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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LIPITOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Diabetes/prevention | Pectoral chest pain- stabbing sharp pains, increasing in frequency as time passed. | My cholesterol was already great at 140 with triglicerides good too. Doctor wanted me to start this medication, 5mg/day, along with Mavik 1mg for blood pressure (mine was already averaging 106/70)to prevent arterial damage due to my type 2 diabetes. My total cholesterol was lowered to 128 and triglicerides to 56 after a year with a 2.something ratio. Heart disease runs in my mother's side of the family and bp problems and the diabetes in my dad's side. I have been on this dose for 1 year and noticed pains beginning after several months and the pains are getting more frequent and noticible. I am off the drug for a self trial period to see if the pains diminish. I am going to see the physician in a week and am going to mention the pains so I am curious as to her opinion. Also a note, I am still fertile and should not be prescribed this drug due to unkown pregnancy side effects- interesting that it was prescribed to me anyway. Doctor told me to go off of it if I wanted to get pregnant b | F | 43 | 1 years | 5/12/2006 | 5 | Cholesterol | None that I am aware of. | Used other cholesterol medication and lifestyle changes, but cholesterol did not reach normal levels until I was put on Lipitor | M | 44 | 2 years | 5/11/2006 | 3 | high cholesterol & triglycerides | heaviness in the legs, foot and leg cramps at night and even long muscles beside spine, those are the worst. rashes on forearms from sun sensitivity, scarred from itching and scabs (was taking St John's Wort for depression which also causes sun sensitivity, bad combination) cannot take at night or I'm up all night in bathroom. | Less side effects from Lipitor than any other statin drug I've tried. Pravachol pushed cholesterol out my skin in boils. Lopids made me feel like I was coming down with the flu constantly, low grade fever and just felt sick all the time. Lipitor keeps me from getting sick, 3-4 days off of them and I'm up all night sick. | F | 51 | 11 years | 5/11/2006 | 1 | High Cholestorol | Where to begin? Overall fatigue. Now get a lot of sinus colds(major pressure pain). Also used to be able to walk 3 miles easily. Now cant walk 50 ft without feeling like I am having a heart attack. Nausea. | I was on Lipitor of a total of 3 weeks before I had my first chest pain walking to car. Now a month off the drug I still have the pain. | M | 35 | 3 weeks | 5/11/2006 | 1 | told to | Depression,muscle pain,night sweats,lack of concentration,SUPER dry skin...bla,bla,bla... all the bad stuff you have read so far. | Here is my stupid joke when talking to my friends... Yeah I have ALS, MS, Lupus, Lyme Disease, Fibromyalgia and one more thing, aaaa aaaaa what's it called? Oh yeah, Hyprochondria! I have been off it for 8 weeks and still hurt. I cant believe how many people have felt the same way and thought the same things I did! This is POSION, POSION I tell you! Stupid doctor says learn to deal with pain... That is just unacceptable! I have been on and off all the statins for about 3 years, off forever now that I know I don't really have some terrible disease! | M | 47 | | 5/6/2006 | 1 | told to | Depression,muscle pain,night sweats,lack of concentration,SUPER dry skin...bla,bla,bla... all the bad stuff you have read so far. | Here is my stupid joke when talking to my friends... Yeah I have ALS, MS, Lupus, Lyme Disease, Fibromyalgia and one more thing, aaaa aaaaa what's it called? Oh yeah, Hyprochondria! I have been off it for 8 weeks and still hurt. I cant believe how many people have felt the same way and thought the same things I did! This is POSION, POSION I tell you! Stupid doctor says learn to deal with pain... That is just unacceptable! I have been on and off all the statins for about 3 years, off forever now that I know I don't really have some terrible disease! | M | 47 | | 5/6/2006 | 1 | high cholesterol | tinnitus | F | 52 | 24 days | 5/6/2006 | 4 | High Cholesterol | Muscle Pain,esp calve muscles, knee pain, neck pain, dizziness? vagueness, dry eyes. | Works well at lowering cholesterol, BUT, at the expense of muscle pain, & general degradation. | M | 57 | 6 months | 5/3/2006 | 3 | High Cholesterol | I have Rhuematoid Arthritis for 35 yrs and have been on many arthritis meds. I currently am on Relefen for inflamation, Prednisone 5mg, every other day and Enbrel injections once a week. I have no problems from these drugs. Eight mos. ago another doctor put me on Lipitor 10mg daily because my chol was 240. Over a period of 6 mos., it went down to 159, which was great, BUT I started having terrible aching pain in my arms about that time which was radiating down my arms from my shoulder to my hands and I could not sleep well at all. I lost all the strength in my muscles and was fatigued all the time. I was blaming my arthritis for my pain for months and months. I started taking extra Relefen and Prednisone which helped only temporarly. I could hardly lift a glass of milk without using both hands, I was so weak in my arms and hands. One day it just hit me...."Maybe it's the Lipitor". It was the newest drug I was taking. So, I just quit taking it and within 3 days my arm | I suggest anyone who develops a bad symption within a week or month of going on Lipitor, or any other statin drug, quit taking it and call your doctor. There are some important reasons why some people HAVE to be on a statin in some cases. | F | 69 | 8 months | 5/3/2006 | 1 | HIGH CHOLESTEROL | DIZZY, BALANCE, HIGHER BLOOD SUGARS, CARPAL TUNNAL, CRAMPS, JOINT PAIN, MEMORY LOSS, KIDNEY PROBLEMS | I STARTED ON ZOCOR AND CHANGED TO LIPITOR AFTER 1 YEAR BECAUSE OF BALANCE PROBLEMS. AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE BALANCE PROBLEMS AND JOINT PAIN, BUT THE DOCTOR DID NOT THINK THAT LIPITOR WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS. BECAUSE OF HEART DISEASE THE DOCTOR WANTED MY CHOLESTEROL DOWN TO 150 IT WAS AROUND 200. HE PRESCRIBED 40 MG OF LIPITOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND EVENTUALLY ADDED GEMFIBROSIL, AND NIACIN BECAUSE OF HIGH TRIGLYCERIDES. AFTER A YEAR OF TAKING THESE DRUGS, MY TYPE II DIABETES BECAME UNCONTROLLED AND MY KIDNEY READINGS BECAME BAD. I WAS THEN PUT ON INSULIN. I BEGAN TO DEVELOP JOINT PAIN AND NEUROPATHY. THE PAIN IN MY HANDS BECAME SO BAD THAT I HAD TO HAVE CARPAL TUNNAL SURGERY. I COULD NOT WALK WITHOUT FALLING. I FINALLY BECAME SO DEBILITATED THAT I HAD TO RETIRE EARLY. THE DOCTORS TOOK ME OFF THE LIPITOR AFTER THE KIDNEY READINGS BECAME SO HIGH. HOWEVER THEY DID TRY TO PUT ME BACK ON THEM SEVERAL TIMES. I HAVE BEEN OFF STATIN DRUGS FOR FOUR YEARS AND I HAV | M | 66 | 6 years | 5/3/2006 | 5 | high cholesterol | NONE at all. NONE. | Seems to be more effective than Zocor at lower dosage. | M | 40 | 2 years | 4/28/2006 | 1 | CPK | elevated CPK in the 250 range. I have been of Lipitor of 15 months and my CPK is still elevated. Three doctors have agreed that it is/was caused by lipitor. Does anyone have info????? | M | 59 | 3 years | 4/26/2006 | 2 | high cholesterol | Severe muscle pain. Severe knee and back pain. Several doctors suggested knee surgery. I went off Lipitor and knees are fine, muscle pain dissapeared. I tried it again because my doctor insisted the drug did not cause the problem since my liver lab tests were good. Tried a second time, severe pain came back within one week. | lowered my cholesterol miraculously. I'd rather have a heart attack than live with such pain. | F | 41 | 2 years | 4/25/2006 | 3 | High Cholesterol | I am 43 years old and have been taking Lipitor for a year and a half. I am having horrible aching in my fingers, knees, hips & toes. Went to my yearly exam this week and blood test reveals arthritis. No family history of arthritis, has to be the Lipitor | The drug did bring my cholesterol down over 100 points - but is it worth having arthritis to achieve that? | F | 43 | 1 years | 4/19/2006 | 1 | cholesterol reading of 265 | extreme muscle and joint pain; extreme fatigue; muscle stiffness; tingling in feet, hands, and finally legs and arms as well; inability to walk any distance---felt like 90-year-old; contact pain where weight presses against things--bottom of feet, back of legs against a chair etc. | I complained to my doctor after just 3 weeks of 5 mg./day about muscle and joint pains. (I stopped the Lipitor myself after reading the label warnings. The pain stopped within days.) He checked the CK reading, which came back negeative. I used to work out at a gym for one hour twice a week, and he suggested that I was getting older and the workouts might be too extreme. I went back to taking the Lipitor and began cutting back on my exercise. After 6 months, in agony, I went for more blood work--everything was negative. After 9 months I stopped the Lipitor myself, but by then I was a mess: couldn't walk, couldn't lift my arms, horrible neck and muscle pain, horrible pain in every tendon in my body, particularly the Achilles tendon and those on the back of the head. My family doctor was at a loss. I went to a NY neurologist, then to a neuromuscular doctor who said it sounded like Lipitor, even though I had been off the Lipitor for almost 6 months.He suggested coenzymeQ10, 600 mg per day | F | 57 | 9 months | 4/17/2006 | 1 | High cholesterol | Cognitive disfunction, neuropathy in my legs and hands, tinnitis, difficulty with speech, neck pain, extreme fatigue, muscle weakness and difficulty walking. | I consider this to be an extremely dangerous drug. I can only hope that some day I will ever be able to lead a normal life again. | F | 45 | 2 years | 4/13/2006 | 3 | Angina | Bad muscle pains in legs and constant tiredness. | Changed to Zocor and things seem better. New discussion forum at http://angina.myfreeforum.org/ to discuss all issues related to this subject. | M | 53 | 4 months | 3/28/2006 | 1 | high cholesterol | Constant heel pain, Possible cause of ulcerative colitis, but have no proof of this, and gastro/ent. DR. states Lipitor not likely cause, I believe otherwise. | was on 10mg for 6 months,increased to 40mg for 6 months,reduced back to 10mg (because high CPK level)for rest of time taking med.Did not associate foot pain or colitis with statin until reading of others with similar problems. WILL NOT TAKE LIPITOR (OR ANY OTHER STATIN) ANYMORE!! | M | 46 | 2 years | 3/27/2006 | 2 | high cholesterol | After taking Lipitor for several months, and gradually incrasing my dose to 40mg, I started to get EXTREMELY fatigued. I had to take a nap every day for 2 - 3 hours. After discontinuing the medicine, my energy levels bounced back to normal. It really helped lower my cholesterol, but have to wonder what it was doing to me to make me so tired. | M | 18 months | 3/16/2006 | 3 | High Cholesterol | Joint and muscle pain; leg and foot cramping | F | 56 | 1 years | 3/12/2006 |