78 comments for drawback of 40mg lipitor

  ...I notice all the postings are from people who agree with your opinions.

I\'ve been on 40 mg daily since Sept 20, 2005.

Then sores that looked somewhat like pemples.

  ...Question: I have been taking 10 mg of Lipitor for about 4 months now. 4-20 – 5-16 9 appointments with chiropractor for treatment of my neck. A few weeks ago an insurance salesperson came to my shop to try to sell me disability insurance.

Years ago I trained myself in self-hypnosis.

  ...i am a 40 yr old male and in good health about a year ago doc says cholesteral @258 take 10 mgs lipitor went on for 30 days then doc was on vac and i was feeling pretty fatigued never went back for followup or more lipitor .

Im sooo angry right now discovering this so late.

He immeditely stopped me from taking the drug.

  ...Lipitor-Copaxone Combo May Fight MS Heart Disease - Lipitor I have been on Lipitor, Zocor and Pravacol. increased Synthroid to 75 mcg and started Lexapro 10 mg as been isolating and sleeping way too much –Referral made to MGH Endocrinology Clinic appt. Please can you forward any information that you have. He is still suffering from the muscle soreness though. I took myself off for the same reasons as everybody else. I was almost bedridden by December and I asked the Dr. I was curious if others had experienced these symptoms on lipitor heart health. I had not previously considered that there would be any side effects to Lipitor or Zocor so I was not predisposed to getting the side effects as I didnt know there were any. With much reluctance after researching statins I started with 10mg, but after a week (with some aching limbs) I've decided to quit. ...
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  ...Lipitor (Atorvastatin) - Cholesterol Lowering Prescription Drug - Lipitor Care My dad's doctor prescribed Lipitor after his cholesterol test results came back high.

He is in the hospital - has been for 4 weeks.

  ...Lipitor side effects (Atorvastatin Calcium) and drug interactions - prescription drugs and medications at RxList However, if you require 40 mg of Lipitor or greater, Zocor will not be as effective. Bottom Line Yearbook 2002 by Bottom Line Personnel, page 13 As it turns out, at least 81 more deaths were connected to Baycol's sisters Mevacor, Pravachol , Zocor, Lescol, and Lipitor. I HAVE TAKEN LIPITOR IN THE PAST FOR ALMOST A YEAR, NEVER HAD ANY OF THE LEG PROBLEMS, BUT IN DOING SOME RESEARCH I JUST QUIT. But my friend (still on Lipitor) was in worse shape and afraid she would lose her job. She has stopped the lipitor for two months now and slowly she is getting better. The vibration feeling spread to my feet and that morphed into occasional numbness in my right foot and a buzzing sensation in my right foot and leg.

I am 40, and I have never been in the hospital.

over Lipitor, the cholesterol-lowering drug.

  ...Lipitor - Overdosage & Contraindications »« Previous: Question: I read not to take lipitor with grapefruit juice. I was light headed, dizzy and suffered from nausea. I had alot of side effects before the 40mg but my dr. I was having difficulty swallowing and often aspirated bits of food. I have been having dull pain in my right side under the rib, pain in my right leg socket, excessive burping, pain in my armpits, dizziness, stiff neck, and when I wake up in the morning my hands are normally asleep. I've gone to a couple drs and a chiropractor and no one thought that it was lipitor.

i have been at the 20mg range the last 6 months.

  ...Lipitor 40 mg Lipitor - Overdosage & Contraindications »« Previous: Eye opener for anyone who wants to know what your Doctors aren't telling you! I purchased this book, because I am a sufferer of the side effects of the SATAN drug Lipitor. We called his doctor and told him that we thought it could be the lipitor/lovastatin and they assured us once again they have many patients without problems with this drug. A medical doctor (and astronaut) explains his experience of taking Lipitor (a 10 billion dollar baby of the pharmaceutical world) and the. medications they probably don't even need in the first place. A friend copied an article for me which says and I quote "An article published in the JAMA summarized the carcinogenicity studies of cholesterol-lowering drugs and clearly demonstrated that the risk of carcinogenicity for these drugs is far above recently issued FDA guidelines". I have been on Lipitor for 25 days and within the last week I have experienced dizzy/light headed spells lasting about 10 seconds but servere enough to nearly make my knees buckle. I quit the drug, and after reading this, I will now go on a vitamin C regimen. Two different Neurologists could find nothing wrong. Luckily I recognized the connectio and quit takingthe Cholestoff. Studies show that at commonly prescribed doses Lipitor and simvastatin are equally effective at reducing LDL cholesterol, the so-called bad cholesterol. Lipitor is the #1 prescribed drug in one of the most widely prescribed classes of cholesterol-lowering medications, called statins. Alternatively it could increase the risk or severity of side-effects, including the important but rare muscle wasting condition known as rhabdomyolysis (see below). My 17-year old daughter tells my I have Alzheimers disease. ...
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  ...Elevated serum ALT levels have been reported in 1. If I hang a dress up in the closet, I have to reach up and hold onto the rod with the other hand. I Have stopped Lipitor and I want to follow a natural way to control my high cholesterol, any advise will be welcome, I have diabetes type 2 and I am 53 year old. Please, be careful, I was lucky, I had a reaction right away, and isn't the heart a muscle and it causes muscle damage Recovery from Lipitor-induced damage Bottom Line Yearbook 2004 by Bottom Line Personnel, page 70 Just because Pfizer says Lipitor should be dosed at 10 20 40 mg, it doesn't mean you must follow that regimen. The swelling in my legs hs disappeared as have the nueropathy. I will now go to bed before I fall over.

I started losing my balance and falling down.

I got to where I thought I had ALS for sure.

  ...LIPITOR has not been studied in conditions where the major About 5 years ago I was prescribed Zocor 20mg, a statin drug. He mentioned a possible connection to the dr's and they dismissed him. My strength came back in about 3 weeks and has progressively been better. I believe taking control is the first step to better health for us all. Its so great not only to be free of pain but to have the so-called "Torticolis" pracically gone and be able to think clearly again, to be able to carry on a conversation without feeling like a cyborg!I am convinced that I would have been much better off if I had never gone through the traditional medical approach in the first place. Lipitor: Thief of Memory, Statin Drugs and the Misguided War on Cholesterol (Paperback)by dear sir, i didn't want my name on a list , all i wanted to know if and how long the leg pain last. Our body produces several thousand milligrams of cholesterol per day to carry out these essential functions, and each day the excess of cholesterol is supposed to be naturally recycled. I should look for alternatives pls help. They also have him on Plavix and will for about a yr.

Now he is limited to walks on the treadmill.

  ...If you have any of these conditions, you may need a dose adjustment or special tests to safely take Lipitor. I am glad that I did some on my own and discovered this site. I see by the message board that ALOT of people have the sever weakness. The only symptoms I have experienced are leg cramp and ringing ears. My doc diagnosed a dropped right foot and my right hand as a claw hand and referred me to a neurologist. I stopped without any advice from the doctor on July 2004 because I was losing my memory, shaking badly, and my speach was getting slurred, also the muscles in my neck ,shoulders and arms was aching, I thought that I had been run over by a truck. Extensive blood tests ordered and referred to Mass Eye and Ear for ENT consult for sub-mandibular glands as they have been severely swollen for over 8 months now. The specialist say a have polymyositos/dermomyositos did anyone end up with this or have they found andthing that helps ...
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  ...I have been taking Lipitor for about 9 months.

I hope he will do this as I need the norvasc.

  ...I have decided today to stop taking Lipitor and seriously look/change my diet. I was told a month ago that my father's case would be reported as an ADR, but have not yet had the confirmation I have requested that this has been done. Unfortunately, vitamin C was misclassified as a micronutrient in the 1930s and 1940s, rather than an essential nutrient involved in dozens of body processes, including continual repair of our arteries. Question: Can a possible side effect of Lipitor be muscle pain and joint pain 6) I take 10 mgs of Lipitor daily and have for the past year. Many millions more are now having statin drugs recommended to them by their doctors. I have been taking Lipitor since May 1998. Dr Isadore Rosenfeld's Breakthrough Health By Isadore Rosenfeld MD, page 9 There are several other statins sold by pharmaceutical firms (Lipitor,Pravachol. During that time I have been experiencing joint and muscle aches. These tests may be used to monitor your condition or check for side effects. wants me to take Zetia for the cholestoral but I'm afraid to take anything. ...
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  ...Lipitor and the Liver posted 8/11/98 NATURE'S PERFECT STATIN® This great article form many on Owen's site is an appropriate follow up to the recent articles in Vitamin C. In the past few months, the weight and cholestoral have come back, so I will return to a training and diet regime that will hopefully work. I found pain, in my muscles, legs, toes so severe that my doctor had a physical therapy program for me. I went back to my doctor she sent me for a CT scan because lymph node issue too. I layed there for under 24 hrs going thru tons of blood tests and ekg and chest xray. Expected to gross more than $ 10 billion this year, Lipitor is poised to become the largest-selling pharmaceutical in history, surpassing Pfizer's other wonder drug, Viagra. Discredited hypothesis that increased cho causes MI's Why then on a daily basis do we see fresh MI's with drastically elevated cholesterol levels Hope people educate themselves with more info than this dangerously inadequate site. I was 56 years old when started taking Lipitor in June 2005. ...
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  ...Lipitor - The Human Cost - Health Supreme 70 of cholesterol is endogenous, which means it\'s made inside your body. Dc’d the appointments as neck got worse with treatment, believe she did something to make my neck worse ( Damaged a disc)5/25 Red blood cells now in normal range, but weakness has returned to thighs, edema returned to neck and BP is elevating again and am taking ½ pill attenelol (25mg). Maybe we can all together and turn this into a suit. Lipitor will not be as effective in lowering your cholesterol if you do not follow a cholesterol-lowering diet plan. She was very skinny and had a high cholesterol of 13 which could be say 500 on the US measure. In 2001, patients filled more than 57 million prescriptions for Lipitor, and sales are skyrocketing. are theses signs of Lipitor Question: I am taking the medication lipitor. Ten milligrams of Lipitor reduces LDL-C 39%, a strong response needed by cardiac patients and people with severely elevated cholesterol. No one believed that his symptoms (total cognitive amnesia) were anything other than some cerebral problems such as a stroke and the ordeal must have been devastating to say the least. It is so frustating to me that we should have to suffer like this when we paid good money for this prescription drug. Anyone else experience this ...
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  ...Why is Lipitor prescribed Atorvastatin (Lipitor) is a selective, competitive inhibitor of HMG-CoA reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme that converts 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A to mevalonate, a precursor of sterols, including cholesterol. I probably would not have quit taking Lipitor had I not seen the postings at this site, so thanks to you all and this is my 2 cents worth! I was put on Lipitor for borderline high cholesterol. All heil the drug company!James Lipitor Patent Ruling around the middle of August I provided some blood to my doctor so the lab could check cholesterol. My cholesterol is very high and he wants me to get it lowered. Although they're mainly used to normalize elevated cholesterol levels, other beneficial effects include reducing the risk of Alzheimer's, shrinking obstructive plaques in the arteries, protecting against stroke, an anti-inflammatory effect on blood vessels, and perhaps reducing the risk of osteoporosis in vulnerable women. I am now working as a distributor because I am so excited about this. I have also experienced the heart palpatations at night, general fatigue, and muscle tiredness (though I have lost no muscle strength). Still have a little pain in the morning when I start walking, but that soon fixes itself. ...
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  ...Excretion: Atorvastatin (Lipitor) and its metabolites are eliminated primarily in bile following hepatic and/or extra hepatic metabolism; however, the drug does not appear to undergo enterohepatic recirculation. He had a stroke when he was 32 and a blood clot in the entire right leg vein last year. Lipitor Concerns - Downside of a Remarkable Drug Lipitor - Cholesterol Lowering Drug LIPITOR tablets should be swallowed whole with a drink of water, and can be taken at any time of day, with or without food. I have also been having trouble remembering what I'm saying and finding the right words in a conversation. THE TISSUE AROUND HIS LEFT KNEE HURT SO MUCH HE HAD IT REPLACED THINKING IT MAY HELP. It has been about a year since I stopped taking the lipitor and most of my problems went away fairly quickly after stopping. ...
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  ...I have a very low amune system, and any drug I take is very low dose. Any suggestions for further information or encouragement would be deeply appreciated. Thank you for all the information. Tonight I have sworn off of Lipitor.

Could the Lipitor be aggravating the joints.

I go Tuesday for a brain MRI and a hip Xray.

  ...I have been on lipitor for one month and because of the pain in my muscle and the little difuculty in walking I search for lipitor side effect its the same as every body the same problems I took lipitor 80 mg and I am 37 years. Thanks! Re: Lipitor- cancer connection (views: 473) My husband (who is 79 years old) began taking statins in 2000 after quintuple bypass surgery.

I didn't feel any better, so went back on it.

It became so bad that I was in a constant fog.

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Lipitor, Severe Diabetes A Fatal Combination The Pfizer-funded study compared the effect of a 20 mg dose of Lipitor versus a placebo on more than 1,200 type 2 diabetics who were severely ill over a four-year period. The product was repackaged by Med-Pro, Inc. My doctor says I am genetically prone to high cholesterol and risk of stroke and heart disease. Developing babies need plenty of cholesterol, so this cholesterol-lowering drug should never be used during pregnancy. I will stop taking Lipitor but I am scared that my cholesterol will go up again. First a sprain in my right Achilles heel area which took about 3 months to heal! Then about 8 months ago, my right wrist started to hurt when I did things like pushups and dumbell curls. good luck to all and let mek know if anyone has any comments. If I ask him to do something, he has forgotten about it within ten minutes. Other, less common but no less disturbing side effects can also occur as a result of taking statin drugs, as is illustrated by the following patient account in "Overdose" by Jay S. not 100% cured yet, but I can feel a big improvement. A couple years ago my doctor prescribed Lipitor to bring down my cholesterol levels. LIPITOR can be administered as a single dose at any time of the day, with or without food. Being a vegetarian, I hadn't consumed a high cholesterol diet in many years. This website is not affiliated by any of the manufacturers of the products offered on this website. I have not yet had a chance to find out why the researcher who suggests the Co-Q might become a free radical thinks that may be the case. I am going nuts thinking I am going thru some type of midlife thing until I was talking to a friend about it yesterday and he described that his father (a very sharp guy) had experienced the same thing and had narrowed it down to Lipitor being taken in the morning. As the weeks progressed, I had so many developing symptoms EVERYWHERE, it was ridiculous. My hands have always trembled a bit but now it's in my head and neck. ...
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Comment #155: drawback of 40mg lipitor

  ...I have been taking 10mg. I also take Folic Acid 5 Mg and B12 250 mcg for high homocysteine levels these are prescribed by the cardiologist. I started feeling very tired and didn't want to get up to go to work. I can walk about a mile, and cannot sit for more than an hour to ninety minutes without getting up and hobbling around.

However, this past January everything changed.

  ...I am 55 years old, and was put on Lipitor 1 month ago for over the top, sky HIGH cholesterol. No one, but no one, has ever had a drug deficiency yet our medical system continues to discourage the use of nutrients in lieu of generally toxic drugs! They never even look at the underlying causes which these drugs sadly mask - much to the detriment of the patient. I take Cardaprin(aspro) when I take the Tenormin) ostensibly to keep my blood thin. I really can not say for sure that all these happenings are related to Lipitor or Lovastatin. I had developed a noticable tremor of my head and it was drawn to the left so that people began to stare at me when I was out in public. I only hope that my systems described by so many reverse, as it has greatly impacted my quality of life. Had to go off of Lipitor after two months b/c of upcoming right knee replacement. ...
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  ...Answer: Usual side effects are muscle inflammation(1%), liver inflammation (5%) usually dose dependent, and a host of other problems which are relatively individual. I started on 10 mg lipitor last fall for elevated chlorestral levels. I am a reasonably healthy 51 year old carpenter. 22, 05 I noticed that my feet were sore. Duane Graveline, former astronaut, aerospace medical research scientist, flight surgeon, and family doctor, given Lipitor(r) to lower his cholesterol, loses his short-term memory for several hours. No dry eyes memory recall much improved and stamina levels allowing heavy work thru a full day (12 hours) and able to repeat the load day in day out. So now I have to take a whole slew of new drugs, some with side affects, to help with the essential tremor. Answer: Both work in the liver and there can be liver toxicity in taking both. Zocor, ...
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