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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CRESTOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | High 225 | Heart racing 140-180 sitting, unable to walk, unable to pick up anything over 3 lbs. Landed in Hospital, experiencing Heart Attack systems. Held for 1 week because couldn't stabalize heart rate. Now being tested for damage to heart due to Echo's showing strain and loss of flow from heart. This drug should never be prescribed to anyone! | F | 45 | 35 days | 2/9/2009 | 1 | High 225 | Heart racing 140-180 sitting, unable to walk, unable to pick up anything over 3 lbs. Landed in Hospital, experiencing Heart Attack systems. Held for 1 week because couldn't stabalize heart rate. Now being tested for damage to heart due to Echo's showing strain and loss of flow from heart. This drug should never be prescribed to anyone! | F | 45 | 35 days | 2/9/2009 | 3 | Lower cholesterol | I have been on and off this med for 4 years. This well may be the drug that makes me feel 100 years old. I use to zip thru the house and now it is an effort to get up and move. Yes, I have gained weight but God only knows why? Meds? I eat less now than I did 4 years ago. I too have chest discomfort and back pains and feel like I have been rode over by a Mack Truck. I do know that it can bring my cholesterol down to 160 but if I do not take it for a month..it shoots back up to 200 and my cardio has a hissy fit wanting to add 500mg of Niacin. I have 4 heart stents and CT scans show all heart arteries with scattering of calcium. Just don't know if I should live like a veggie with this med or quit taking it and die sooner. Hmmm! | F | 66 | 4 years | 2/5/2009 | 3 | high cholesterol level | uncharacteristic fatigue, muscle weakness and aches and pains; short term memory problems; and changes in sleep patterns. | Was on Lipitor 80 mg daily with marginal success. Doctor switched me to Crestor 10 mg daily and cholesterol levels dropped significantly (100 points) from 280+ levels. All blood work "normal" but I don't feel like myself anymore. | M | 52 | 5 years | 2/3/2009 | 2 | High cholesterol | Began taking Crestor in July of 08, by November I began experiencing upper chest soreness above my breastbone. I attributed to my swimming regimen, so I discontinued swimming. I began to experience acid reflux, nausea and weight loss..lossing 9 pounds in 2 months. I do have a hypothyroid and am on a hormone supplement. My meds were changed to prevent further weightloss; however, I continued with the chest pain which my doctor diagnosed as inflammation of the cartlidge between my chest bones and recommended Aleve. Sure Aleve helped with the discomfort, but I have no intentions of taking Aleve everyday. I have discontinued the Crestor and my acid reflux has subsided along with the nausea;however there continues to be faint discomfort in my chest. | F | 37 | | 2/3/2009 | 2 | Peripheral Vascular Disease | Persistent low grade headache, becoming more severe on waking in the morning. | My cholesterol has not been high for over six years - current ratio is 4.8. However statins are recommended for PVD sufferers as a means of reducing further plaque deposits and possibly dissolving existing ones. Throughout my whole life I have hardly ever suffered from headaches but after only two weeks on Crestor 10 mg I was having mild headaches all the time and started to have very bad headaches in the mornings. I stopped taking Crestor three days ago and the headaches have almost gone. I am going to see my doctor tomorrow to see if he can suggest an alternative drug | M | 68 | 14 days | 1/29/2009 | 1 | Lower Cholestorol levels... 5 mg. | Shoulder Blade and Shoulder Pain. Beginning in left shoulder first and now both shoulders. | Have been taking 5 mg. of Crestor daily for about 18 months. Began having left shoulder pain after about 8 months, but did not relate it to the Crestor. Now have pain in both shoulders, and shoulder blade area of back. Enough to keep me awake at night even after taking about 3 or 4 Ibuprophen every 4 hrs. I am now going to stop taking the Crestor and see if things improve. | M | 66 | 18 months | 1/28/2009 | 3 | High cholesterol | Back pain, extreme stomach pain and constipation | Prescribed 10mg, reduced to 5mg still with unbearable side effects. I have read an article that 1mg to 2.5mg is enough for some people, I will try a lower dose. | M | 40 | 1 months | 1/27/2009 | 1 | protect cholesterol levels | Numbness in hands and feet, early onset perceived as cramps / charley horse in calves, large leg muscle weakness started 12 months ago and became more acute leading to legs so weak couldn't walk to mailbox, got winded walking up stairs, endured several falls. I am a long time athlete and avid golfer and have watched my physical abilities degenerate enormously. My lab tests are "all" on target but I feel terrible all the time. | I noticed problems early on but my doctor insisted they were related to other things than meds. Aging, developing arthritis, diabetic neuropathy (even though glucose is low normal), cramps due to dehydration (I consume nearly 2 liters of water during a round of golf). I've seen a Neuro Specialist and he says I'm normal so I had a very direct meeting with my Family Practitioner after researching Crestor and advised I had stopped taking Crestor. We did more lab tests and guess what? All of the results were normal, again. In about 4 weeks my stength is returning, I feel much better, I'm sleeping better and plan to resume much of my physical activities. This product has proven dangerous for me and I will seek alternative remedies when I see indicative needs, opposed to practicing preventative medecine, just in case. Thank goodness for this exchange. | M | 61 | 30 months | 1/27/2009 | 3 | Heart attack, had stent implanted | After taking Crestor two years I am now experiencing knee pain, vertigo, weight gain, bloating and, as a continual occurance, easily fatigued. | The statin has reduced my cholesterol numbers significantly LDL 92. HDL was great at 68 but now is 63 don't like that downward trend. Cardiologist wants LDL in 70's and wanted to put me on Zetia as well but I refused. Since reading this forum, for the last 3 days I have been taking Crestor every other day and taking CoQ10. Will also get fish oil when I make my next run to COSTCO. Still have fatigue ut pain in knees is gone. Changing eating habits as well to see if the weight is due to Crestor or my eating. By the way, any question I pose to a doctor goes into the bucket of "they are the side effects". BS, I don't like to feel bad so I will attack this myself. Probably wind up with another heart problem. | M | 71 | 2 years | 1/26/2009 | 2 | elevated cholesterol | Moderate to extreme muscle and joint pain especially legs,shoulders and upper arms. General overall rotten feeling and extreme fatigue | it does lower cholesterol but are the side affects worth it? I feel doctors are overmedicating instead of trying to find the minimum dosage | M | 58 | 1 years | 1/25/2009 | 2 | HIGH CHOLESTEROL | Tiredness, dizziness, weight gain. loss of libido and sore muscles are some of the mild side effects for me, but not the worse ones. I find the memory loss and lack of concentration very scary because I am only 45. These two side effects I noticed shortly after starting Crestor. I told my Doctor about it and she said that she had never heard of that side effect before. The good side is that it has lowered my levels on just 10 mg, but if the levels increase I will refuse to increase the dosage. I am going to try very hard to lose some weight and change my diet to a consistent program. | F | 45 | 13 months | 1/24/2009 | 2 | high triglicerides | severe sciatic nerve pain down right hip and leg to the point that i had difficulty standing or walking for any distance. Fatigue and weight gain. | I was diagnosed with diabetes and high cholesterol. I started taking metformin and working out. I'd noticed that when my blood sugars were under control and I'd gotten used to my work out routine that I had tons of energy. Then I started taking crestor. My energy seems to have deserted me, and I had debilitating pain to my right hip and leg. I was taking 10mg a day. I stopped taking it two days ago and am still having pain and fatigue. | M | 36 | 14 days | 1/24/2009 | 1 | High cholesterol | Swelling around eyes, joint pain : knees, shoulders, back, neck, hands. Could not use my hands. Severe weakness. Fatigue (sleeping up to 20 hours a day). Extreme nausea and diarrhea. Ringing in ears. Chest tightness and pressure made it hard to breathe. Achilles tendons hurt horribly. Wheezing. | I am allergic to quinolones, which are antibiotics. My physician knew this, but he did not realize that many statins are derived from mold and fungi... which is my severest allergy. This immune response was so great that I developed three different opportunistic infections. Thankfully, I discontinued use and called the doctor, and he put me on prednisone. Still, I was put out of commission for over a month, and still suffered symptoms for a long time afterward. | F | 46 | 2 days | 1/21/2009 | 5 | to lower my colesterol | using for seven months lowered my cholesterol by 80 points in two months no side effects | lowered my cholesterol by 80 points in two months | F | 60 | | 1/20/2009 | 1 | Dangerously high LDL | Intolerable pain in both feet - particularly tendons. Also purple sore which is extremely itchy. My CK (Muscle Injury Markers) are eight times maximum level within the range. Constantly feeling fatigued, water retentive. I was taking 40mg then cut to 20mg but no reduction in side effects. | This would undoubtedly be the worse drug ever invented by man. The side effects are just down right cruel albeit the poison did shoot my LDL down to a safe level. If I don't drop dead from heart disease by staying on Crestor, I would no doubt die of Kidney failure owing to the toxicity of this drug and also become crippled in the process. If you want quality of life this rubbish need not be part of your care plan. The crap needs to have an S8 label and the icon of a skull & cross bones on it. In fact Hussein could have used Crestor as a weapon of mass destruction. | M | 52 | 18 months | 1/20/2009 | 1 | to lower total cholesterol & LDL | Sciatica down both legs, lower back pain, numbness in feet. I was ready to consult my neurosurgeon about further back surgery (I have an L4-L5 fusion), the pain was becoming so disabling. Normally, I am very active -- play tennis & golf, dance, take yoga and pilates classes, etc. I was only taking 1/2 of a 5 mg. tablet (because every other statin I'd tried had caused muscle cramping). | I'd had taken the Crestor for almost 4 months before I decided to discontinue it. Within a week, the pain disappeared, and I was able to return to all my physical activities! | F | 60 | 114 days | 1/20/2009 | 4 | Lower Cholestrol --Esp LDL | Was on 5mg daily but was reduced to every other day as I was getting a racing heart fluctuating between 129 and 180 beats for periods of 20 minutes in a day followed by panic attacks. The panic attacks have reduced but I have muscular pain in my arms which has stopped me from doing any sorts of lifting exercises. I do cardio 5x per week with usually 2 days of weights--I am done with weights sadly. | The Crestor is helping and I need it --I am now supplementing every other day with 500mg Niacin. I cannot go to a higher dose of Crestor or the attacks will start all over again--so I am settling with just muscular pain. This also happened to me on Zocor and Lipitor. Going completely natural did not get my cholestrol down--Crestor did. | F | 47 | 6 months | 1/18/2009 | 1 | high cohlesterol | I started experiencing nausea after the first 2 months and not long after that had extreme muscle pain in my legs and shoulders. I was very sick for a week with flu like symtoms and thought to check the side effects of Crestor , I believe this is the cause of my current miserable state of health. I still have stiffness in my legs and am very tired. | Although Crestor lowered my cohlesterol by 100 points it is not worth this agony. I have stopped taking it and give up on Statins completely. | F | 59 | 80 days | 1/17/2009 | 2 | High cholesterol | 1. Gained approx 10 lbs within 3 weeks of beginning Crestor despite beginning moderate daily exercise program (15 min walk every day) and making conscious effort to reduce sugars in diet by cutting out soft drinks. 2. noticable increase in fatigue. | After 6 weeks Dr. switched me to Lipidil Supra which I began yesterday. | M | 52 | 6 weeks | 1/15/2009 |