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 | Cholesterol slightly elevated only | A lot of muscle soreness very tired and a lot of fatigue | All in all I feel like I have the flu every day | F | 63 | 31 days 10 | 4/19/2018 | 1 | Cholesterol | Though on low dosage, this drug reduced cholesterol but side effects were not worth it. This drug (as all other statins) are POISON to our bodies. Experienced severe muscle weakness and severe toe pain. Overall body/muscle body aches. | Tired plant sterols but DR indicated cholesterol levels were high but this drug was not for me. Have been on 4 different types of statins - all have eventually proven to weaken my muscles and caused toe cramping. | F | 67 | 3 years 5 mg 1X day | 1/10/2018 | 1 | 1 stent CAD | high liver enzymes, pains in arms, legs. | After using Lipitor for 2 years I stopped it in may 2017. Oatmeal every other A.M. whole grain cereal in between. Fruit, vegs AMY's LENTIL SOUP 3 x a week to naturally lower Blood Pressure. No salt.no sugar, no soda, no alcohol, no smoking no Pizza.I exercise twice daily. fish, 4 caps pumpkin seed oil 1000mg daily. I drink only Decaf Coffee and Decaf Tea. Pomergranate juice and Beet juice twice weekly. Total cholesterol:185, HDL:65 LDL:100 trigs:85 . Liver enzymes in normal range. Doctors response to blood work was: FANTASTIC!. No Lipitor since may 01, 2017. I feel pretty good. | M | 74 | 40 mg 1X day | 11/23/2017 | 1 | Very high cholesterol | very very hungry all the time even if I ate something | F | 62 | 1 days 10 MG 1X day | 9/7/2017 | 1 | High cholesterol | I have been having UTI SYMPTOMS off & on for the last year. My GP & Urologist cannot figure out what is wrong as I have no infection, just burning in the vaginal & rectal area. This last week, my muscles are killing me (can hardly move), have a headache & I am physically exhausted. Going off statins as the side effects I have are not worth taking them. My cholesterol is not that high, but seeing my doctor on Monday August 38, 2017. | I take Atrovastatin. | F | 78 | 4 months 10 | 8/24/2017 | 1 | Very high cholesterol | Terrible back pain. Chiropractor treatments didn't work, finally realized maybe it was from the Lipitor. But my Dr argued that it wasn't that, because only a small percentage of people have that side effect. So he had me stop taking it and see what happened. My back pain soon quit. | Then he made me start it again, stillnot convinced, so I did, and the back pain returned. These Drs use the small percentage of side effects listed, but never report any when they see them in their patients! | F | 70 | 60 days 20 mg 1X day | 8/4/2017 | 1 | Heart Attack, high Cholesterol | Ok, had my heart attack when I was 50. After stents, Cardiologist prescribed me 80mg Lipitor. Never used before, so was new to this drug. Thought my deterioration in health was due to my heart attack, was somewhat frustrated in how just seemed to be getting worse. Decided two weeks ago STOP the Lipitor. Update 01 Aug 2017. Results are in. Anyway, now feel much, much, better. Some suggestions, I did, which may help others. 1. Quit smoking (10 month now). 2. Quit Drinking - Full stop, No Alcohol at all. 3. Quit Soda's and soft drinks sugary type. Occasional Diet drink, though very seldom. 4. Quit Dairy products, will try and avoid as much as possible. 5. Try to avoid processed foods, snacks, ham/turkey/sausage, cheese, crackers, cookies etc. 6. Changed diet from almost 80% meat to now 90% vegetarian. Minimal consumption of cooking oils. 7. Reduced food intake to 1 x meal per day. Fasting between meals. Desert is fresh fruit. 8. Drinks are water/soda water with slight taste flavour added. 9. Exercise, for me about the same. LDL: +10% Triglycerides: -40% HDL: +16% | M | 51 | 6 months 80mg 1X day | 8/1/2017 Patient History | 2 | Cholesterol and Trigs High | After one week of taking 20mgs at bedtime my Marine woke up with bad pain in legs/hips. He is combat wounded but this is unlike any of his injury pain. He doesn't use pain meds much but we keep them on hand for the bad days and he rarely never takes A full dose of his pain meds but today he requested one he has been uncomfortable all day I believe this is a side effect of Lipitor and plan to call his primary care doctor on Monday he could hardly walk or stand up in addition we have pain in his lower legs but again unlike the pain he has do to combat injuries | Cholesterol 249. HDL 25. LDL 141. VLDL 73. Cholesterol HDL. 9.6. Trigs 365 Eats very healthy. No fam history of cardiac issues. | M | 43 | 7 days 20mgs | 7/15/2017 | 1 | Stent CAD | Short time memory loss, pain in arms, rise in liver enzymes. | June 2015 found to have C.A.D. after 5 day stay at hosp 1 stent and put on 40 mg Lipitor.Tablet was cut in half after one year but blood test still revealed high liver enzymes, on may first I did not renew my 40 mg Lipitor instead went on strict oatmeal , veg , fruit, low fat, low salt, low sugar diet. 30 days later the results of blood test were: total chol 142, LDL 67, HDL 67, RDW down to 14.1% from an off the chart 16.9% . I do not eat fried foods or fast food. I limit my steak intake to two times a month. I do 20 minutes on tred mill every morning and 10 minutes in afternoon. I only eat eggs no bacon on sunday morning.Trigs went from 67 to 87 but still way below and in the ideal range lower than <150 g/dl. Thank you | M | 74 | 2 years 40 mgt 1X day | 6/16/2017 | 1 | High cholesterol | Severe fatigue, muscle weakness, arthritis;Gia, myalgia, fever, brain fog and cognitive/memory issues | Sever symptoms flared up 9 months after commencing statin. My doctor spent last 3 months exploring other reasons for symptoms (sleep apnea, stress disorder, etc). Finally saw a rheumatologist and he asked why no doctor has yet suggested that I stop taking the statin. I'm in Day 2 of cold turkey and can already feel a bit stronger and reduced pain.my primary care doctor, who prescribed the statin, never brought up the statin as cause of my symptoms - and instead looked for exotic reasons. I've fired him! | M | 60 | 12 months 40mg 1X day | 5/13/2017 | 4 | Cholesterol at 311 | Was put on 20mg of generic lipitor. So far so good. All i have is some stomach pain (but i have GERD), and a very mild headache. I was nervous at first to take because all of the negatives i have read. But everyone is different and can work for you. I would rather deal with slight side effects then have a heart attack or stroke. I go for lab work in June. I will update then. | Also on antidepressant and anxiety meds and no interaction. | F | 37 | 8 days 20mg | 5/1/2017 | 1 | high cholesterol | Started with radical personality change. One month later, weakness, severe back pain, sleeplessness, | I am nearly 70 and am writing this for my husband. He had been taking Atorvastatin for 10 months when all hell broke loose 4 months ago. Our doctor has run every test possible, the last being an MRI last week with no negative results. I have taken her so many articles about the side effects and she will not listen to me. The final straw was when she wouldn't excuse him for jury duty next month, knowing he spends half of his day in bed, because there is not a "medical diagnosis". I was flabbergasted! I thought I had determined most side effects until I read about the personality changes that may happen. We had been arguing quite often. He would leave, not tell me where he was going and sometimes be gone for 6 hours. Two weeks ago, he wrecked our car. So now, doctor is insisting he see a neurologist and that we separate. I guess we're on my own now. She said he could quit cold turkey (I told her that) 6 weeks ago, then told him not to take anything else till we find what the problem is. I immediately had him start taking COQ10, with Ubiquinone and a B Complex vitamin on top of the normal vitamins and supplements he takes. I have ordered Chlorella for him to detox, on advice from a cousin :). We live in Alaska and will be selling our home and moving, as I can't take care of the winter and summer chores by myself. Our lives have been turned upside down and then to realize our doctor does not believe the statin has caused his problems is heartbreaking and fr | M | 65 | 20 mg 1X day | 4/20/2017 | 1 | High cholesterol | I feel awful, I've gone from being an energetic person to very tired. Lower back pain, pains and aches in hands and calves. Body feels stiff and sore, tingly at times. Forgetting mid sentence what I am talking about. Can't think through times and what I'm doing, when. Sore stomach, diarrhoea, periodic neck pain, strange sensation in my teeth, extra emotional than usual. Work has been a struggle this week, required time off as I can't cope a whole day. I will see my doctor tomorrow, I can't and won't continue like this. | F | 53 | 6 days 10 | 4/12/2017 | 1 | On advice of medical practitioner | Severe and disabling muscle weakness. Diagnosed by muscle biopsy as statin induced necrotising myositis. Weakness has continued for 2 years after stopping the statin. Various treatments are relatively ineffective. This drug has ruined my life, wrecked my retirement and compromised my family life. | This drug has caused permanent, severe and irreversible damage to me. | F | 60 | 6 months 40mg 1X day | 4/6/2017 | 1 | Am panic attacks, severe am anxiety, pounding in ears, disorientation in am, muscle pain, itching, hives, constipation, limited urination, burning, irritability, personality change | Stopped..felt better. Dr put me on 10mg..am anxiety highly increased..ears pounding, itching. Stopped..10 days later symptoms reduced but am anxiety and pounding still strong | F | 69 | 7 months 20mg | 3/26/2017 | 1 | Cholesterol | Fever, chills, muscle and joint ache, my whole body hurts. I'm very shaky and rapid heart rate. | F | 57 | 4 days 80mg 1X day | 3/21/2017 | 1 | High cholesterol and triglycerides | Two pronounced side effects: - Constant lower left back (flank) pain radiating to front - Sharp burning muscle pain when stretching, especially chest muscles. | Stopped taking Lipitor and symptoms disappeared within a week. | M | 47 | 60 days 10 1X day | 3/14/2017 | 2 | Apparently genetic ldl | Bloating , gas/wind, one day loose bowels one day constipated brain fog broken sleep waking for frequent toilet stops even if I didn't drink late backaches ... | Basically after reading all these reviews I feel very lost and upset that doctors cannot approach a more natural method with vitamins diet exercice etc but look to follow their banks accounts ... each person is different all bodies are different we can't all be taking the same medication for one problem and have another 10 or more problems to contend with ... even though my parents have high cholesterol they are stress heads and my brother and sister had high ldl levels also and chose to go on strict first and exercice and take fish oil etc etc so that's what I'm going to do ... | F | 49 | 3 days 20mg | 3/1/2017 | 1 | High cholesterol | 2 yrs neuropathy, 3 yrs atopic dermatitis, short term, 4 yrs severe short term memory problems all of a sudden, | Thought it was just old age until reduced to 20 mg the increased again to 40 when severe short term memory problems occurred. Then I realized the severity- I should have not been driving. Discovered on my own that my thyroid t3 had bottomed. Increasing t4 had no affect. On 60ug t3 now. Still recovering. Lipitor is a Med of mass distruction and should be pulled. | M | 74 | 5 years 40 1X day | 2/26/2017 | 4 | high cholesterol | none | So I read a lot of super negative comments on here which made me really nervous about taking but I am going on day 4 and have had literally zero side effects. I know it is early but I am optimistic that it will work and I will come out of this side effect free. i'll post again after my follow up with the doctor. | M | 38 | 4 days 20 1X day | 1/26/2017 |