CRESTOR Reviews (ROSUVASTATIN)Average Rating: 1.7 (1262 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CRESTOR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | HDL/LDL ratio bad | Brain Fog, disorientation. | Scarey experience. Would like to know exact cause of side effects | M | 52 | 45 days 5 MG 1X day | 7/8/2010 | 1 | High cholesterol | Who needs death panels when we have Crestor? Just a few weeks on this stuff nearly killed my 83 year old mother. She became so weak that she could not lift herself up from a chair. After rolling off of her bed, she became trapped in her comforter and almost died from heat and dehydration. Thank God I found her and called 911. After 2 days in the hospital, she is still too weak to even crawl onto her bed. Before Crestor, she was walking to the market by herself. | F | 83 | 22 days 10 mg 1X day | 7/6/2010 | 2 | Severe constipation. Although, Crestor has worked well, I can no longer deal with the constant constipation issues. I'm going off it. If I don't take Crestor for a week or so, my digestive system works beautifully. | F | 62 | 2 years 10 4X W | 7/5/2010 | 2 | High Cholesterol | Unbearable heartburn and acid reflux | I am not sure if this medicine helped my cholesterol. I could only take it for ten days before the side effects became unbearable. I have controlled GERD, thanks to Prilosec, but with Crestor, my acid reflux and heartburn was out of control. I simply could not eat or drink anything without extreme pain. Thankfully, my doctor has called in another medicine for me to try, hopefully, without these side effects. Crestor may work for some, but not for me. | F | 28 | 10 days 10 mg 1X day | 6/28/2010 | 5 | High cholesterol | None. | My total cholesterol level was lowered by 117 points. This pill was the only change I made to my diet/exercise routine. | F | 50 | 70 days 30 mg 1X day | 6/23/2010 | 4 | high cholesterol levels | None, fortunately. I was previously on Vytorin and experienced muscle aches, so my Doc switched me to Crestor. | M | 50 | 3 years 5 1X day | 6/21/2010 | 2 | High Cholesterol | Thank God I haven't experienced any of the severe side effects that I have read on this board. However, Crestor makes me feel very jumpy most of the time and my thinking is not very clear at times. The jumpy feeling is similar to having had way too much caffeine (which I long ago cut completely from my diet) or not having eaten in a long time. I don't like the feeling at all! | I have lost 22 pounds in two months through eating properly and regular exercise. In a month I will get my blood tested and if my cholesterol levels are down, I will go off Crestor for good. I have proven in the past that I can control my levels through diet and exercise. Giving up sugar and fatty foods and adding regular exercise into my routine are small prices to pay compared to the side effects of Crestor. | M | 45 | 27 days 10 MG 1X day | 6/21/2010 | 5 | High LDL | No side effects, whatsoever! As I am of Asian descent, my doctor started me on this dose. I also decided to take two 60 mg capsules of Coenzyme Q10 starting with the first tablet (I did not want to wait and find out!). My February blood test indicated LDL level of 150. Last week, my test revealed a reading of 52! | I am very pleased! I feel no different from before I was taking the drug. However, next week,I am going for a blood test to determine my liver enzyme and Creatine Kinase levels, which would eliminate any doubts of potential side effects. | M | 57 | 90 days mg 1X day | 6/18/2010 | 2 | control cholesterol | gastric/bowel upsets. Flatulence+++ No big drop in cholesterol | M | 68 | 2 years 1X day | 6/16/2010 | 1 | To increase hdl | Severe pain in both knees & right shoulder pain. Weakness. | M | 41 | 2 months 40mg 1X day | 6/14/2010 | 1 | high cholesterol | insomnia, muscle aches uper arms, burping, mild nausea, mild headache, unexplained depression feelings,muscle weakness | tested ldl went from 4.1 down to 1.7, hdl from 1.0 to 1.45. stopped crestor, everything went back to normal within 4 days,excpet the nausea which took another week to subside. stayed off statins for 2 weeks, started again 5mg per day...its been 3 days and I have insomnia AGAIN and burping, and a mid headache. I am perfectly health otherwise bp 100/60, bmi 21, resting heart rate 40 bla bla low GI diet, plenty exercise cannot go on like this. | M | 46 | 23 days 20mg 1X day | 6/5/2010 | 1 | lower cholesterol | After being taken off Lipitor due to muscle pain in both shoulders I was switched to Crestor 5mg about a year ago. Then 4 months ago dosage was upped to 10mg and gradually developed muscle pain in both calves,culminating in intense pain and severe cramping. | Otherwise very healthy and active, and run once a week four to five miles and weights once a week. Only muscles affected on Crestor were calf muscles, and only after dosage increase. | M | 50 | 1 years 10mg 1X day | 5/29/2010 | 2 | Cholesterol is High | I have had unreal pain in my legs, hands, knees, ankles, shoulder and feet. It has become a struggle to go up and down the stairs. Doctor is pushing this medication even though I had taken Lipitor previously, and it was damaging my liver. It took my liver 1-1/2 years to go back to normal. My liver enzymes are rising slightly and I have agreed to use it for one more month and if they rise anymore, I am going off the crap. It was good to read that others have the same discomforts that I have. This way, I don't feel like an oddity. I did tell the doctor that I did not want to take 20 mg everyday, so he told me that I could cut the pill in half and take it every other day. I would hate to think what would happen to me if I took 20 mg. every day. On top of everything else, it costs me $49.00 co-pay a month for this junk. | I am sure that there are people who can take this medication and not have adverse effects. There has to be a safe way with which to control cholesterol. Statins seem to have adverse effects on a lot of people. | F | 69 | 20 mg 1X day | 5/28/2010 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Started with 5 mg which did not lower my cholesterol level. Dr. doubled the dose to 10 MG and shortly thereafter I started experiencing symptoms including: stomach pain, diarrhea, arm pain, nausea, weakness, fatigue, dehydration, shaking, dark brown urine, pale stool, bloating. Ended up in intensive care to rehydrate and get oxygen. Liver function tests have improved slightly, but it is still swollen. | This is a horrible drug. If your doctor tries to prescribe it to you, just say "NO". | F | 46 | 14 days 10 MG 1X day | 5/28/2010 | 3 | both Cholesteral are high: genetic | shooting pain and electric like heat on a palm sized area in middle of right calf. Odly, only when it touches an inadimate object of any kind. Not while laying down while doing sit ups. daily tred mill fast walking. | F | 48 | 25 days 20mg 1X day | 5/27/2010 | 2 | lower cholesterol | I got yellow sores on the underside of my upper lip. I quit taking Crestor and they immediately disappeared. | M | 55 | 10 days 10 mg 1X day | 5/26/2010 | 1 | High Cholesterol (not extreme) | I'm a healthy 25 year old apart from my cholesterol, which is a hereditary condition, not one caused by circumstances. Ever since Crestor I've had Weakness in muscles, fatigue, can't think straight, pain in the lower right part of my abdomen, mood swings, depression and more. | Was on Lipitor before but it was doing slight liver damage so doctor prescribed Crestor instead. I don't recall ever feeling like this on Lipitor. | M | 25 | 4 weeks 20MG 1X day | 5/26/2010 | 2 | Lower LDLs mainly | Can't sleep without sleeping pills. Flushing redness in face and neck from time to time. Numbness in hands at night sometimes. Verylow sex drive. | I am trying to determine if it's crestor, lisinopril, or HCTZ that's causing this. Crestor has lowered my ldls to a good level but trigs have risen since I went off tricor. I was taking zocor and tricor last year with no real side effects but LDLs were always high. My life changed when I told my doc of shortness of breath. He put me on metoprolol for HBP and my body was going crazy with flushing in faceand neck and spiking BP. Did a body scan and found out I had 50% blockage in a couple of arteries. So doc wanted to get my ldls lower by switching to crestor. I am still having flushing issues throughout day , not sleeping without pills, and very low sex drive. Although I am not married labido is still important at age 52. Does anyone else have these flushing problemswith Crestor? | M | 52 | 120 days 20 1X day | 5/25/2010 | 1 | familial cholesterimia | I've had extremely high liver enzymes for 2 months. I stopped taking Crestor when the first lab results came back. After a month, I underwent a liver biopsy. The pathologist says that it is "drug induced hepatitis" with lesions commonly seen with Crestor. My enzymes are slow to fall but are coming down from 900 to 550. Normal for me was 24 before Crestor. I am absolutely livid at what I've gone through the past few months. Major discomfort due to a swollen liver, extreme fatigue, fuzzy headed in the morning, and fear as the enzymes climbed. Still going through tests as the liver is still inflamed but getting better. My husband took Crestor a couple of years ago and was involved in a study. He had to stop as he had extreme muscle pain and fatigue. | F | 65 | 8 months 20 1X day | 5/25/2010 | 1 | Type 2 Diabetic/High Chol & Trig | After 6 months, developed severe pain in both knees. Pain woke me from a sound sleep; could not walk. Went to several knee docs. Diagnosed with "pseudo-gout." No doc ever diagnosed the pain could be from Crestor! Last month, needed to be taken to ER. Thought I was having a stroke. Couldn't move my legs or lift my right arm without severe pain. Again, said it "could" be arthritis. Nothing ever shows up on MRI or x-rays. I'm going off Crestor! | F | 55 | 1 years 10mg 1X day | 5/25/2010 |