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 | After 4+ years I've now begun to experience joint pain and muscle weakness. | M | 54 | 4 years | 3/28/2005 | 4 | To lower my cholesterol | Lipitor is the only prescription drug I take and have taken it for four years now. I have noticed I am gaining excess weight even though I am not eating more. My stomach is bloated, with excess gas (although could be the weight gain?). I also am experiencing increased memory loss, and fatigue, but then I rarely sleep well (due to night sweats) since I went through menopause ten years ago. | I think some of my symptoms are related to being post menopausal rather than from the Lipitor. | F | 62 | 4 years | 3/27/2005 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Eczema on hands and feet, rash on upper left torso, depression | Cholesterol at 312. Stopped taking after 6 days and depression lifted a few days later. Took 2 weeks for eczema outbreak to subside. Started taking an herbal cholesterol formula by Dr. Sinatra and eating oatmeal everyday. 8 weeks after stopping lipitor was retested and cholesterol dropped to 255. obviously not from lipitor but from changes in diet and supplements. doc want to try lower dosage but i am hesitant. i'm staying on new diet and supplements for now. retest in 30 days to see how effective. trying to avoid statins at all cost. doc is very insistant, almost as if he's getting a kickback. we'll see. | M | 47 | 6 days | 3/25/2005 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Muscle and joint pain developed after approx 12 months. Began to spread to legs, buttocks, elbow. Stopped taking 10mg / day dosage on march 17th, will hope I start to feel positive results | Doctor had my on Lipitor and Tricor which seems to increase the chances of side effects. This is very scary, thought I had some type of bone cancer. Will never take this drug again | M | 41 | 365 days | 3/21/2005 | 2 | high CRP levels | HORRIBLE GAS AND CONSTIPATION. | My trigycerides and cholesterol were all normal and healhty ranges, before taking Lipitor. But because of a high C-reactive protein level, I was prescribed Lipitor. After 3 months, My trigycerides and total cholesteral went down, even though they were fine to begin with, but my CRP level went UP!!! From 5.96 to 13.2!! Since treating the CRP levels was the initial purpose in prescribing me Lipitor, and since it did NOTHING to help these levels, I am therefore unsure if taking LIPITOR for high C-reactive protein levels is necessary, let alone effective. I can't deal with this gas much longer. | M | 41 | 6 months | 3/20/2005 | 1 | cholesterol | F | | 3/19/2005 | 1 | high cholesterol | extremly bad pains in hands,arms,shoulders | I took lipitor 10mg for only about two months,then cardiologist increased it to 20mg.In one week i started to get very bad pains in hands,arms and shoulders,at the same time freezing cold,like arms plunged into freezing water,then burning sensations.after being messed about by doctors not believing it was statins,i came across the website about side effects of statins,and all was revealed.I told my doctor i would never take statins again.I stopped them about eight weeks ago.but have gone from bad to worse in most terribe pain and no painkillers have any effect.During the night,it is even worse,last night I cried with pain.but there does not seem to be an answer.I now warn all my friends about statins and their side effects.I now wonder if the pain will ever go. | F | 72 | 2 months | 3/16/2005 | 3 | high cholesterol | severe muscle pain in my shoulders, numbness and tingling in my hands, wieght gain | F | 46 | 3 years | 3/10/2005 | 2 | 5.6 Cholesterol. Strokes in Family. | Muscle twitches and calf/toe cramps -also the | 10mg taken The drug does lower the cholesterol reading but as I have also made diet changes and lifestyle changes - not sure if all due to drug or own common sense.I was not as aware of dangers as I am now and would not have taken it if not advised by MD. I aim to stop taking it. | F | 56 | 4.5 years | 3/10/2005 | 1 | LDL was 172 | Was on Lipitor only 3 weeks and experienced very sore muscle pain in both shoulders, heart palpatations, sore knees, felt like a truck hit me. I'm only 56 and in good health otherwise. Stopped drug 1 week today (3/10) still have muscle pain. How long will this last???? | F | 56 | 21 days | 3/10/2005 | 5 | high cholesterol | No side effects whatsoever | Cholesterol down to 102 | F | 48 | 10 months | 3/9/2005 | 3 | High cholestral | aching joints. knees, shoulders, lower back, etc | My doc took me off the Lipitor for two months. My joints quit aching and my cholestral went back up to 222. | M | 57 | 18 months | 3/9/2005 | 4 | high cholesterol | Dizzy | Lowered the cholesterol | M | 40 | 2 years | 3/8/2005 | 3 | hight cholestrol | | 3/8/2005 | 1 | total cholesterol 248 | One week after initiating therapy, developed syncope and hypertension. Primary care diagnosed and treated labyrinthitis. Subsequently developed irretractable lower back pain. Primary care treated with steroids. Other side effects included: weight gain, periorbital edema, fatigue, lack of libido, and detachment. | My primary care never considered my symptoms may be associated with lipitor. I learned this only after reading about side effects in the PI and on the Internet. | F | 45 | 6 weeks | 3/7/2005 | 4 | high cholesterol/triglycerides | Minor joint soreness, fatigue, have a hard time getting up in the morning. I used to hop out of bed ready to go. Right knee always sore and swollen. | After 8 months, I have lowered my cholesterol to a safe level using Lipitor. I am also on Lopid to reduce Triglycerides. I take Glucosamine and Chondroitin to reduce joint soreness...seems to be working so far. | M | 36 | 8 months | 2/27/2005 | 1 | cholesterol | Male, 67, while taking Lipitor for 5 months I experienced severe weight loss, muscle pain and loss of strength. AFTER coming off Lipitor, arthritis set in over entire body, which I have never suffered with before taking Lipitor. | Has anybody else experienced any arthritis AFTER coming off Lipitor? | M | 67 | 5 months | 2/27/2005 | 1 | Tot. chol 200+ Bad HDL/LDL ratio | Nagging muscle pain between and just below my shoulder blades, persistent fatigue, moderate insomnia, increasingly unable to focus or stay | I took 20mg/day for over four years before the totality of the side effects and their likely root cause finally hit me over the head. The adverse effects were insidiously gradual in their development which kept the alarm bells from going off sooner. Like many, I attributed each individual symptom to | M | 47 | 4 times | 2/25/2005 | 1 | high cholesterol/triglycerides | I am amazed to find all the people who have experienced hip/knee/ankle pain, and back pain, after taking Lipitor. It never occured to me that the pain began around the time I started taking Lipitor, when I was 36. I started to feel 40 years older with all the pain I experienced. Stopped taking 2 days ago, hopefully will see improvement | F | 40 | 4 years | 2/25/2005 | 1 | Cholesterol @ 269 | As posted previously (search on 269), I have been on a program of 12,000 mg. / day of vitamin C for three months in an effort to lower my cholesterol, and it is having a positive effect. My cholesterol has dropped from 269 to 240. I now have increased my intake of Vitamin C to 16,000 mg / day, and we'll see how this works out. ALL of the negative side effects of Lipitor have disappeared (only took 5 months), and I'm optimistic about the Vitamin C. | Be afraid, be very afraid. | M | 55 | 3 months | 2/24/2005 |