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  ...I've been taking lipitor for several years and within the last 6 months, developed muscle soreness in my hips and it was keeping me from getting a good night's sleep. I lost five pounds not being able to eat much and constantly would get so bloated eating just soup. It usually takes about 2-4 hours to experience the change, and the effects seem to increase and decrease in intensity. Although drug companies only provide information about "average" cholesterol reductions, the variability in response between patients is quite large. I have read all the stories listed here and wish I had read them 4 yrs. All these efforts to keep your cholesterol levels normal are important because they may lower your risk of heart disease. At the beginning of this year, I had my first episode of paroxysmal hypertension. saw an article in a magazine about lipitor. Within the past few months I have noticed that my memory is not as sharp as it once was, I am ALWAYS tired and have had difficulty seeing - my eyes seem to be in constant blurriness. Triglycerides (TG) and cholesterol in the liver are incorporated into VLDL and released into the plasma for delivery to peripheral tissues. Lipitor is a poison derived from a toxic mold red yeast rice. The public needs to be made aware of all the side effects. After three weeks, the symptoms persisted, so the doctor put Doug back on the pill. ...
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  ...Oral Contraceptives: Coadministration of Atorvastatin (Lipitor) and an oral contraceptive increased AUC values for norethindrone and ethinyl estradiol by approximately 30% and 20%. Hurting and frustrated beacauce i can not preform functions i used to be able to. He had taken it for 2 years before he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. Comment:Lipitor caused me muscle cramping in my right leg and knee out of nowhere.

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Some problems concentrating and with memory.

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Comment #245: drawback of 40mg lipitor

  ...lowering cholesterol of all of the drugs of its group. She is a very disaplined woman and it's breaking my heart to see her in this much distress. Prior to this, I was in pretty good physical shape. Haven't had a chance to talk to him yet. How do we know Experts advise doctors to select statin doses based on the reduction in LDL-C (the bad, low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol) that each person needs (NCEP 2001). After reading all of your conversation I find why I have been loosing immune system, never ending pain on left hand, eye problem, shingles, slowness on my life, slower work at daily life, slowing down the brain, thinking, lack of strength in mind, body and finally many other disorders. I still have the hip pain (bursitis) and have been going to physical therapy for that. Since we were grabbing at straws I noticed that all his meds have warning of dizziness, weakness and of cours Lipitor says serious muscle complications. I have been feeling considerably better since being off lipitor. God Bless all ...
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Comment #249: zimstat lipitor

  ...Lipitor almost destroyed my life as well. As time has passed the pain has become so increasingly bad that I took him to a neutologist to determine if the pain could be a Park. My physician is taking me off the Lipitor and in 3 weeks, I will have my blood re-tested. I am a student and a teacher and I feel like I am failing at both. My stomach is always upset and there has been pain in my gallbladder on and off since being on this medication. just today about these symptoms and he told me stop taking lipitor for 10 days and let him know if thes symptoms stop to try and determine if lipitor is the cause. I was on Lipitor for 10 months and my lab work showed I had muscle breakdown. I went on vacation and started having more energy and my neck pain was minimal. This came about after a warning letter from the FDA in 2002. Sincerely,Ann ...
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Comment #30: tri clor and lipitor

  ...4/2/05 – Started Lipitor4/27 – Somulance, weakness and muscle fatigue started, slept 2 days without waking up5/2 – ER visit, CK 316 dc’d Lipitor6/1 – ER visit, breathing difficulties – Chest x –ray r/o pneumonia (10 days antibiotics)6/6 – ER visit – breathing crisis – diagnosed w/ bronchial asthma (Prednisone 20mg, Theodore 200 mg x 8 days)6/16 – ER again BP 200/110, weaker, dizzy and lightheaded6/17-6/22 – BP averaged 180/1006/23 – ER again BP 167/99 w/ productive cough and tight chest, P 95 and irregular, could feel heart beating in my chest Heart monitor , IV lasix – diagnosis pulmonary edema, kidney functions now elevated (1. I am now taking which Zetia which don't contain the Statin drug and so far my condition is getting somewhat better. If they continue to "normalise" then I'd suggest that nutrition/diet and excersize are really what we need to be looking at. My Doctor told me my sypmtoms were from the vitamins I was taking. As a result I have had memory loss, severe muscle pain and weekness. I had a suspicion at the time that it was the Lipitor, because Lipitor is the only medication I take, and the symptoms began just after beginning to take it (20 mg daily Pfizer). ...
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Comment #289: how to compare 20mg lipitor to vytorin 10 40

  ...Answer: Probably not, but, I do have some patients who experience GI symptoms on lipitor and not on other HMG-CoA Reductase drugs. Started on the program and with in 6 weeks I was able to go off Lipitor. HORRIBLE WRIST PAIN, LOWER THUMB PAIN, KNEE PAIN, FOOT AND ANKLE PAIN, SHOULDER AND NECK PAIN, SCIATIC PAIN, HEADACHES, BLURRED VISION, MEMORY LOSS, PALM OF HAND PAIN, TINGLY FEELING IN HEAD, SOMETIMES GOES INTO MY EYE. He feels great , is back to his long walks, and ,at 75 years old, plans on living well with his high cholesterol. Then after 2 weeks, I was hospitalized again with yet another UTI infection. My question is how long after you stop taking the drug can you expect the side effects to go away. Sign up My husband started taking lipitor 3 years ago.

  ...After reading some of the potential side effects of Lipitor I was wondering if there is any connection between Lipitor and Erectile Dysfunction I am 55 years old and have had a problem with achieving a full erection for some time now but the Doctors blame a combination of"old age" and high colesterol(which is now under control with Lipitor)I can still achieve a partial erection, enough to enjoy sex,but not a full erection. I've been off it now for about 5 weeks and still have the swelling and tingling.

I was taking 40mgs a day and it was killing me.

  ...LIPITOR Free Trial Anyone/please;My dad took Lipitor for one month and has severe muscle degeneration in his legs.

" albuminuria, smoking, or hypertension, LIPITOR is indicated to: Lipitor in the News you must do your own research on this. Two months later I seemed to reach a plateau in improving, so decided to see the neurologist in July 2006. net and natural ways you people are utilizing to recover. June 20I am now getting better very, very slowly but it is a long, slow process. Well, before I could have all of the test down I had another attack and the second one was worse then the first which cause me to call 911. I am rarelyt sick and fairly active but this has really knocked me back. I have heard all of the talk of the side effects and liver problems it can cause. When I read the very small print on the Lipitor paper that came in the box. I've been on it(20mg) for the past 8 months and have experienced symptoms like I never felt before. The more I read about adverse effects of lipitor, the more I think that this statin drug might be causing these muliple symptoms. Even worse, more than twice as many patients who took Lipitor suffered fatal strokes (27) than the placebo group (13). a few days later and he said to increase the celebrex to two a day which are 200MG each. If a person is low in chromium in the body they are at risk of taking a heart attack and this is either something the doctors overlook about minerals in one's body or they just are out for the dollar. ...
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Comment #71: tri clor and lipitor

  ...Lipitor 10mg, 20mg, 40mg, 80mg Tablets I was on Lipitor for 4 years and started to experience foot pains first. It was, I just had lots of things on my mind and had never heard that this was a possible side effect of lipitor. 25 indicates poor drug penetration into red blood cells. CAN THIS BE FROM PROLONG USE OF LIPITOR Lipitor Thief of Memory I must state catgorically thet Dr. I did some research on dementia on the 'net, and began to consider having a closer look at the drugs she is, and has been taking. Is there anything that would elevate the ggtp other than alcohol, could any high use of vitamins elevate ggtp. My memory seems to have improved and the pins and needles have vanished. Lipitor Side Effects Forum, study shows that Lipitor 40mg PL 16051/0003 My Mother is on Lipitor and Plavix, (to name a few). There has been muscle pains across my chest and find it difficult to breath at times. She died two years ago from ALS, she always said she would rather die of a heart attack than to deal with the horrible disease and I want to further her cause. Excess cholesterol is naturally converted to bile acid and then excreted. I am going to go off lipitor after reading all these testamonies I am 39 years old and i had a three byepass surgery in feb of 2005. Lipitor has the dubious distinction of causing the great majority of these side effects. I stopped the Lipitor for seven days and could lift my left leg two feet off of the floor. In January 2006 I began to experience digestion issues and abdominal pain especially after eating fatty foods. I told my husband that I thought I'd had a ...
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Comment #14: brith defects of mother taking lipitor

  ...I started taking lipitor in Nov. So you see his concern for me, though being a female does help me. However, my general practitioner only accepts the peripheral neuropathies and tinnitus as Lipitor side effects because TGA is not listed in Pfizer's patient notes. Question: I began taking Lipitor (10 mg/day) for about six months ago for high cholesterol (250). with a letter stating all my symptoms and she said . It got so bad, that I had to take him to emergency to make sure that nothing was wrong. Mark Answer: Well, first is the Lipitor responsible for the dizziness I'd suspect either the zoloft or the atenolol. After a year I began to have stomach pains and I was put on lipitor. Now for no apparent reason, she is too weak to walk and had to use a walker. When you cut off lipoproteins (commonly called "cholesterol"), you cut off the supply of essential fatty acids (EFAs) to the cell membranes of nerve cells, which use these EFAs for neurotransmission. I first noticed this as I would work out on an elliptical machine. Last week, January 2005, I was put on to 40mg Lipitor and within 2 days, I was unable to stand due to the pain in my lower back.

It was frustrating as I seemed to fatigue easily.

  ...I took Lipitor for only three days and was in so much pain in my leg muscles I felt like I was on fire. Lipitor is also used to lower the risk of stroke, heart attack, or other heart complications in people with coronary heart disease or type 2 diabetes. Bayer's Baycol was Lipitor and Kidney Stones posted 1/12/99 Question: I take 10mg lipitor at bedtime. The effect of Atorvastatin (Lipitor) on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality has not been determined. and I read this may be a symptom also!! Shortness of breath and not being able to walk very far and not being able to walk normally anymore. Follow the diet and exercise program given to you by your health care provider. Before taking lipitor I had no difficlty walking up to ten miles on tough trails; an exercise I was accustomed to as I like to backpack and camp. I still have poofiness in my neck and occasional muscle strain. I had for years been waking at 5am every morning to urinate, plus having embarrassing urge incontinence during the day. I take it during the daytime and it makes me real nervous. SAID I HAVE NERVE DAMAGE MAYBE EARLY ONSET OF DIABETIS. In searching the literature I can find only limited information on this side effect. I resumed and the pain returned, even more severe. Then there are some of the more debilitating physical effects of these drugs from the reduction of CoQ10, the vital energy producer and "catalytic converter" of every nerve and muscle cell. The back pain and leg pain has still not cleared up. I was recently told by my doctor that my Cholesterol was 250, and she put me on lipitor 10 mg. By combined therapy they are writing about taking a fenofibrate such as Tricor together with Lipitor or other Statins. about a week ago i was having pain in my stomach and needing to urinate a lot. Could there be a connection between the Lipitor and the formation of kidney stones ...
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  ...Why is Lipitor prescribed Lipitor Oral Lipitor & Tiredness posted 12/02/98 JUSTA COMMENT ON CHOLESTROL MEDS I HAVE TAKEN THEM FOR YEARS AND I THINK I AM STARTING TO PAY A PRICE I HAVE ACHING JOINTS AND PALPITATIONS. I got scared because I need the lipitor so started taking it again and started excessively itching so stopped. I am now going to try Zetia which is a different class of medication and works in the intestine. We have stopped my husband's Lipitor (I brought the concern up to our neurologist and he agreed with me but offered no help other than mentioning Alz drugs which husband can't tolerate). Stated to me she was sorry that we were back to square one but she did say whatever I had was very serious. ...
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  ...My internist at Northwestern prescribed Lipitor last Tuesday, together with 1000 mg.

again and he said i should see him that day.

  ...Does Lipitor Oral interact with other medications Lipitor reduces low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and total cholesterol in the blood. They put in a stint and he said he needs the Lipitor for a while because of the stint something about coating the stint i think ( my husband talked to the dr, i did not as they never returned my call). All my family and friends told me something was wrong with me but I never thought my meds would do that. The maximum dose of Zocor is 80 mg, which is equivalent to a dose of about 40 mg of Lipitor. Has anyone else had the headaches 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.

  ...side effects have been reported for Lipitor and other cholesterol-lowering drugs - the so-called statins - prescribed to millions for preventive purposes. Since the blood work was normal he suspected that this was a mild side-effect of the lipitor. I feel it is being caused by the Lipitor. I now have reduced the dose by 50% and the aches are much reduced. Do not drive or perform other possibly unsafe tasks until you know how you react to it. If you deny this you are simply an idiot, it\'s not a theory it a FACT! Lipitor has some side effects, but so does eating McDonalds and people don\'t seem to be turned off that. Although his cholesterol readings were low, his doctor doubled his dose of Lipitor. 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! ...
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  ...A British court upheld one of Pfizer's patents on Lipitor but invalidated a second one. In May of 2005 I was taken from my place of employment for stroke type systems to the hospital by EMS. but with a heating pad and linament goes away in about a week). It is shown how statins can transverse the blood brain barrier and interfere with the normal functioning of the brain.

) I then wasted $1000 on two MRIs of my spine.

I have been on Lipitor for around 2 years now.

  ...Always talk to your doctor before starting or changing treatment. What kind of an enzyme is it What does this mean Does alcohol consumption play a role in all of this Lipitor Oral from the First Databank drug library. Some who have taken it longer report much more serious symptoms, similar to Muscular Dystrophy, Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis or ALS - Lou Gehrig's Disease - in which they are losing neuromuscular control of their bodies or losing significant muscle mass.

They told her she did because they had seen her.

I didn't attribute it to the Lipitor right away.

  ...I was put on Lipitor eight months ago. But Transcendental Meditation won't do the job on my aching back or give me strength. I am convinced the Lipitor caused the other medical conditions that required medication. I AM ON 20MG OF LIPITOR AND I AM NOT TAKING THEM AFTER THIS DAY, I HAD TRIED THEM IN THE PAST BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WAS ON ZETIA SO WAS NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED WHAT, NOW I KNOW, IS THERE ANY BAD WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS IF YOU QUIT COLD TURKEY LIPITOR is generally well tolerated and can be taken with many other medicines. Several Emergency room visits later and docs say keep taking Lipitor as there is no connection. He indicated that giving my liver a break after taking the drug would make it work better. " If you have kidney problems If you have an under-active thyroid gland (hypothyroidism) If you have muscle disorders (affecting either yourself or other members of your family) If you have had previous muscular problems during treatment with other lipid-lowering medicines (e. I began to get sick prior to eating and then immediately after eating it got worse due to the gas and bloating. ...
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  ...I will praise Lipitor for one thing - The side effects caused by it have scared me in to changing my diet and exercise regimen (when I return to being healthy) so I never have to take a drug of this type again. I will absolutely refuse to go on any Statin-I cannot take the chance of feeling so badly again. Lipitor will be released at the end of this month. After getting off Lipitor and taking this cholesterol all natural drug his cholesterol lowered 29 points in 30 days and his is back to feeling normal. But, all that is water under the bridge and I must work with where I am right now. needless to say, yesterday marked the beginning of no more lipitor for me.

put me on Lipitordue to my cholesterol level.

Experienced angina in biking uphill in 2005.

  ...If you are trying to become pregnant your doctor will advise you to stop taking LIPITOR about one month before you plan to conceive. Two weeks after I started Taking lipitor I found out I was pregnant. I have been experiencing stomach pain, nausea and light-headedness (more recently) and flatulence also. What conditions does Lipitor Oral treat LIPITOR film coated tablets are white with an oval shape. I suspect the only way you will know is to stop it for 3-4 weeks and see if the symptoms abate, then restart the drug and see if they return.

Does the side effect of Lipitor worsen with time.

Don't know why this worked for me but it did.

  ...Heart Disease - Lipitor Side Effects Lipitor’s share of the cholesterol-lowering drug market in this country has ebbed to 30 percent, down from 40 percent 18 months ago, when simvastatin was available only as name-brand Zocor — at prices that were higher than Lipitor’s. I am taking 20mg daily along with a glass of Quantalan/Questran 9g at different times of the day so they don't bind. My right foot on the pedal was now at a funny angle. Statins include Lescol, Lipitor, Mevacor, and Pravachol. The blood work came back normal (though triclycerides were still too high 300+). I told him to stop the Lipitor and within a day he noticed an improvement in his eyes. I'll stop taking the pills for a while and see if things improve. The prescription of these drugs is based on the discredited hypothesis that high cholesterol levels cause heart attacks. I usually think clearly now, but not always. I had seen up to 20 docs by this time, half of which were specialists - none knew what was wrong although one actually doubled the lipitor from 40mg to 80mg. ...
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  ...Question: I had a follow-up blood cholesterol/triglyceride test done in January 1998 and the results were no improvement over results of testing done last September. com is an independent information site reporting on cholesterol lowering drugs. Also the warning label on the medication states no alcohol while taking this medication. muscle spasms, psoriasis, insommnia, dementia, etc disappeared within a couple weeks). I\'ll post our results and let his physician know what we are doing. After experiencing severe leg pain and intestinal discomfort, a friend told me Lipitor is poison. A week ago your site was brought to my attention and I sent her to the doctor with a printout of your site. It admits to imflamation of the tendions also contracture. Both of the extreme stomach pain episodes occured after a meal high in fat. Rest assured, I\'m not about to go back on Lipitor again and I suggest anyone that does to please read up and know the signs. An 80-milligram daily dose of Lipitor, the top dose, can reduce cholesterol by up to 60 percent, compared with about 50 percent for an 80-milligram dose of simvastatin, also the top dose. So I bought some and laid off the statin for a month. Four of the Drs I have seen since say that it was the cause, but I doubt its stated in there official records. A shingle is a disease that is seen only on aged adults ( 60, 80s ). It is also packaged in combination with other drugs, such as is the case with Pfizer's ...
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