CRESTOR Reviews (ROSUVASTATIN)Average Rating: 1.7 (1261 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CRESTOR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | High Cholesterol 300's | Back pain, sleep disturbance, feelings of despair, lethargy, energy loss, | Trouble with other statins, tried Crestor when chloesterol exceeded 300. Lots of aches and pain. Don't want to get up in the morning, can't sleep through night, lots of waking. Most alarming is the creeping up of multiple effects before one gets smart and stops taking it. When the feeling of despair set in I knew it was time to stop. Off only 3 days and much beter already. | 57 | 45 days | 7/20/2009 | 3 | HI CHOLESTEROL & TRIGLYCERIDES | PAINFUL LEGS, HARD TO TO WALK, NUMB HANDS OR FINGERS OCCASIONALLY, ACUTE GROIN STIFFNESS AND PAIN WHICH MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO WALK, STAND UP FROM A SITTING POSITION, SLEEP PROBLEM WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, NOT SURE. | VERY GOOD IN LOWERING MY CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDES. HOWEVER, AFTER MANY YEARS I BELIEV INSIDIOUSLY THE PAIN HAS INCREASED FROM THIS MED. HAD PREVIOUS LEG PAIN WITH PRAVACHOL BUT IT HAPPENED SOON AFTER STARTING AND I PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER AND WHEN I STOPPED IT THE PAIN DISAPPEARED. TRIED THIS AS IT WAS NEW AND "BETTER" AT THE TIME AND I HAD NO PAIN FOR A LONG TIME SO NEVER CONNECTED MY LEG AND GROIN ACHES AND STIFFNESS PLUS GRADUAL MUSCLE WEAKNESS TO IT. HAVE STOPPED IT TO SEE IF THE PAIN DISAPPEARS. CAN BARELY WALK NOW AND USED TO JOG,RACE WALK, ETC AND NOW OF COURSE WEIGHT HAS COME ON. WOULD RATHER LIVE A SHORTER LIFE THAN LIKE THIS. THIS IS NOT LIVING. | F | 65 | 4 years | 7/19/2009 | 2 | hyperlipidemia | Pain in all major joints. Getting dizzy. No energy. Dark urine and light colored stools. Noticeable bloating and weight gain mostly in my mid section. | Stopped taking Crestor. I gained seven pounds in the five weeks I was taking Crestor. I have never had a weight problem in my life. Between the weight gain and the pain I feel horrible. | F | 46 | 5 weeks | 7/15/2009 | 1 | High cholesterol | Extreme muscle weakness in my arms & considerable slowing of my speed of thought. | Those side effects after taking one pill. I went to back to the Doctor, advised of the problem, he said I should wait until I am feeling 100% and take another one, as he was sure I wouldn't experience such a severe reaction from one dose. Frankly I am pretty worried. | M | 33 | 1 days | 7/15/2009 | 1 | High cholesteroll | Dizziness, insomnia, lethargy, inability to concentrate, muscle pain, general malaise, weight gain. | I've been on this drug for nearly three weeks. Before starting Crestor, I'd changed my diet, joined a gym, and was losing weight. Now I'm gaining weight, feel like crap, and have trouble getting out of bed, much less going to the gym. This stuff may work for folks that are in desperate need of an immediate drop in their cholesteral level, but I am not one of them. I called my doctor this morning and told him I wasn't taking it any more. He suggested concentrated fish oil. Why the heck didn't he say that in the first place?!?!? I could have avoided feeling like I'd been mown down by a Mack truck for the past three weeks! I agree with those who say this is poison, and shouldn't be handed out like candy to anyone whose cholesterol level isn't desperately above normal. | F | 48 | 19 days | 7/15/2009 | 2 | Hyperlipidemia | Arm and Shoulder Pain. Really bad Anxiety. Numbness in hands, face, lips. Back and Neck Pain. Sinus pain. Dry mouth. Dizziness for long periods of time. Loss of sex drive. Head Aches. Weight loss. | I have a family history of high cholesterol. My father died of a heart attack at age 40. We have 7 kids in my family, and 5 out of the 7 have extremly high #'s. All in the 300's. The Youngest brother is 11 and his numbers were 345 before getting on crestor. Mine were 362. CRAZY. but crestor has helped tons. My numbers are now 185. It is helping, but the side effects are insane. | F | 23 | 3.5 years | 7/14/2009 | 1 | High Cholesterol | achy joints, bloating, lethargy, coughing | F | 49 | 2 months | 7/13/2009 | 1 | hyperlipidemia | nearly constant feeling like I have had the flu since I started it 3 months ago...a cough that won't go away, swelling requiring diuretics. Exhaustion! I haven't had any repeat labs yet, but I am not taking it anymore... | F | 49 | 3 months | 7/11/2009 | 1 | high LDL | It seems every muscle, bone, cartilage, tendon, ligament ached to the point where I couldn't sleep and had difficulty getting out of bed without help. Doctor had me on Pravachol and Lipitor before switching to Crestor indicating that Crestor was more effective and quicker acting. I had similar complaints about the other statins but not to the degree of pain I have experienced with Crestor. Doctor recommended I take 200mg CoQ10 daily but that didn't help. I have quit all statins vowing never again. | M | 73 | 30 days | 7/10/2009 | 1 | high cholesterol | stomach pain, muscle pains, memory loss, speech problems, weight gain, itching, leg spasms, headaches | Started feeling blah about 5 months ago. Just attributed it to menopause. But 2 months ago my right shoulder started to hurt, I mean a burning pain right in the joint. I thought I just worked it too hard. The pain not only got worse, but it started to travel down into my wrist. My whole right arm is now extremely weak. That's when I started researching CRESTOR. I quit 4 days ago. I'm still waiting for my arm to recover. | F | 58 | 1 years | 7/10/2009 | 1 | High Cholesterol | redness, swelling, loss of skin in mouth cracked tongue | F | 59 | 3 months | 7/9/2009 | 1 | high chlorestorol | Extreme flu-like symptoms, severe muscle fatigue, extreme short term memory loss, and nausea after only 2 doses... had to miss work due to these symptoms... Crestor made me feel like I'm 84, not 44!!! DO NOT USE CRESTOR!!! | I truly feel like I have been POISONED... I called my doctor after only 2 doses, and he put me back on Lipitor... all this because Lipitor raised my sugar a couple points, he switched my meds...DO NOT USE CRESTOR!!! THIS IS A HORRIBLE HORRIBLE DRUG!!! BTW, How long does this poison stay in your body??? | M | 44 | 2 days | 7/7/2009 | 2 | High Cholesterol | Hand tingling, possible anxiety and memory loss | Lipitor muscle aches were too much to handle. Tried Crestor and have no muscle or joint aches. Rode 18 miles on my bike yesterday, but after reading here I'm second guessing the idea of uswing Crestor. Actually having hard time finding the right words to write this comment. I'm going to re-think my use of the drug. | M | 55 | 2 weeks | 7/6/2009 | 1 | cholesterol | I was given Crestor for the replacemet of Lipitor 10 mg which I was taking last 7 years without any trouble. My physician change because he thought Crestor will increase my good cholesterol level. But from the day first I started having trouble, joint pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, memory loss etc. Still I took it I thought because of start it may cause these trouble and it will be OK. but Crestor worsen my situation and June 23 09, my physician change back to lipitor. I would not suggest any one to take Crestor. It has serious side effect e.g. increase pain, neck pain, muscle pain, back pain, memory loss, liver disfunction(my liver tested little problem). | Please rise your voice against CRESTOR and watch every moment your time if taking it. Becareful, before damage your body. Test with multiple DR. Check your liver. | M | 46 | 87 days | 6/28/2009 | 3 | Sample for chlosterol | Increase in depression, fatigue, mild headache in morning, nausea and bloating. Stayed in bed all day yesterday - just didn't want to go anywhere. Napped all day. | I am on Armidex, post breast cancer, so already have muscle and joint pain. This has not increased that pain at this point. | F | 50 | 2 weeks | 6/26/2009 | 1 | high cholesterol, 220 | Extreme joint pain, lethargy, depression, sleeping long hours, exhaustion, dizziness, felt like I was going to pass out, got to where I was foggy and couldn't concentrate or remember things. Makes it very hard to work, felt like I was 85 and walked like an 85 year old. Not ready for that. | I would rate this worse than a "1", I would recommend that no one take this drug. The extreme joint pain has involved most all joints. I wake up during the night with elbow pain, feet and ankles hurt when I get up in the morning, knees always hurt, fingers swollen, hurts to make a fist. I stopped taking about 1-1/2 months ago, came home today and took off shoes and feet are swollen, have trouble getting up off toilet or out of chairs or car. Doctor finally listened and did a liver enzyme test which was high, will repeat in about a week. Fogginess and extreme exhaustion seemed to clear up after a couple of weeks of being off of Crestor. | F | 53 | 3 months | 6/23/2009 | 1 | Cholesterol | 2nd time taking it - two years apart. Leg cramps, passing out, dizziness, anxiety...told doctor had bad reactions before...prescribed it anyway. He should have to take it! | I stopped taking immediately and plan to find new doctor. One who will listen!!!! | 49 | 6 days | 6/19/2009 | 1 | My mother started on Crestor 6 months ago. After about 3 weeks we noticed a change in her memory. Her short term memory was completely gone! She forgot to eat, forgot simple things, it was very upsetting. I asked her doctor about the side affects of Crestor, one being memory loss, and she said not to worry. But worry we did as my mother got worse and worse. She quit taking the pill and within six days she was back. She has the normal memory loss for an 85 year old, but not the kind of memory loss that she had when she was on Crestor. It is like night and day. My advice for children of aging parents, check their medications. Their memory loss may be the result of medications particularly Crestor. BEWARE | F | 55 | 6 months | 6/19/2009 | 4 | high cholesterol | Leg pain and neck pain. | My neck pain and leg pain has been livable till this week. Now the pain in my legs wake me up at night and I have constant neck pain. I stopped the 5mg of crestor yesterday. This is my 6th drug to lower my high cholesterol. I exercise and eat really good, so I will try a natural way. My high cholesterol is usually around 250 when not on one of these drugs. | M | 60 | 2 years | 6/18/2009 | 1 | high cholestrol | numbness in feet, muscles pains/cramps in arms, legs, neck, shoulder, & severe anxiety. Thought I was having a stroke. Have had MRI, CAT scan & heart scan - all normal. I quit taking after 3 years when I had a severe reaction. I felt like I was literally dying. A year later I am still suffering some side effects. | I have refused to take any statins for the past year despite Dr's warnings that the cholestrol will kill me. I just had a calcium test on arteries-O score. On 5/8/09, my cholestrol was 292. I began taking Mega Red fish oil & grape seed extract with resveratrol. On 6/13/09- my cholestrol was 233-59 pts lower in a little over a month!! My good cholestrol was up to 64. Try this combo if you can't tolerate statins & see if it helps. | F | 63 | 3 years | 6/16/2009 |