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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | to lower cholesterol | I have not felt well since I started the crestor about 8 months ago. I have joint pain, muscle pain, my knee is swollen and stiff, my chest hurts, I have muscle cramping all night long. | My cholesterol went down significantly however I feel generally miserable. I feel as if I have become an old woman in the past year. Initially I blamed it on other things...menopause, injury, bad back, arthritis however after reading that other people has suffered the same downfall that I have I believe it is the crestor. I am afraid to stop it because it did lower my cholesterol however I am willing to try hard to control the cholesterol with diet so that I can feel better. | F | 53 | 8 months | 1/11/2010 | 1 | high cholesterol | Severe leg cramps, joint pain, left shoulder muscle pain. | Stopped after 3 days, cramps are gone however this was 6 mos ago and my left shoulder is still very painful and cannot place arm behind my back. Chiropractic visits now helping. DO NOT TAKE CRESTOR OR LIPITOR!! | F | 58 | 3 days | 1/11/2010 | 1 | My Lipid profile was flipped. | Weight gain due to dramatic increase in appitite. Leg cramps, so severe could not walk. It was like I was dehydrated after running. No Sex drive, and very stiff and sore joints especially in my hips. Bloating in stomach was horrible. | Starting taking Nicin time release and all symtoms have stopped. I even starting to lose the weight I gained. | 62 | 120 days | 1/8/2010 | 1 | high cholesterol | My right knee has been very swollen and achy since taking Crestor...now the right one is beginning to hurt. Also, I have headaches and nervousness like never before. I forgot to take it one night...the next morning my knee felt better. | Horrible side effects | F | 36 | 3.5 months | 1/7/2010 | 1 | lower cholestel - raise LDL | Neck pain, thumb joint pain, back pain, nausea & acid reflux, completely exhausted | I have been taking Crestor for the past 6 weeks. At about week 4 I noticed all the popping & joint stiffness along with leg cramps and total exhaustion. I had my blood work done this week, and although my cholesterol went down by 35pts, the HDL also went down and BP went up. Dr. said Crestor is to $$ for such mediocre results and all the side effects. No longer taking it but pain still persists. I have no hand strength and still very tired. | F | 62 | 6 weeks | 1/7/2010 | 1 | Lower cholesterol | Began having foot cramping( first the toes and then the arches) midway through first month. By week 5 severely dibilitating calf cramps. By week six upper leg as well as feet and calves. To the extent that I was bedridden and afraid to try to get out of bed in case another round of excruciating cramps/ spasms/ Charlie horses would begin again. It's bad enough having Fibromyalgia without the cramps being added along with nausea and vomiting. | F | 43 | 2 months | 1/6/2010 | 1 | heart stent | I was on Lipior for 7 months and experienced bad charlie horse cramps in my feet, toes and legs. Doctor took me off it and prescribed Crestor 10 mg 4 months later. After taking Crestor i experienced colligen loss all over my body, now I'm off Crestor because of this weight loss. 1ost 27bs, I weighed 130 lbs, now weigh 107 lbs...Doctor said the two drugs are in the same family, and told me to stop the Crestor....I have an apointment with him on 1/14/10 as a follow up...Has anyone experienced this? | F | 68 | 11 months | 1/2/2010 | 1 | HIGH CHOLESTROL | SEVERE BACK PAIN, SO BAD I COULD HARDLY WALK. | DR. HAS TAKEN ME OFF THIS MED. | F | 63 | 3 years | 1/2/2010 | 1 | High Cholestoral | Pain in lower legs, joints popping, pain in biceps, weak, by end of day barely able to walk up stairs due to stiffness in legs, sick feeling from time to time | Took for 3 days, stopping now. Feel like I have aged 15 years overnight. | M | 37 | 3 days | 1/1/2010 | 2 | hight cholesterol | I have been taking Crestor (10 mg) for about 6 months to lower my LDL. It works for that purpose, but my feet feel funny, like electrical shocks are in them and the bones in my legs ache. I get uncomfortable sitting and shift around a lot. The pain in my legs wakes me up at night. My legs especially feel tight and cramped and I feel as if I have to stretch them out, but that doesn't relieve the pain. I am an active person, walk regularly, and go to the gym, but lately, I've been feeling too tired and unmotivated to continue with gym routines. After reading about Crestor, I am going to stop taking it and see if my leg and feet problems clear up. And, I need to get back to the gym. | M | 53 | 6 months | 12/30/2009 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Feeling like walking in a daze or Zombie like. Head feeling tired and all muffled up, affected my breathing. Just not having felt myself or well at all since I tried this Drug. | Stopped using this Poison. Fix one problem and create another substantial one and on top of that you pay the makers of their Product (Poison) big Dollars for it. When you tell your Heart Specialist or Doctor what my experinces are with the Simvastatins or Astrovastatins; They just look at you as if you are imagening it all. I have been told by more than one Doc > that he never heard of such side effects. Rubbish!! They get kick backs for promoting this Crap. Billion $$ industry. Naturepath for me to see if I can avoid any of such Crap all together. | M | 55 | 2 years | 12/26/2009 | 1 | High Cholestrol - 235 | Extreme muscle aches, joint pain, lower back pain, elevated blood pressure 188/96 - memory loss, fatigue, hair loss, low sex drive, lethargy, loss of sleep, dry mouth, sore throat, | I think this is not a good drug for people who want to live a productive lifestyle. I just paid $40.00 for a two month prescription. However, after reading these comments I think its time to introduce the meds to my garbage can. I was on Vytorin which did not give me any side effects. Perhaps I will go back on the Vytorin. | F | 53 | 2 months | 12/19/2009 | 1 | high cholesterol and triglycerides | Shouler pain,Back pain,Tendons in feet,dizziness could'nt concentrate | I was on crestor for 2months and the pain became unbearable.My left shoulder hurt so bad.Then the center of my back in between my shoulder blades started aching.I had started a new job,and was under some training pressure,so I thought I was just tense.Well as the weeks went on I started feeling worse and worse.I had a hard time focusing and remembering things I had just learned.My back and shoulder hurt so bad it became unbearable.I started taking Ibuprophen,advil,alleve.Very little relief.My new boss was really putting the pressure on me and was not understanding at all.I've started seeing a chiropractor ,He says it could deffinitly be the crestor that started these pains.I have been off Crestor for 6 weeks and I am still having this horrible pain in my back.I had never had pain here before.It feels like nothing is helping.I put an icepack on it 3-4 times a day for 10 minutes.That helps a little.The next step is an MRI.We know what that means!Money,Money, Money!!I feel like taking Crestor has ruined my life!!I will be reporting this drug to the FDA.I think we all should!! | F | 48 | 60 days | 12/16/2009 | 1 | high cholesterol | severe joint pain, muscle weakness, muscle tingling, burning feet | Tried every statin known along with Zetia. I can't tolerate any of them. I finally caught an article on ABC News about Red Yeast Rice and CoQ10. Tried 600mg of Red Yeast Rice twice daily and 100mg once daily, have had no side effects and it brought my cholesterol down 86 points in two months. All liver tests are fine and no diabetes problems. I haven't modified my diet, but I have always eaten lots of fish and fruits. I know the Red Yeast Rice has small amounts of statins in it, but it has caused no problems. My PCP and cardiologist are very pleased. LDL and HDL numbers are both good. It costs me about $10 monthly for the two supplements. I did research this protocol extensively before I tried it. I also take 1 scoop of Questran at lunch. This also helps lower cholesterol Both docs say keep up what I am doing. | F | 68 | 10 days | 12/16/2009 | 2 | cholesterol reduction | Fatigue, muscle pains, shortness of breath. Cramping, strange dreams. | Be very careful; don't just take your provider's word for it! He's probably not taking it, you are~you're the one who has to live with the results! | F | 59 | 1 years | 12/15/2009 | 1 | high ldl | Cramping of leg and hand muscles. Pain in upper left quadrant of abdomen. Took it for 1 mth. Tests stated that it was eating away muscle tissue. Dr. wanted to lower it from 20mg to 10mg. I ceased taking it 4 days ago. Will go with diet and exercise. Still have some pain and lightheadedness. | M | 63 | 1 months | 12/15/2009 | 1 | Hi Cholesterol | I started out on Simvastatin and experienced Flu like symptoms after three weeks of use and my Cholesterol went from 236 to 190 and i was very pleased but quit because of the side efects and wanted something a little more user friendly, So my Doctor put me on 5mg. Crestor and after two days of use i experienced head aches, stomic pains, fever, nausia, sore muscles, I have decide to look in to some natural remedies and stay away from this crap. | I would not recommend this poisen to my worse enemy. | M | 55 | 2 days | 12/14/2009 | 3 | not yet HELP | do you gain weight? can you drink on this med? | F | 57 | | 12/9/2009 | 1 | Lower cholesterol | I took Crestor for about 3 years. After several months I began experiencing pain in both feet, ankles, and lower legs. I blamed it on exercise and aging. Over the past several years the pain increased to extreme. I felt like my ankles and feet were broken and the calf pain was as if the tissue were ripping from my bones. After cutting back on exercise I noticed that the pain didn't seem to be associated with exercise. Finally I stopped the Crestor and the relief was almost immediate. The pain never went away completely but instead of being agonizing, it was just dull, like a bruise. After 6 weeks off Crestor I only have bad pain in my left foot and calf. It is constant and at times severe. I limp now almost constantly. Still have the feeling of "broken bones". MRI, Doppler study, and x-rays show nothing. I am very frustrated. Going to a rheumatologist and will start physical therapy soon. | M | 56 | 3 years | 12/9/2009 | 1 | Cholesterol | Can anyone say how long the side effects (muscle & bone pain) last? | M | 56 | 3 years | 12/9/2009 |