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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | very high cholesterol | This medicine lowered my cholesterol to below 200. Wonderful. About 4 weeks ago I started having swollen glads under jaw. Went to Dr. My SED rate was 20 points higher than the norm. I complained about severe pain from the knees down and the elbows down. I could not hold a pen. Today I could not walk w/o pain. I found this site and I am so grateful. No more CRESTOR for me! | side effects outweigh the benefits. | M | 55 | 4 months 5 mg. 1X day | 4/3/2010 | 1 | To lower Cholestrol | Burning sensation in my chest and back. | Doctor said I had shingles inside of me..No blisters whatsoever anywhere..Had an upper GI and was diagnosed with rawness in my linings..Stopped taking Crestor on my own and started a new diet..Pain is gone and cholestrol is still low. It appeared Crestor had eaten me away over time. | M | 69 | 3 years 10mg 1X day | 4/3/2010 | 1 | family history of heart disease | irritability, flu systems, cognitive problems, frequent urination, weakness, loss of grip | M | 63 | 6 weeks 1.25 1X day | 4/2/2010 | 1 | Pre-Dibetes | All the side-effects everyone else has listed are TRUE. I have a very high tolerance for trying out medications (had disabling migraines) and I normally don't jump to conclusions but it has been 6 long months of hell. I didn't even know this site until tonight. And I am not one to just go along with everyone's opinion BUT--I WILL NEVER TAKE ANOTHER CRESTOR PILL. EVER. I have, however, through experiencing these side-effects--that through life-style changes (diet and exercise)(about killed me too!! is the cheap (almost free) way to go if at all possible. I would have not made the "change" had this medicine just miraculously worked. So in many ways thanks to Crestor--I am beating Diabetes. 1. Buy the book-"The 30-day Low Carb Diet Solution by Michael/, Mary Eades/MD-simple-easy to read-GREAT START. 2. The best money I spent was 2 sessions with a Diabetic Dietitian. 3. Hard to get going but walking has become a natural. 4. Empty the pantry get the | Do the right thing and change your life-style first. DO NOT take this medication UNLESS absolutely necessary. | F | 51 | 6 months 20mg 1X day | 4/1/2010 | 5 | high cholesterol | Worked well to reduce my bad cholesterol by almost half. Diet and excercise helped, but not nearly enough. This product gave good results with no noticable side effects so far. | The only problem with a web site such as this is that people are far more likely to respond if they have a bad experience. This doesn't reflect a random sampling of people using these products. If I went strictly by these ratings I would have been scared to even try any of these drugs. | M | 54 | 6 months 5 mg 1X day | 3/29/2010 | 1 | Simvastatin (Zocor) | 47 year old who works out (running, weights) every day. Noticed on Simvastatin sore shoulder joints; low labido; knee pain; achilles tendon weakness. Same issues with Lipitor which I took 10MG per day from age 40 to 46. Went on Simvastatin because of a job change where Lipitor was not covered. Thinking now with my 'new' job of switching from Simvastatin to Crestor but I know the deal. I been taking CoQ10 (100MG/day) to hopefully counter some of the muscle/tendon damage. If you have to be on a statin, be prepared for all the side effects. If living longer really living if you have all this pain, no labido, sleeplessness, etc..etc! I'm going to speak with someone this week about a holistic approach (red yeast rice, Questran, CoQ10, fruits/veggies, oatmeal, cherrios). | M | 47 | 1 years 40MG 1X day | 3/28/2010 | 1 | cholestrol of about 200 | in a fog, always exhausted, severe pain after walking or standing 20-45 min. fog lifted quickly after going off the drug. still tired and muscle pain has diminished some, but still cannot walk or stand more than 45 min without sitting. | my doctor did not warn me about any side-effects and she may not believe that the crestor is the source of my problems | F | 54 | 2 months 1X day | 3/27/2010 | 1 | high cholesterol | My most alarming side effect was the intense, deep pain in my hips that would wake me at nights and that 2 pain pills couldn't ease. Insomnia and muscle weakness in my buttocks and upper thighs. How strange! | My father-in-law was sent to Mayo Clinic before they discovered crestor was the culprit. I quit taking it without even seeing my doctor. | F | 68 | 60 days 5 1X day | 3/24/2010 | 1 | High LDL | First, excruciating pain in fingers at night which resulted in 2 large bumps on my palm which remain after 10 months off the drug. Next, muscle pain in both shoulders-right shoulder severe case of tendonitis which neeed months of physical therapy, then bicep pain. Finally felt itchy sensation in feet. | Primary Care Dr. denies Crestor is cause. Sent me to Rheumatologist who shrugged her shoulders when I asked the cause of my shoulder problems and changed the subject. Orthopedic Dr. says he never heard anyone relate Crestor to shoulder problems. Unbelievable to me doctors do not listen to the patients-I never had any problem with shoulders before Crestor. | F | 59 | 3 months 10mg 1X day | 3/24/2010 | 1 | high cholesterol | weakness, fatigue, confusion, dizziness, lack of good sleeping, frequent waking, pain in side, chest/heart pain, tingling in my arms. | This is a very dangerous medicine-I stopped taking recently and feel like my body is going through hell now, but better than before when I was taking it. Very tired and energy-less, I do not feel like myself anymore. Doctors should be very careful when prescribing this medicine. I hope I will feel better eventually. | M | 38 | 300 days 5 1X day | 3/22/2010 | 1 | Crestor | I have tingling in my hands when I wake up which feels like there's not enough skin on them and have to shake them to get the blood circulated. My first 20 or so steps out of bed I walk like a bent over 80 yr. old (I am 53) as my legs feel heavy and tingly. I have severe pain in my right wrist and between my hand and wrist so bad that I to put A535 rub on it and massage it constantly. It is weak to the point that I can;t grip and drop things. I have a pain in my right upper arm in the muscle that stops me from lifting and reaching in certain directions. My cholestrol is down to an acceptable level but the pain continues. I have trouble getting to sleep AND staying asleep. Does anyone know of a natural solution for hogh blood pressure, my DR. does not promote "natural" solutions. | F | 53 | 365 days 10 mg 1X day | 3/21/2010 | 5 | high cholesterol | none | M | 74 | 10 months 20 mg 1X day | 3/20/2010 | 1 | cholesterol 250+ | Bad taste in mouth, odd feeling in the area of the liver, difficulty thinking, nausea, broken sleep all night, tiredness. I stopped and feel like I am detoxing as symptoms are going away slowly. | M | 61 | 5 days 30 1X day | 3/16/2010 | 1 | high cholesterol | severe joint pain; lack of energy | I think I would rather have a heart attack than live with the pain that I have experienced from taking Crestor. I was working out 45 to 90 minutes every day but now am lucky to make it 30. There has to be a better solution to lowering cholestorol. I would rather give up pizza than take this stuff. | M | 50 | 5 weeks 10mg 1X day | 3/15/2010 | 1 | high cholesterol | muscle aches and pain. loss of muscle tone. I stopped and went went on a generic.(simvastatin). Have the same side effects. I told my Dr. I was losing muscle tone and he told him that is not possible, so I took the Crestor for a mo. and thought i was having the same symptons as before when I was on the Simvastatin, so I finished the Crestor and went back on the Simvastatin. I would rather die from High Cholsterol than not be able to walk. I hope the muscle tone will come back, but from what I have read I don't think it will. I have discontinued the Simvastatin and will not go back on any cholesterol medication. Something needs to change | F | 65 | 30 days 30 mg 1X day | 3/15/2010 | 5 | high ldl | i began taking 5 mg crestor. it seemed to scramble my brain. my memory was unbearable. i then cut it to 2.5 mg. at first it was ok and my ldl went from 150 to 99 in 3 weeks. after about 6 weeks i began having the same side effects plus anxiety. the results were so good that i then decided to cut it to 1.25 mg. i had another blood test 8 weeks later to see if it was working with such a miniscule amount. to my joy my ldl was 97 and my hdl 100. my side effects have disappeared. because of the strength of crestor the very low dose works just fine. for me, that is. hopefully this will help someone else | F | 62 | 4 months 1.25 1X day | 3/14/2010 | 1 | high cholesterol | After just several weeks, I feel like my personality has changed: depressed & anxious at the same time. Don't want to leave the house, which is unusual for me. Increased appetite, never feel satisfied. Even though eating causes heartburn I still feel the need to eat. I think Crestor is causing mental illness. Regarding physical changes: I have right lower back pain, a sore right knee, and headaches, but I have experienced those pains before so it might not be Crestor. But, you know, after reading the other posts, I think it might be Crestor causing these phyiscal ailments too. I'm convinced Crestor has caused my change in personality and so I'm stopping this powerful drug today. | My doctor didn't seem to know about Crestor possibly causing mental/mood changes and made me doubt myself. He asked, "maybe you're more stressed at work? at home? and so forth because he didn't believe it could be Crestor. I encourage anyone else experiencing changes in personality to stop Crestor immediately, get on good healthy diet w/ exercise, and see if personality goes back to what's normal for you. Then you'll know it's really Crestor. | F | 42 | 20 days 10 1X day | 3/14/2010 | 1 | Doctor wanted an office party | All the bad stuff you have read | I think Crestor killed my thyroid and I have not been the same since I was poisoned by it. I started it in 6 of 05, was very sick by 9 of 05, off of it by 3 of 06 and diagnosed with hypothyroidism by 5 of 06. I still have constant muscle pain and am fairly intolerant of the thyroid meds Don’t take it. | M | 50 | 7 months ? 1X day | 3/9/2010 | 1 | High Cholesterol | The only new things happening to the body are extreme cold all the time and I am having a tough time focusing my eyes while reading or on the computer. I do not have any other symptoms as described by other participants on this site. I will be speaking with my doctor after the weekend. | F | 60 | 10 days 20mg 1X day | 3/6/2010 | 1 | high cholesterol, stents | Muscle problems, fatigue, extreme hair loss, excema, abdominal pain. But the worst is that I have now been diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis! | I had a perfectly normal life until taking Crestor. I suffered while taking it and have been paying a heavy price even though I am now off of this. Autoimmune hepatitis is a lifelong disease which will severely impact the rest of my years!I would never take this again, or advise anyone else to take it! | M | 62 | 5 months 10 mg 3X W | 3/6/2010 |