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 | Started on lipitor about 6 months ago. 2-3 weeks ago I went to MD with sore neck/arms (especially left) feeling of breathlessness and anxiety, feeling like something was going to happen. MD told me I was depressed and said Lipitor was not the problem. I decided to do some research myself and found this website. I immediately stopped taking lipitor a day ago and am experiencing weakness in both arms especially left. I am very jittery and tingly and itchy. I feel like I am climbing the walls. | This is a terrible medicine!!! I will never take it again!! It should be taken off the shelves!!! | F | 33 | 6 months | 10/3/2004 | 1 | Elevated cholesterol | Was on Provachol. Dr. switched me to Lipitor since he said it was more effective. After 78 days on Lipitor, I had constant low level pain in my butt and upper thighs. Strong pain would come and go randomly. There would be spikes of pain so severe that I felt like I would collapse. Would have to stop standing/walking and sit down for 5 or 10 minutes. | After I stopped taking Lipitor, the pain gradually subsided over a 9 month period. I was pain free for a few months, but the same pain has returned and has been with me for the past 5 months. I now wonder if this is a chronic pain condition. | M | 55 | 78 days | 9/30/2004 | 4 | M | 56 | 2 years | 9/29/2004 | 1 | High Cholesterol | I started taking Lipitor after my cholesterol climbed to 310. I Did not want to take it because I am a vegetarian, a health conscious person and dislike taking medicines, but my doctor, an endocrynologist, strongly recommended it. The first few months I was not aware of any side effects, but about a month ago I started to experience wrist pain, I thought it was my pilates class, but although I rested for 2 months from the class, the pain continued. Then about two weeks ago, I got very bad cramps in my toes, they curled down and the pain was terrible. About a week ago I was taking a bath and my muscles in my lower abdomen started to contract then the cramp got higher. I got scared that I was having something bad. After the cramps one night I had such tiredness in my left leg that I could hardly walk, I thought that it was my high heels that I had worn all day. Then 2 days ago I woke up with a swollen foot, it was very painful to walk. That was it... I suspected that it was the Lipitor and came to the internet and read the same side effects in a lot of people posting their experiences with this drug. I even thought that I had ALS since a friend of mine died of it. It is amazing the amount of people that also thought the same in this list. Thanks God for the Internet. I stopped taking this medicine 2 days ago, I hope that I can get rid of these effects and that they are not permanent. | I do not recommend it, unless it is life threatening and then only take it for a short time. | F | 57 | 9 months | 9/26/2004 | 1 | high total cholesterol | I had severe muscle pain and weakness after taking only a few doses of Lipitor. My legs were so weak and tired I could hardly walk up and down my stairs. I went off the drug for a few days and all the symptoms subsided. At my doctor's suggestion, I went on Lipitor again and experienced the same symptoms. This was with only a small dosage (I think it was 10mg). I could not function; I have never felt such weakness. I am now taking Zocor, which certainly has side effects, but I can function. | F | 29 | 3 months | 9/21/2004 | 1 | HIGH CHOLESTEROL | DEVELOPED LOWER BACK PAIN. FOR WEEKS ON END COULD NOT FUNCTION NORMALY. HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ACTIVE, WORKED OUT REGULARLY. AFTER 2 MONTHS ON THIS DRUG I FELT AS IF I HAD AGED 20 YEARS. HAD CONSTANT LOWER BACK PAIN. THERE WAS NO RELIEF. DID A SELF EXPERIMENT AND WENT OFF THE MEDICATION FOR A MONTH. VIOLA!!! I STARTED FEELING LIKE MY OLD SELF, OR SHOULD I SAY YOUNG SELF. | WILL LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATIVE MEDICATION. | M | 45 | 2 days | 9/20/2004 | 1 | high cholesterol | Extremely severe pain in right shoulder as if from extreme workout or injury(none which apply). Stopped taking lipitor seven days ago and still experiencing pain in shoulder and tingling and numbness down right arm radiating into fingers. | No more medications........will attempt holistic approach....vitamins C and/or niacin. | F | 41 | 7 days | 9/20/2004 | 5 | High Cholesterol | I took this drug a few years ago and went off it because my hair started thinning. This time around I am feeling very depressed, tired and nervous. I'm not sure if it is the drug, but I'm going to go off it to see. Oh, yes, the drug worked wonders on my cholesterol. Plummeted about 90 points in a month. | M | 51 | 3 months | 9/17/2004 | 1 | high cholesterol | recently wrote about my husband who was diagnosed with parkinson's--he stopped Lipitor 4 months ago, and began mega doses of coq10 -and other antioxidants and magnesium orotate- 4 weeks ago--memory problem has disappeared, tremor decreased to a minor | we think my husband's symptoms of parkinson's was caused by/brought on by Lipitor's lowering of coq10 and interrupting many other metabolic pathways within the body including selenium production. time is required to determine if reversal of symptoms permanent. Have received letter about a case of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis dianosis changed to | M | 60 | 4 years | 9/16/2004 | 1 | Decrease Cholesterol | Took for 5 years and thought foot pain was from bunion and hammer toe until I started to review side effects. Severe neuropathy, sensation of cold toes when they were indeed warm and at times I had severe burning of the feet, leg cramps, | It may have done an excellent job of reducing cholesterol, but it is important to have quality of life and I did not have that anymore. I WOULD NEVER TAKE LIPITOR (or any statin) AGAIN!!!!! | F | 58 | 1825 days | 9/15/2004 | 1 | high cholesterol | The very first day I took 20 mg of lipitor I experienced a severe headache and neck pain. I felt light headed and shaky. By the fifth day I felt flu-like and very sick. The headache was constant and only Aleve slightly helped it. I would sit with a heating pad for hours on my neck. On day 6 I called my doctor and he told me to stop taking lipitor. This is my 3rd day off the drug and I feel 90% better. I only had a slight headache and shouldar ache today. | There are sooo many people that take liptior and never have a side effect and they achieve wonderful results. I will never take it again. Now I don't know what to do about lowering my cholesterol. I really do not want to take another drug. I know my doctor will laugh at natural remedies and I do not know how to do it, but I will try. | F | 5 days | 9/15/2004 | 5 | High Cholesterol levels | Persistent triedness,loss of concentration,uncharacteristical moodiness,short term memory loss,light headedness(in a daze type of thing)unwarranted depression and the occasional thoughts of suicide,tightness and annoying stimuly type of feeling in the neck near the base of the skull,husky vocal chords. | I am so glad to have come across this Web page. Thank you!!! I was reading pretty much all of the ones listed and the patterns are obvious to my problems mainly being the persisten feeling of tiredness when i know i shouldn't be tired. The light headedness and often foggy vision, short term memory loss and the annoying thing of not being able to concentrate very well. Basicaly, feeling way out of myself. Many are sharing the same effects and I know now that I am not imagening them. I have been on Lipitor 40 mg. for some years now. It did help my reduction of highg cholesterol. It was also a gradual onset of all the above mentioned; This is | M | 49 | 6 days | 9/14/2004 | 5 | Lipitor | Refer to additional comments | It shouldread medication taken for 6 years rather than 6 day's | M | 49 | 6 years | 9/14/2004 | 1 | high cholesterol | blurred vision, muscle pain and weakness, fatigue, loss of stamina. | Within 2 days of stopping Lipitor I feel unbelievably better!!!! All negative side effects are gone. They snuck up on me insideously over a few months, so I mistakenly believed | F | 48 | 4 months | 9/14/2004 | 5 | high cholesterol | none | this med works like a dream. no side effects and it does its job. my cholesterol has been lowered substantially. | F | 46 | 6 months | 9/12/2004 | 3 | Cholesterol 239 | I have had muscle/joint pain, mainly in my arms which is very painful when I position them in certain ways; otherwise I am just | This works for lowering Cholesterol, but not so sure about the big picture. I hesitated going on it and now believe my original impression was probably correct. I am going to try something natural instead. The pain isn't worth it. | F | 48 | 4 days | 9/12/2004 | 1 | high LDL | terrible nightmares and insomnia, leg cramps, fatigue | F | 46 | 21 days | 9/9/2004 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Taking 10 mg. of Lipitor. Was getting some muscle aches. A few weeks ago, got severe intense left arm and shoulder pain. My MD (who did not want me to take it) diagnosed a rotator cuff injury (liver test came back normal). X-rays did not show a fracture & MRI did not show a tear. In the past 2 weeks the toes (esp. the big toe) on my left foot have started to twitch. This is really scaring me because my father had Parkinson's. Also, in the last couple of days, I have started to get pain between my shoulder blades. I have not had my cholesterol tested since I started taking it; but I am stopping it today. | It seems to work great for some people. But everyone should be very vigilant and check out any changes immediately. It is too easy to attribute a change to a pulled muscle or aging, etc. Thanks for this website. | F | 56 | 5 months | 9/7/2004 | 3 | Cholesterol | I have had several boughts of severe muscle cramps that lead to dehydration. I have had these while on Lipitor and Zocor. There is no way I can be dehydrated because I am now aware of the problem and drink water and gatorade consantly when I am outside. This site has been amazing to me. I am 37 and have been on statins for 13 years. Other than the cramps I also have fatigue, muscle twitching, foot pain (10 x-rays), and numbness and tingling in the hands and arms. | I went to the doctor last week about the cramps, and he took me off Zocor and I am going to wait and see how things are doing. The drugs do lower cholesterol. | M | 37 | 13 times | 9/4/2004 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Two days after starting the lipitor I felt like my insides were vibrating. I wasn't sure what caused it so continued to take the lipitor. I began getting very severe muscle pain in my left shoulder, arm and chest area. I was told by the doctor that I probably pulled a muscle. After 6 weeks of taking lipitor and constant pain and twitching I took myself off of the medication. I continue to have constant twitching and muscle aches in my legs but I've learned to deal with it. I've been off of the medication about 2 months and I'm still waiting for it to improve. | F | 42 | | 9/2/2004 |