none | F | 64 | 3 days | 5/29/2007 | 1 | high cholestrol | joint aches as well as burning feet | F | 54 | 18 months | 5/22/2007 | 1 | high cholesterol | memory problems, depression, muscle aches, joint pain, exercise intolerance, transient global amnesia | F | 53 | 6 months | 5/18/2007 | 1 | to reduce cloresterol | loss of muscel strength,vertigo caused by cramping neck muscels,loss of sexual drive,hair,short term memory,zombie like doped up state,halucinations during day,unable to walk for 2 weeks,get out of bed et al reduced mental capabiities,depression excessive sleep requirements and more that i can not remember. | things improved slowly but immediately after going off the drug,it has been almost 7 months and am progressing slowly still,feel like i have long term damage,but in better shape in many respects than i have been in 5 years,it did a slow terrable number on me.i am trying to forgive them but am not getting far on that front,having interesting pleasant fantacies on that front needless to say i do not wish them well.devils drugs and doctors still hits the mark 80 years later.we should gift this medical system to the arabs with out charge but i would fear the reprisals. | M | 74 | 5 years | 5/17/2007 | 1 | High cholesterol | Over the course of the past year I've experienced, short term memory loss, extreme fatigue,joint pain, especially in my knees. I also had reflux, that until I found this site, thought it was unrelated.Doc put me on Lipitor, when I complained that Tricor was making me tired...Lipitor was 10X WORSE !!! | I WILL NEVER TAKE ANY STATIN EVER AGAIN !! Since I found this site--I thought all the symptoms were caused by other things..Now I know that Tricor started the problems, Lipitor made them much worse....NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS ARE THE WAY TO GO !! Just Google "Natural Alternatives for Lipitor"....I've been off this killer drug for 6 weeks, and feel great !! No fatigue, memory is back, knees still hurt, but hopefully, they rebound too..Doctor is PISSED-----I'M THRILLED !!! | M | 45 | 1 days | 5/2/2007 |