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 | High Cholesterol | Body aches (knees, back and especially chest) which increased with time, lethargic, short term memory lacking, concentration is worse than ever | Worked wonders for my cholesterol but ruined everything else. I kept telling my doctor about the body aches but he always blamed it on something else...stress, anxiety, lack of exercise. I'm still on the lipitor but I'm contacting my doctor to try another cholesterol med. I'm glad I came across this site. | M | 31 | 3 years | 4/12/2005 | 3 | | 4/11/2005 | 1 | high cholesterol | Aching weakness in legs back and shoulders. Side effects subsided after lipitor stopped. | The drug is toxic and will probably kill you before the high cholesterol will. | M | 50 | 180 days | 4/10/2005 | 4 | MY DOCTOR PRESCRIBED IT FOR ME | NOT YET | F | 52 | 5 days | 4/8/2005 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Headaches,body aches,joint stiffness,bloating,excessive gas,cramping,irritability. | I took it for about 3 weeks before I started feeling any side effects. I didn't realize this was the cause until I researched a little to see what side effects had been encountered. It was pretty shocking when I found out I was suffering from half of those listed. And I just thought I had a | M | 43 | 4 weeks | 4/8/2005 | 1 | To Lower Cholesterol | General fatigue, aches and pains for years. Thought it was menopause. But recently--severe swolen/inflamation of the fingers/hands and wrist pain. | Have suffered with geneal aches and pains for years thinking very similar to alot of you, that it was just my age and I had to accept it! I have been suffering with severe swolen/inflamation of the fingers/hand & wrist pain for 8 months and attributed it to new blood pressure medicine or arthritis; however, after going off the new blood pressure meds for 5 weeks, I have noticed no remarkable change and have had blood work and x-rays indicating NO arthritis. But now after finding this site, I'm wondering if it has been the Lipitor all along all of a sudden after taking it for 7.5 years. I am discontinuing the Lipitor immediately to see if I can find any change and relief. I agree with so many of you in saying that no cholesterol lowering drug is worth this kind of result! Thank you everyone for taking the time to write so we aren't prisoners to just our doctor's advice! | F | 58 | 7.5 years | 4/8/2005 | 1 | high cholesterol | aches and pain in both arms and shoulders and weakness in arms, especially left arm. Difficulty sleeping because of pain. Noticed a decrease in sexual desire, but don't know if Lipitor is to blame. | Seems like the cure is worse than the disease. I will discontinue using lipitor and see if the pain goes away. | M | 62 | 2 months | 4/7/2005 | 1 | High Cholesterol | The first day I took Lipitor I couldn't sleep at night because I couldn't relax. It was like Restless Leg Syndrome. The second day I got very weak, shaky, and had a cold sweat in the evening. Had chills till I went to bed. Third day was fine. Fourth day was a repeat of the second day, only worse. I quit taking it then. | F | 62 | 4 days | 4/7/2005 | 2 | high chloresterol | Memory lapses, hip pains, skin itching sensations all over body,hair loss, depression and anxiety. | Docs are into big paybacks from big drug companies. Patients come 2nd!! They think you're nuts when you complain about side effects. Stopping 20mg Lipitor today after 2 years. Will take the risk. | M | 56 | 2 years | 4/6/2005 | 1 | Lower my cholesterol | Severe elbow, arm and shoulder pain. | It's just a little white pill, this can't be causing all of my pain....Boy was I wrong, this pill has caused me so much grief. I couldn't even watch TV with my family as the pain in my arms and shoulder drove me to my bed. I felt so old and scared that the rest of my life would be pain filled. One week ago I ran out of lipitor and after a few days found that my arm & elbow pain subsided. Why isn't this widely known? I'm angry and also sad, sad that I've wasted all this time and angry that the drug companies are getting richer by the second. | F | 47 | 1 years | 4/6/2005 | 4 | High cholesterol | My EKG was not good and a blood test also indicated a problem. I was sent for a stress test which I failed, and was sent to a heart doctor. I had no other symptoms of heart problems, but I had high blood pressure and overweight. So lipitor was prescribed to lessen likelihood of partial blockage to my heart. Cholesterol levels are terrific now and I may be sent for another stress test next month. I feel great on Lipitor but could not take Zocor(side effects). | F | 73 | 5 days | 4/5/2005 | 1 | I refused to take it | Thank God, I found this site | Pfizer Inc. (maker of Lipitor) AMOUNT AT ISSUE: $$$ Pending Cholesterol-Fighting Drug Tied to Liver, Kidney Injury The Kahn Gauthier Law Group is investigating possible legal actions against Pfizer Inc., the manufacturer of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor (atorvastatin), to recover for liver or kidney damage suffered by patients prescribed Lipitor. Like other drugs in its class (the statins), Lipitor can cause elevated liver enzymes. In clinical trials, this occurred in 0.7 percent of the patients, but the rate was much higher for those taking the 80 mg dose. Another serious side effect of Lipitor and other statins is a condition called rhabdomyolysis, in which muscle cells break down and release potentially toxic cell contents into the bloodstream. Symptoms of rhabdomyolysis include muscle pain, tenderness and weakness--most commonly in the calves and lower back. Malaise, fever, dark urine, vomiting and nausea can also be symptoms. The most feared consequence of rhabdomyolysis is acute kidney failure, occurring in 30-40% of the cases. Some of the warning signs of liver failure are nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fatigue, loss of appetite, dark urine, and generalized skin discoloration. For more information on this case, you should become a member of ClassActionAmerica... | F | 46 | 0 days | 4/5/2005 | 4 | genetic high cholesterol | I female, 5 feet 7 and a half inches tall, 117 lbs. I do not smoke and have never smoked. I do not have high blood pressure, nor have I ever had it. I am not diabetic. I am 45 and a half years old and was on 20 mg of Lipitor due to genetically high LDL for a period of seven months. At that point, I started having terrible, migratory joint pain all over my body that was very distinct and pronounced. I also had disabling fatigue and flu-like malaise. Some nights I would go to bed at 6 pm and not get up until 8 or 9 the next morning. I was quite ill. My doctor did tons of lab work to rule out things like rheumatoid arthriitis, lupus, Lyme disease and active parvovirus infection. These all came back NEGATIVE. Finally, I was taken off Lipitor to see if the drug had anything to do with my symptoms. Within 72 hours I noted an improvement; within seven days, the symptoms were completely gone and I was restored to health. I will not ever take Lipitor again as I believe it is liver-toxic and slowly poisons the patient. | It did a great job of lowering my LDL (173 down to 60). My total cholesterol went from 238 down to 143. However, it nearly killed me in the process and I believe it is almost like a slow-acting poison. | F | 45 | 7 months | 4/4/2005 | 3 | high cholesteral & high trigly. | Didn't associate my problems with Lipitor until reading this web site. I've been on Lipitor for about 7 mos. Have had problems with my hips and knees in the past but just within the last year I've been experiencing spasms in upper thighs, especially after doing anything physical. Now I have a dr. apptmt. in a few days because my right knee is so painful I can't even bend it! It hurts to get up in the morning, get out of a chair, go up stairs. Also, I have had operations on my right foot a few years ago, but now it hurts almost as much if not more. The bottom of my foot is extremely tender as are my calves. | The Lipitor did lower my cholesteral wonderfully; but I'm extremely concerned that this may be what my problems are coming from. Hopefully, the dr. will tell me more this week. | F | 54 | 7 months | 4/4/2005 | 2 | High cholestrol | Taking Lipitor 20 mg for 4 months now together with plavix, Zestril and Lopressor. Zestril and Lopressor caused many prblems so am on diovan instaed. Lipitor has recently started causing pain in back and behind the knee. Also developed hematuria . all urine test came back normal. Did anybody else experienced hematuria as a result of Lipitor use?. | Am quitiing this medicine. very dangerous and should be used in extreme circumstances. | M | 57 | 4 months | 4/4/2005 | 3 | Type I Diabetic; high TGL and COL | day two of taking the product, and I have pain and tingling in my fingers as well as a major sharp pain in the side, which could be of of many things including simply gas - a common problem as reported here. | Way too early to post something more constructive, but I will come back later. Thanks to all posters here - big relief from your reports to know this is not unusual. | M | 39 | 1 days | 4/2/2005 | 3 | high col | none | no | M | 60 | 3 years | 4/1/2005 | 3 | prescribed after stent | muscle aches in arms | M | 58 | 15 months | 3/31/2005 | 1 | HIGH CHOLESTEROL | SEVERE FATIGUE IN MY BODY AND TIREDNESS AND MUSCLE PAINS IN MY HIPS THAT CONTINUE TO THIS DAY AFTER BEING OFF THE DRUG FOR ALMOST A YEAR. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!!!!!! | I was put on this drug by my doctor for my somewhat high cholesterol. The next day, after starting this drug, I suddenly felt like I had aged to eighty years old overnight but did not connect it to starting Lipitor. Up until the start of this drug I felt that I was as young as I was in my twenties and wondered if this is how you might start feeling the affects of age, by waking up one morning and feeling all that age caught up with you and now you were older than your years. I took the drug for two terrible months and then had a blood test and my cholesterol had dropped. My doctor mailed me the results of my blood test but did not send me a new prescription like he had the last time so I did not know that he wanted me to get it refilled. So I went off of Lipitor and within two months I was feeling normal again and even took a job with the post office where I walked five miles a day with no problem. I did not associate my getting better with my coming off Lipitor, unfortunately. Then I had an appointment with my doctor and he said I should have refilled that prescription by calling his office. So I did and the next day, after taking only one pill, I was eighty years old again. This time I did associate it with the start of Lipitor and then read the warnings the drug store gives you with meds and found that my symptoms were the same as what they warned against. I am not a hypochondriac and I never read those warnings so this was not a head thing. I immediately went off the drug but a year later I am still have the same eighty years old feeling and do not know that I will ever be normal again. I do not understand how just one pill can do that and this time I am not recovering like I did the first time. This has ruined my life and I would never have taken Lipitor if I knew what I know now and I am so sorry that I ever heard of this drug. This is so severe that I think taking it for even a short time can cause permanent damage. My doctor, when I told him of all this, wanted to change statins because he was still worried about my cholesterol. I told him no more statins and he then prescribed Zetia, which he said was was less effective but was not a statin, which I am still afraid to take unless I improve from the affects of the Lipitor. He told me he was on Lipitor himself and that he had no problems but then said, well he did have neck pains that could have been a side affect, but that he had been on the drug two years before this developed. I told him of the information on this site that describes some people having that delayed reaction and I advised him to take himself off of this drug for a couple of weeks to see if the neck pains cleared up! I advise, DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!!!! | M | 60 | 2 months | 3/31/2005 | 1 | to lower cholesterol | within 3 days I experienced extreme muscle pain and weakness. I felt like I was walking though sludge. For the next 2 weeks I only wanted to sleep. I have no energy. My blood work indicates trouble with my liver. I have repeated the test every week since discontinuing the drug and it has not returned to normal yet. I am now experiencing edema-swelling of the hands, feet, legs etc. I am taking lasiks trying to eleviate this. 40 mg per day is not taking it away yet. It has been nearly 2 weeks since the swelling began. | I am truly concerned about any permanent damage this medication my have caused. After only 3 10mg doses I have suffered a month of side effects! I wouldn't recommend this to anyone! If you are taking it now and experience anything unusual at all, contact your doctor immediately! I feared I might be over reacting to the muscle ache! I don't know where I'd be if I had continued taking lipitor beyond the 3 days!!! | F | 42 | 3 days | 3/30/2005 |