LIPITOR Reviews (ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM)Average Rating: 1.9 (1269 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LIPITOR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LIPITOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | high cholesterol | NONE at all. NONE. | Seems to be more effective than Zocor at lower dosage. | M | 40 | 2 years | 4/28/2006 | 1 | CPK | elevated CPK in the 250 range. I have been of Lipitor of 15 months and my CPK is still elevated. Three doctors have agreed that it is/was caused by lipitor. Does anyone have info????? | M | 59 | 3 years | 4/26/2006 | 2 | high cholesterol | Severe muscle pain. Severe knee and back pain. Several doctors suggested knee surgery. I went off Lipitor and knees are fine, muscle pain dissapeared. I tried it again because my doctor insisted the drug did not cause the problem since my liver lab tests were good. Tried a second time, severe pain came back within one week. | lowered my cholesterol miraculously. I'd rather have a heart attack than live with such pain. | F | 41 | 2 years | 4/25/2006 | 3 | High Cholesterol | I am 43 years old and have been taking Lipitor for a year and a half. I am having horrible aching in my fingers, knees, hips & toes. Went to my yearly exam this week and blood test reveals arthritis. No family history of arthritis, has to be the Lipitor | The drug did bring my cholesterol down over 100 points - but is it worth having arthritis to achieve that? | F | 43 | 1 years | 4/19/2006 | 1 | cholesterol reading of 265 | extreme muscle and joint pain; extreme fatigue; muscle stiffness; tingling in feet, hands, and finally legs and arms as well; inability to walk any distance---felt like 90-year-old; contact pain where weight presses against things--bottom of feet, back of legs against a chair etc. | I complained to my doctor after just 3 weeks of 5 mg./day about muscle and joint pains. (I stopped the Lipitor myself after reading the label warnings. The pain stopped within days.) He checked the CK reading, which came back negeative. I used to work out at a gym for one hour twice a week, and he suggested that I was getting older and the workouts might be too extreme. I went back to taking the Lipitor and began cutting back on my exercise. After 6 months, in agony, I went for more blood work--everything was negative. After 9 months I stopped the Lipitor myself, but by then I was a mess: couldn't walk, couldn't lift my arms, horrible neck and muscle pain, horrible pain in every tendon in my body, particularly the Achilles tendon and those on the back of the head. My family doctor was at a loss. I went to a NY neurologist, then to a neuromuscular doctor who said it sounded like Lipitor, even though I had been off the Lipitor for almost 6 months.He suggested coenzymeQ10, 600 mg per day | F | 57 | 9 months | 4/17/2006 | 1 | High cholesterol | Cognitive disfunction, neuropathy in my legs and hands, tinnitis, difficulty with speech, neck pain, extreme fatigue, muscle weakness and difficulty walking. | I consider this to be an extremely dangerous drug. I can only hope that some day I will ever be able to lead a normal life again. | F | 45 | 2 years | 4/13/2006 | 3 | Angina | Bad muscle pains in legs and constant tiredness. | Changed to Zocor and things seem better. New discussion forum at http://angina.myfreeforum.org/ to discuss all issues related to this subject. | M | 53 | 4 months | 3/28/2006 | 1 | high cholesterol | Constant heel pain, Possible cause of ulcerative colitis, but have no proof of this, and gastro/ent. DR. states Lipitor not likely cause, I believe otherwise. | was on 10mg for 6 months,increased to 40mg for 6 months,reduced back to 10mg (because high CPK level)for rest of time taking med.Did not associate foot pain or colitis with statin until reading of others with similar problems. WILL NOT TAKE LIPITOR (OR ANY OTHER STATIN) ANYMORE!! | M | 46 | 2 years | 3/27/2006 | 2 | high cholesterol | After taking Lipitor for several months, and gradually incrasing my dose to 40mg, I started to get EXTREMELY fatigued. I had to take a nap every day for 2 - 3 hours. After discontinuing the medicine, my energy levels bounced back to normal. It really helped lower my cholesterol, but have to wonder what it was doing to me to make me so tired. | M | 18 months | 3/16/2006 | 3 | High Cholesterol | Joint and muscle pain; leg and foot cramping | F | 56 | 1 years | 3/12/2006 | 4 | High cholesterol | Terrible, terrible, terrible charley horses in feet, calves, abdomen, breasts, shoulders and sides. | Although my cholesterol was lowered rapidly, I have been taking 10mgs for about 5 year. I am so glad I hit upon this site because my doc hasn't paid any attention to my complaints of "charley horses" in my feet, legs, abdomen, breasts, shoulders, sides. Had brain scans for the memory loss, vertigo and headaches. Found some indications that I may have had mini-strokes over the years. Every time I laugh "hearty", I get a breath-taking charley horse in one or both breasts. If I tuck something under my arm, I get a charley horse in my side. Charley horses in the abdomen while toileting. Charley horses in feet while driving. I am printing out this site and taking it to my doc. He has to pay attention now. Thanks to all of you for sharing. | F | 51 | 5 years | 3/7/2006 | 1 | high lipids | muscle ache | | 3/4/2006 | 4 | high cholesterol | Some muscle soreness, but tolerable. However weight gain has been a problem. Several friends mentioned the same weight gain problem | M | 55 | 2 years | 3/3/2006 | 1 | aid to cyclosporin for kidney disea | weakness, fatigue, muscle spasms, stiffness all over, achilles tendonitis that won't heal, flu-like symptoms, feeling like "an old lady". | I've been on Lipitor for almost 2 years as a booster for a type of kidney malfunction. Over that time I've gradually become weaker, stiff, and low in energy and over the past few weeks I've developed flu like syptoms and muscle spasms. My achilles tendonits just won't get better despite 3 months of PT. I saw my doctor about this today and he suggested going off the Lipitor to see if it was causing this. Thank you all for posting such enlightening information. I hope that we all do better off this drug! | F | 44 | | 3/3/2006 | 4 | preventive | Due to bad family history and some early calcification, taking 10 mg at bed time quickly lowered total cholesterol to new target well under 200. After taking it for 8 months developed widespread muscle pain - neck, back, hips, legs, and hands. Aches and pains interupt sleep. Very stiff upon waking and hands hurt so much can't make a fist. Weakness when standing after sitting. Early in the day I move like someone much older. Pain diminishes throughout the day. lst doctor said probably had arthritis but could not explain overnight appearance or widespread discomfort. Second doctor said has been seeing lots of patients who have similar problem with statins and blood tests not confirming inflamation. Has suggested I stop taking for around 3 months to see if symptons go away. If pain disappears will try another statin. Also taking Fosamax 35. | F | 55 | 8 months | 3/1/2006 | 2 | High Cholesterol | Shortness of breath, fatigue, muscle soreness, numbness in arms, constant headaches, impending doom, short-term memory loss, flu-like symptoms | Thank you for this website. I have been looking for reasons why I feel this way and have started medical 101. Tomorrow am scheduled for lung scan and chest x-ray and Dr. game me # for cardiac CT scan after that. I want to cancel all appointments and stop taking Lovastatin. Being taking 40mg for 4 months now and symptoms began immediately with shortness of breath. The muscle soreness and headaches will not go away and I feel like I got hit by a truck. Will be going off it though it did lower my cholesterol. I am an otherwise healthy woman who exercises 3 times a week (walking and swimming laps)and am lacto-ovo vegetarian. Again, thank you for this website. It took a fews weeks to find it through my searching. I definitely will bookmark it. | F | 48 | 4 months | 2/24/2006 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Depression, anxiety, spaced-out feeling, lack of concentration, insomnia. | I take zoloft for major depression and it works well. However, within days of starting lipitor, I started feeling the adverse side effects Depression, anxiety, spaced-out feeling, lack of concentration, insomnia which are pretty much how I felt when I was experiencing major depression. The thing is, if I were to stop taking zoloft today, it would be months before I felt the depression returning, and it would take months to get back to normal when I restarted zoloft. Lipitor put me in that state in a could of weeks, and after stopping lipitor, I was feeling better in a few days. Just to be sure, I started taking lipitor a second time, and the depression came back within one or two days. It's now a week since I stopped it and I'm just now getting back to normal. I haven't noticed any increased muscle or joint pain. I'm not touching statins again. | M | 51 | 3 weeks | 2/22/2006 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Confusion, short term memory loss, lack of motivation. Returned to normal within a week of quitting Lipitor. | I had rather risk living with a 228 cholesterol level than deal with the memory loss. It was quite frightening as it seemed like incipient dementia. | M | 57 | 2 months | 2/21/2006 | 2 | High cholesterol, bad liver enzymes | Muscle weakness in arms and legs, blurry eyesight, hair loss, but worst of all, burning feet and painful heels | Taking the drug did lower my cholesterol and after 9 years my liver enzyme tests suddenly were in a good range. I believe a good diet can do more for me than Lipitor. | F | 64 | 10 months | 2/19/2006 | 1 | High cholesterol | muscle weakness in ankle, plantar muscle, back. I stopped lipitor right away when a friend told me that her supposedly 'fibromyalgia' disappeared when she stopped the drugs. Too many people with disabilitating symptoms taking lipitor or all the other cholesterol prescribed drugs. It did lower my cholesterol but I don't need to be cripple. Now I eat soaked oatmeal, 1 glass or dry red wine x4 weekly, watch my diet, walk 1/2 hour daily. It does lower my cholesterol from 300 to 175 I stopped it for 1 month my cholesterol went up again. | I suggest people with high cholesterol to research more about all cholesterol lowering drugs. They all have the same formula with different names. Find alternatives like me...go natural. | F | 62 | 4 years | 2/19/2006 |