ZETIA Reviews (EZETIMIBE)Average Rating: 1.4 (611 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZETIA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZETIA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | high cholesterol | lower back pain; joint soreness; chest pain; gas; nasal congestion; headache; eyeache or pressure on eyes; frequent bowel movements | After reading all of the other comments that support my sense that this drug has caused several side effects, I am stopping this medication today and will maintain my diet, exercise and CoQ10. I appreciate everyone's comments. | M | 60 | 7 days | 7/2/2007 | 1 | high ldl | took it for one day; had been taking zocor for three years. But the zetia was terrible; heavy, exhausted feeling; legs felt like lead weight; no appetite; no sexual drive; light headed, nauseous. maybe I should continue taking it, but not with these side effects. I'd rather be dead than endure this. | M | 67 | 1 days | 7/1/2007 | 2 | High cholesterol | These are suspected. Right after starting Zetia, my golf game went to h*ll; weakness. My doc said this happens with age(not over a month!?). I don't sleep well anymore. I have developed anxiety. It hasn't really helped my cholesterol. | I'm seriously considering quitting. It only stops you from absorbing cholesterol, not making it. If you become a vegan, it would become useless. | M | 56 | 26 months | 6/29/2007 | 1 | My MD insisted on lower cholesterol | Like many, I experienced embarassing gas, burning upper intestinal tract, abdominal night gas pains with sweating. I reported to my MD and included pain in the shoulder blade. Now I have to take a cardiac stress test to rule out heart problems. | Zetia is the 4th or 5th cholesterol drug my MD has insisted me trying. All but one, Tricorr, made me quite ill. The FDA apparently just pimps for the drug companies now. These drugs are not safe. Beware and decline them. Although my cholesterol will never go below 200 without them, I have a better chance of living longer without these drugs. How long before symptoms get better? | M | 47 | 5 months | 6/29/2007 | 1 | High Cholesteral | Muscle aches with Lipitor; double vision with Zocor now Zetia has caused extreme pain in shoulders; depression, headaches; and worse fatigue ever experienced. I have been taking it about 6 months, quit two days ago and feel better already. | Read the literature and more inportantly, monitor yourself! Dr. told me it was safer than statins. I must be overly sensitive but this is NOT the answer for me. I will try diet (rarely eat meat) and exercise...now that I have some energy back! | F | 60 | 6 months | 6/27/2007 | 1 | cholesterol | I had terible aches; knees, hips, neck, shoulder, back ,elbows and thigh pain. I felt closing in of throat, nervousness, abdominal pain on right and left side; terrible, terrible bloating and swelling in stomach area and above stomach and lots of fatigue. | These was worse than any other side effects to other cholesterol medicines. These came on separately and slowly so were hard to diagnose. Took for 2 months without side effects. Took another month. This is when side effects started. Took a week or two to realize where these side effects were coming from. | F | 59 | 3 months | 6/27/2007 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Extreme tiredness. | I've couldn't understand why I've been so tired these last two months. I know now that it's the Zetia. I started this medication two months ago and that is when my fatigue began. I'll call my doctor tomorrow and stop this medication after we've talked. I've never been so tired and unable to get out of bed before in my entire life. Thanks to everyone who posted symptoms. | F | 55 | 60 days | 6/26/2007 | 3 | high cholesterol | Weakness, tiredness and increased musculoskeletal injuries. Tendonitis, torn rotator cuff, other torn muscles with moderate trauma. I used to be a vigorously active person, now, I'm afraid of getting hurt. | I found this site today. I have been a vegetarian for 20+ years. I am on other blood pressure meds, but Zetia sounds like the culprit. I am going to discontinue it for a few weeks and see what happens. | M | 49 | 1 years | 6/21/2007 | 2 | I was first prescirbed Tricor and other atatin type drugs to lower both cholestrol and tryglycerides. They gave me the worst stomach and other various pains throughout my body after no more than a week so I was prescribed Zetia. | I have taken it for 4 years, it lowered my cholsterol with no stomach and associated pains I had before. But after reading this forum my eyes opened up wide. I have been so tired, lethargic, and lately been experiencing leg cramps that actually feel like they damaged the calves in my leg that I put two and two together. I am going to stop the Zetia tomorrow and will make another post in a few weeks to see if there is any improvement. I thought since I didn't experience the side effects I did from the statin drugs that it was a miricale drug, maybe I was wromg. | M | 42 | 4 years | 6/21/2007 | 1 | borderline cholesterol | BAD joint pain. | M | 51 | 30 days | 6/19/2007 | 1 | high chol & triglycerides | My husband took this for 4 days and immediately had extreme joint pain, esp in his back. Also had "heavy legs" and very bad dizziness. This all stops when he stops the medicine. Be very careful with this drug. | M | 50 | 4 days | 6/19/2007 | 3 | High Cholesterol | Burning pain across lower back, along sides of both hips, and down the front of the thighs towards the knees. Even the chiropractor could not get rid of this pain. | I stopped zetia two days ago, after a night of such pain that I could not sleep. Already the pain has lessened. I've been on Zetia for about two years and just noticed these side effects in the last few months. It took me a while to figure out that Zetia was causing the pain because I had been taking Zetia without any noticable side effects for almost two years. | F | 58 | 2 years | 6/17/2007 | 1 | borderline increased cholesterol | Noted sore muscles, repetitive jerking motions of arms and legs while lying in bed, awakened me from sleep. Had only sore muscles for the first 2-3 years I took Zetia. Stopped Zetia after episode of involuntary limb movement. No recurrance in the last 1.5 years after discontinuing Zetia. Had been taking also 10 mng of Lipitor without apparent difficulty during this time. | F | 83 | 2.5 years | 6/17/2007 | 1 | High LDL cholesterol | Extreme fatigue way beyond tiredness; no desire for anything; unable to pursue my exercise program aimed at remaining healthy. | When I discontinue Zetia, energy returns to normal within 2 days. Resume Zetia & extreme tiredness returns. Have tested this routine several times. I don't tolerate statins, am a vegetarian and exercise regularly (except when taking Zetia). Don't know what my next options are since I can't handle this. | F | 66 | 2 months | 6/13/2007 | 1 | high cholesterol | Lethargy, Fatigue - didn't want to exercise. Wanted to lay down all the time. I couldn't figure out why - then I saw a Zetia commercial and it said fatigue was a side effect. | I have been off it one week and I feel normal again. | M | 67 | 4 months | 6/7/2007 | 1 | lower trigycerides | sore and weak legs, weakness in arms | I took this 3 days after trying Gemfribozel and Tricor which both also caused leg pains and weakness. This was the worst even though the pharmacist said I wouldn't have any leg aches.I quite taking it and am slowly getting rid of ache and weakness. I'm going to try diet and exercise. | M | 48 | 3 days | 6/6/2007 | 4 | Lipitor | I haven't really noticed any yet. | Gotta be better than liver targeted statins. Major muscle problems and abnormal liver test results from Lipitor. | M | 57 | 1 weeks | 6/5/2007 | 1 | cholesterol | My husband has only been on this medicine for 2 1/2 months and has had severe chest pains (thought he was having heart attack~went to ER and spent a day in the hospital). He also has severe gas and bloating, fatigue, and muscle weakness. The day he spent in the hospital he did not take his zetia and the next day he did not have the chest pains. After resuming the Zetia the following day, the pains returned along with the gas, bloating, etc. The chest pains were not from problems with his heart--stress test, ultra sound and blood work showed his heart was fine! As of tomorrow he will stop taking the Zetia and use diet and exercise to control his cholesterol. He felt 100 times better before taking this medicine. | PLEASE make sure you know the side effects of any medicine you are about to take! Be your own doctor and read everything you can before subjecting yourself to a medicine! | M | 2 months | 6/5/2007 | 1 | Cholesterol/Trigilicerides | I only took this for 4 days, and now have been experiencing extreme abdominal pain, including bloating, gas, etc. This still is persisting 5 days after being off the medicine. I am not sure if I have a seperate condition or not, but I do know it did not start until after I started this medication. | M | 4 days | 6/5/2007 | 1 | high cholesterol | extreme cramping in lower abdomen,lower back pain,cramping in thighs,stiff neck | after a ct scan & much blood work,nothing showed up,,this medicine has hurt me...now taking a stomach relaxer 3 times a day for contined pain...."another pill "from taking one that caused this condition | F | 58 | 21 days | 6/4/2007 |