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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | High cholesterol | Aching legs at night, memory loss! Conversations go into tangents because I cannot remember names or places, very embarrasing. | M | 54 | 13 months 1X day | 2/6/2011 | 2 | high cholesterol | Excruciating lower back pain, radiating to kneee and sometimes foot. Also mid level back pain, chest pain, difficulty breathing, severe insomnia, anxiety and finally, depression. | My husband has been taking Crestor for almost a year. 5 months ago, the pains started and everything got out of control. he had a CT and MRI done and we were told that the pain came from herniated discs, which made sense. He then had two epidural injections for the pain but this didnt stop it and didnt stop the pain that traveled around to other parts of his body. In the meantime, the anxiety and depression and insomnia was getting steadily worse. NOW, after finding this forum today, I Realize that it is probably the crestor and we will stop it starting today. im almost in tears writing this and want to SUE his doctor for failing to warn us about this and am FURIOUS that my husband has just lost 5 months of his life due to this. i will post again to let people know what happens after he stops taking crestor. | M | 48 | 1 years 1X day | 2/6/2011 | 2 | High Cholesterol | After taking Crestor for 1 1/2 months, experienced heart palpitations, agitation and loss of temper in stores and workplace (new to me). Decided to see if others have these side effects. Seems to be the case. Will be talking to my doctor in a few weeks for other options. Diet doesn't seem to work. High cholesterol is my only risk factor for heart disease. | F | 49 | 1.5 months 5 mg 1X day | 2/4/2011 | 5 | high cholesterol | no side effects that I know of | F | 59 | 5 years 40 1X day | 2/2/2011 | 4 | high dangerous levels Cholesterol | not bad at all. None yet. It lowered my Cholesterol over 200 points. Now on 20 mg. Mom, Wed, Fri to lower it more. I am Diabetic and had a quad bypass in 2009. I am fine now. | F | 57 | 2 months 20mg 1X day | 2/2/2011 | 2 | high cholesterol | right knee gives out suddenly; charley horse pain in buttock; ache in right thigh; right knee joint pain; hard solid stools | Am I glad i went to this site. Goodbye Crestor. I was in near perfect health; taking allopurnol ( 10 mg daily ) for gout due to too much meat and booze. this crestor is not worth the pain. I switched to it from lipitor. Lipitor wasnt this bad. Will try nothing for a few months. Thank goodness I checked. I thought it was from lack of exercise. | M | 63 | 6 months 5 mg 1X day | 1/27/2011 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Joint Pain, Body Aches, Fatigue, Loss of Energy leading to Loss of Mobility and Excruciating Pain. I had to be rushed to the ER and spent a week in the hospital where I was diagnosed with an extreme case of Rhabdomyolysis (breakdown of muscle fibers)attributed to the Crestor. I could not move, or be moved my entire time in the hospital. The pain was more than I could bare. | After almost a year since my hospitalization and having undergone several months of physical therapy, I am still having problems with "very strange" pains in my lower back, groin and legs that come and go with no reason. These pains make it very difficult to walk, sit and/or stand at times. This is really taking a toll on my quality of life. | M | 45 | 2 months 10MG 1X day | 1/27/2011 | 1 | high cholesterol | bad muscle cramps | i stopped taking the meds after 30 days and been 4 months since i took any and i still have the side effects | F | 53 | 4 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 1/23/2011 | 5 | high cholesterol | I have not had any side effects at all in the four years I've been taking Crestor. | F | 54 | 4 years 20mg 1X day | 1/22/2011 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Itchy ears, stiff shoulders, stiff neck, extremely painful calf muscles - to the point I can hardly stand up. | I have been taking Crestor for 2 months now, and have been having the worst itch in both of my ears. I thought it was allergies, or an ear infection, but am now wondering if it is from Crestor usage. My calf muscles are so painful. I thought I had pulled a muscle running, but this pain isn't going away - it is getting worse. I can hardly stand up, let alone drive, or get in/out of the car. I quit taking Crestor yesterday, but it is too soon to tell any difference. I am feeling really unhealthy, and quite bummed out that I can't exercise anymore without crazy pain! I hope that in time these pains subside, and I can get back to a healthy lifestyle. The only positive thing about the Crestor was that it did lower my cholesterol levels. | F | 40 | 2 months 10 1X day | 1/22/2011 | 1 | diabetic with high cholesterol | Severe leg cramping, cramping in other parts of body such as chest, back, and hands. Have been off of any statins for two years and am still having side effects. Dr. does not agree that these drugs have anything to do with my muscle problems. I disagree. | I am so happy that I am not alone in the quest to outlaw this drug. I believe it has even longer term side-effects than are being recorded. | F | 54 | 40 mg 1X day | 1/22/2011 | 2 | Cholesterol High Ratio Bad | Headachy- maliase, severe depression, agitated easily | I know other people taking Crestor and have no adverse effects and are lowering their cholesterol. It just didn't agree with me. I was taking no other medications while taking Crestor, the only thing I can imagine about the depression was that I just ended taking aspirin for a year and a half?? The depression stopped approximately a week and a half after I stopped taking it. So did all the other symptoms. | F | 51 | 18 days 20mg 1X day | 1/21/2011 | 1 | HIGH LDL 160 | Horrible night time lower back and leg pain, muscle spasms, soreness and joint pain that would wake me up throughout the night..So no sleep! Got worse with time on drug. Could hardly get out of bed in the morning. I have never experienced anything like this before. Muscles feel as though they are atrophying. Got off of Crestor and went to doctor. Doctor said it will take 2 days to 2 weeks for symptoms to reside. | F | 53 | 4 months 10mg 1X day | 1/19/2011 | 2 | cholesterol | daily head ache, slight feeling of confusion, minor tigtening of jaw. | M | 43 | 3 weeks 10mg 1X day | 1/18/2011 | 3 | Raise HDL levels | I experienced muscle pain, lack of energy as well as short term memory loss. | M | 58 | 8 months 10mg 1X day | 1/13/2011 | 1 | High cholesterol | Extreme muscle pain after about a year. Pain like I've never experienced before, just agony all night long. Mostly in shoulders but would move around to knees, ankles, feet, fingers, wrist. Doctor said I had tendinitis and never even mentioned to me that it could be the Crestor he prescribed me. Had MRI's, US, XRay all showed nothing wrong. I spoke to my next door neighbor who is a cardiologist and he said I had statin-induced myopathy and I should come off of Crestor. That was yesterday. Now I'll wait and see if pain goes away. | Stay away from this medicine unless you absolutely need it. | M | 43 | 1 years 10mg 1X day | 1/12/2011 | 1 | high cholesterol | Muscle aches, problems with muscles giving out in my legs when I walk. One sided headaches. Worst was the hair loss. I started out on 20 mg and noticed slight hair thinning. Dose increased to 40 mg and half my hair fell out 3 months later! Scalp showing all over! | I've been on tons of cholesterol/triglyceride lowering medications, but Crestor is the first one that I've really had a bad experience with. It wasn't able to lower my cholesterol numbers either. My hair quit falling out after I stopped taking Crestor. | F | 50 | 2 years 40 mg 1X day | 1/12/2011 | 1 | high LDL & Triglycerides & Low HDL | Generalized m. & joint pain esp in back, chest, shoulders, hips. Shooting/stabbing sensations in feet&hands. Heart palpitaions | CRAP!!!!!!! | M | 62 | 3 weeks 20 1X day | 1/10/2011 | 1 | high cholesterol | itching, major naseau, severe body aches, no urination, chills | This drug should be banned, it's just not worth taking..... I thought I was having a heart attack and ended up in the ER | F | 67 | 3 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 1/10/2011 | 1 | high chloseterol | tingling and numbness in hands,forearms, calves and feet, depression, pain in hips... | The 20 mg once/week prescription was a last ditch effort by my doc after I had experienced adverse side-effects with Zocor and Lipitor statins. Never again. - Salt Lake City | M | 59 | 8 weeks 20mg 1X W | 1/10/2011 |