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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | to reduce Cholesterol | All over stiffness when I wake up. Muscle pain in neck, legs and feet, especially after standing for a couple of hours. I have had more headaches, but did not associate them with this medicine until reading other posts at this site. Often can't think straight, and have trouble remembering small things, like someone's name. Have trouble sleeping from my pain. Have chills, as if I have fever, but have not actually run any fever. I have had 75% of my thyroid gland removed several years ago, due to Hashimoto's disease, and take synthroid to regulate. I thought at first that maybe my Synthroid needed to be adjusted and visited doctor, but that was normal. Doctor sent me to rhuemotologist to see if I had an auto-immune disorder, and he believed I may have fibromyalgia. Now, I think it could all be related to Crestor. | My doctor initially started me on Lipitor, but had to stop due to elevated liver enzymes? He put me on Crestor which lowered my cholesterol from 268 to 150. But, I have decided to cease this medicine to see if these side effects go away. The side effects have now exceeded the benefit of the medicine for me. I will see my doctor about other ways to manage my cholestorol without statins. | F | 42 | 2 years 10 mg 1X day | 11/30/2010 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Nausea, depression, fatigue, a feeling of being in very poor health. | I don't know for sure if Crestor is the culprit here. I can say that before starting Crestor,I had a physical, and everything was perfect except my cholesterol was very high. I felt very well, but my doctor insisted on my starting Crestor.Before starting the Crestor, I had alot of energy. Now, I feel extreme fatigue and i feel like I want to throw up all the time. I don't seem to have the muscle pain most people complain of, but I do feel extremely ill. | F | 60 | 2 months 20 MG 1X day | 11/23/2010 | 1 | High cholesterol | Extreme pain from spasms in the buttocks, especially the left side. Increased weight when I had been losing weight, a total of over 50 lbs, then a sudden turnaround begining about 2 months after getting on Crestor. Increased back pain, neck and shoulder pain. Restless sleep so much so I would wake up in additional pain. Moodiness, high anxiety levels. I feel tired all of the time as well; probably from lack of sleep. Stomach and chest pains, and no, it's not my heart. | I stopped taking Crestor about 5 days ago and I am slowly seeing these side effects disappear. Now maybe the scale will stop going up and begin going back down. | F | 52 | 4 months 10mg 1X day | 11/21/2010 | 1 | High cholesterol | Extreme fatigue coupled with depression - could not drag myself out of bed | Tried a second time a monh later - same effect | F | 65 | 3 days 5mg 1X day | 11/20/2010 | 1 | High LDL | Ever since approx. day 2, even on this low dose, I have had joint pain in shoulders ,slowed thought process, and increased pain and weakness specific to left foot that has stopped me from walking even short distance, I cannot live this way, i must be able to exercise, I am going to stop, this is the last stain for me, and I have tried them all! | F | 53 | 6 weeks 5mg daily 1X day | 11/18/2010 | 1 | high choleserol | severe burning pain both legs, worse on right side, almost like a severe charlie horse. Affected walking,getting up and down from bed,chair car etc. causes limping. | cause weird dreams,rstless sleep,fatigue.Would not take again. | F | 69 | 14 days 10 and 20m 1X day | 11/17/2010 | 5 | High Cholesterold | Aches and pain | After aches and pain stopped taking it. My physician found out low Vitamin D deficiency will cause Crestor to give you aches and pain. Started taking Vitamin D and went back on Crestor. NO PAIN AND NO ACHES. HAVE YOUR PHYSICIAN DO BLOOD WORK TO CHECK YOUR VITAMIN D, IF YOU HAVE A VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY (LOW)THAT CAN BE THE PROBLEM WITH CRESTOR. ONCE YOU TAKE VITAMIN D, THE PAIN AND ACHES WILL STOP WITH CRESTOR. CHECK WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN FIRST BEFORE STARTING VITAMIN D. | M | 62 | 1 years 40 1X day | 11/14/2010 | 1 | slighlty high chlosterol | after 3rd day, I felt like I was wearing leg weights, nausea, no matter what I are I threw up, mood swings, from anger to tears at a moments notice, lack of any normal sleep, horrible nightmares, pain in mylegs, and arms., arms got so weak it was impossible to hold a few plates in my hands. I had such weakness I couldn't perform my job and actually went home one day. headaches, that continued, just general exhaustion and pain and each day a new symptom appeared. My blood pressure was up and down at a daily rate, my pulse rate stayed steady at about 120 even when I woke up, Nothing about this dug worked for me and I believe if I took it any longer it would have donegreat danger to my over all health. I am 5 ft 8, and weigh 144 lbs, and have been a heathy eater my whole life, what this drug did to me I would wish on no one! | I would advised everyone to avoid at all cost never to use this product, when I complained how bad I was feeling 24 hrs later In was given this advice by my so called caring doctor; I was advised by my doctor to half the pill, but who wants to feel half as bad. I had no problems till I took this drug, and on my own, stopped using it and and have felt great ever since. My new doctor told me simple diet changes would work and that's the route I'm trying at this time | F | 56 | 14 days 10 mg 1X day | 11/12/2010 | 4 | just a lille joint pain now and again but it took my nubers to 114/44 | its to much money but crestor will help if you need help also get 20 mg if you take 10 mg and cut them in half its the same price and you get 60 day supploy | F | 56 | 7 months 10 1X day | 11/3/2010 | 1 | High LDL | Muscle and chest pain, abdominal cramping, headache, explosive diarrhea, foggy brain, weight gain and total exhaustion. | I have been on 6 different cholesterol meds: Lipitor, Welchol, Simvastatin, Pravastatin, Livalo and Crestor. In addition, I have had to supplement with Co-Q-10 and Vitamin D just to compensate for the depletion from these meds. I have also tried, Gugu-lipids, Red Yeast Rice, Policosanol, Flaxseed, Oatmeal etc. The prescription meds are absolute poison! I, too, was worked up to rule out MS. Frequent labs, expensive meds, expensive tests...MRI's, CT's, frequent Dr. visits... All the pain and expense and life altering changes..because of Big Pharma. | F | 57 | 6 months 5 QOD 1X O | 11/3/2010 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Increased lower back, leg and foot pain makes it impossible for me to continue my walking regimen for weight loss and physical conditioning. The pain keeps me awake for hours. I thought it was an exacerbation of a back injury. After reading others' experiences, I know I'm wrong. Last evening was my last dose of Crestor. I'll take my chanced with an improved diet. What good is extending life expectancy if that life is lived in pain? | M | 56 | 21 days 40 1X day | 11/2/2010 | 1 | high chloresteral | I have had leg cramps, crazy dreams at night, can't sleep at night, can't get my brain to work-works in slow motion, bad attentions span, weak muscles, slow moving | F | 65 | 2 years .15 1X day | 11/1/2010 | 3 | Bypass surgery | I also have joint pain, primarily on my left side. It seems to migrate from my hip to my knee then to the groin area. Also my right shoulder seems to always ache. I was on Lipitor and used to get these awful muscle cramps so the doc changed my meds. I think he needs to change it again. | M | 47 | 1 years 40mg 1X day | 10/31/2010 | 3 | High cholesterol | Tremendous pain in knees and legs. Slight fogginess in thinking. | Crestor has worked in lowering my cholesterol. Wonderful. Hence the 3. It did what it was meant to. However, the pain it has brought to the joints in my legs, especially my left knee (weird huh?), has been so painful at night that it has almost brought me to tears. I have had MRIs, ultrasounds, blood tests, all show nada. In Australia, Crestor is affordable $32 a month but now I'm here in the USA, and of course have no insurance (I won't get into that), it's $170!! So, I am about to stop taking it and before I do, I wanted to do some research. Found this site and it got me to thinking. Maybe I don't in fact want this. I'm gonna ween myself off my last 6 tablets or so... then we'll see if this pain, almost like a burning sensation, will dissipate. I'll be stocking up on ginger, garlic, vitamin D and CoQ10. | M | 40 | 3 years 20MG 1X day | 10/29/2010 | 1 | borderline high cholesterol | Stiffness in legs. nausea, tired and listless, mind is fuzzy and depressed.Also, headaches similar to migraines. I will not continue to take this drug and see if I improve. And in addition I will let me dr know. It is not a good trip! | F | 59 | 3 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 10/29/2010 | 3 | High Cholesterol | I was experiencing fatique and muscle soreness and weakness. I thought I had Fibromyalgia so I went to a Rhuematologist. Immediately she said to stop the Crestor that my cholesterol lab values were fine. She said it could take up to 4 weeks for this to get out of my system and she will follow up in 8 weeks. I also have gained 30+ lbs even though exercising and watching my diet. I blamed this on my thyroid as I only have 1/2 of it left. After reading this site I realized it could be the Crestor because it is all abdominal fat. I stopped the Crestor today 10-28-2010. | F | 46 | 3 years 7.5mg 1X day | 10/28/2010 | 2 | high cholesterol | tingling feet and legs, some bad dreams, severe back pain | last week I could not walk due to a severe stabbing pain in my back that persisted and resulted in 3 days off work. So far no other effects, but I go for the blood test again next week...what ever the results, I think I'll do the diet/exercise thing more and take my chances the natural way. Glad I saw this site. | F | 60 | 1 months 20 1X day | 10/28/2010 | 1 | HIGH CHOLESTEROL | A great deal of muscle pain -- and I DO NOT mean tenderness, I mean pain! | F | 68 | 90 days 30 mg 1X day | 10/25/2010 | 1 | high cholesterol | horrific spasmotic leg pains at night that woke me up, crying with the pain. Charley Horse type spasms, usually just one leg but sometimes both. | had to quit taking it and it still took a couple months before the cramps really went away | M | 54 | 12 months 20 mg 1X day | 10/19/2010 | 1 | High level cholestorol | Pains all over body, fatigue, extreme mood changes, feeling of weakness and inability to function, anxiety | Took a week for symptoms to show, then pains and confusion hit. I suffer from Bipolar disorder, and after years of being fairly stable, I found that this drug sent me in to an emotional spin. I was anxious, angry, upset to the point of crying constantly and felt like a complete failure because my body just would not work and would not stop hurting. Stop using this drug straight away and talk to your doctor if you feel like this. There must be other drugs that the body can tolerate. | F | 39 | 9 days 1X day | 10/17/2010 |