53 comments for i can t breath because of lipitor

  ...But taking Lipitor also reduced patient's risk of fatal and non-fatal ischemic stroke by 21 per cent, as well as leading to a significant decrease in "coronary events. I finally complained to my docter this past summer and he agreed to take me off the Lipitor. Any dosage should be monitored closely and physical changes: muscle cramps, tingling in hands and feet, fatigue, difficulty walking and memory loss MUST be reported to your doctor IMMEDIATELY. She felt like she never healed correctly. I started to attend a pain clinic which put me on pain killers which I have had to take for the past ten years. Before You Start LIPITOR Adequate treatment experience in adults age 70 or older with doses of Lipitor up to 80 mg/day has been obtained. Begin with one of the morning shows, Good Morning America, and Pfizer's Lipitor. I was having what I called wide awake seizures with body jerks that lasted for 1-2hrs. Going off Lipitor! ...
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  ...I took lipitor for almost two years (42). Over the last 9 months I have been to arthrists specialists, podiatists, chiropractors and phsical therapist. I am mad at myself for not realizing sooner that lipitor could be causing all my pain! I was prescribed Lipitor for high cholesterol three weeks ago and from the very outset have been having palpitations. I do not know too much about plant sterols at this time but they seem to be much safer option to help lower cholesterol. After initiation and/or upon titration of LIPITOR, lipid levels should be analyzed within 2 to 4 weeks and dosage adjusted accordingly. I am only 63 but feel like an old woman. 50 to $3 a day, while simvastatin sells for 75 cents to $1 a day at most retail pharmacies, and as little as 10 cents a day at discount pharmacies like Costco’s. I had other joint pain (fingers,elbows, wrists) By afternoon/evening I have trouble standing up straight and walking. Yes, my cholesterol shot back upto 240 without Lipitor, but I am now on an organic, glutamine -free diet, mainly vegetables, fish and fruit, oatmeal every day, CoQ10 Omega 3 and lots of vitamin C and hoping to keep it somewhat under control. ...
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  ...Question: I have always had very high cholesterol - as it appears to be hereditary. This morning he woke up and his legs felt like bubbles were popping inside and when you visually looked at them it looked like it. By mid-August I could feel my joints and bones starting to ache. Lipitor is a prescription pill that can be bought only with doctor's recommendation. Occasional patients have inflamed muscles the major symptom being pain, soreness, etc. Reading through everyone's input, I am left to hopefully to believe this may be a side effect from the Lipitor. I was told a possible side effect was you could loose patches of hair. My liver and kidney functions are normal and my doctor does not want to acknowledge that the Lipitor may be the culprit. Almost immediately, the tremor in her right hand was greatly reduced, and is almost gone entirely. so I can say that what's happened to me isn't a result of suggestive thoughts. Which could have part of the beginning of his problem as most say, could cause dizziness, etc. which is improving more and more each day!!! And if I could do it so can you!! ...
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  ...cholesterol is essential in your body for many functions. Waited a few days for the symtoms to go away and went to the doctor. i was on lipitor for about five years,from 95 to 2000 memory problems were one thing finally in fall of 2001 when i changed from a desk job to a physcial one i lost all muscle control i had 4 knee operation torn menesces. Since I decided maybe it is the Lipitor causing all of this pain, I stopped taking it 6 days ago. My question is how long should that be in hours, or do you have a suggestion. My symptoms began to disipate That lead me to start thinking about whether lipitor had any side effects. My cholesterol was 230 and my doctor wanted to putme on Lipitor. (I now know I should have eased myself off it in case of sticky platelet rebound. I tried to resurrect my working life but struggled to make a go of it and eventually gave up after three years. BUT: The side effects in my case caused me a great deal of discomfort. So far this year, the company has been spending more than 50 percent more on advertising the drug than it did in 2006, when its Lipitor ad spending for the year totaled $142. Of great concern today are the growing numbers of adverse drug reports associated with the use of Lipitor and the other stronger statin drugs, reflecting dysfunction of many different body systems. ...
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  ...I would like to know if taking celebrex helps with all the muscle pain after quitting lipitor. Absorption: Atorvastatin is rapidly absorbed after oral administration; maximum plasma concentrations occur within 1 to 2 hours. There should be an investigation into this the way it looks. When I was able, I kept busy creating soft-sculpture people, small dolls and dollhouses, and wrote books and magazine articles for publication. I still have to have a biopsy on my neck but I am convinced Lipitor caused all the pain in my stomach and fatigue. In fact, my quality of life has improved so greatly that mere words cannot describe how wonderful it is to be without the most excrutiating pain in my entire life!! This all began 7 years ago when the Dr. Then I would go in for another annual and the whole thing would start over. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR OTHER HEALTHFUL WAYS TO ADDRESS MY HEALTH ISSUES. Does anyone know how long I would need to be off of the lipitor to find out if that is the cause ...
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  ...Since Parke-Davis (later acquired by Pfizer) developed Lipitor in 1997, it has become the number one prescribed cholesterol-lowering drug in the United States, with more than 18 million Americans having been prescribed the drug. “Simvastatin is much less expensive to society over all and to patients,” said Dr. The aching stopped, and three months later, Charles's LDL-C had dropped from 187 to 103a 45-percent reduction with just 5 mg of Lipitor. I too have always been skeptical about trying new things but I tell you what seeing is believing and that is why I am soo excited about this medication. Be sure to ask your doctor about what to expect when taking LIPITOR. The neurologist thinks it's probably ALS. I tire quickly and get out of breath walking uphill or against the wind. She's frequently asked me, "did I have a stroke " She has not. ...
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  ...Question: Could dry mouth be caused by taking 10 mil of lipitor daily. Mind you, not to prevent heart disease but to turn off the blinking warning lights. He is getting closer to the floor each day. 1% with other HMGCoA reductase inhibitors in clinical trials. It is progressively getting worse and my mother is getting very worried. Had a triple bypass 4 years ago and was not on chlos. I told this to my doctor and told them that I refused to take it any more. I have been free of all these symptoms since I stopped taking Lipitor about 6 months ago, except for a few recusing leg pains. In controlled clinical studies of 2502 patients, 2% of patients were discontinued due to adverse experiences attributable to Atorvastatin (Lipitor). When riding my bike the angle of my foot on the pedal is now OK. I went to my doctor and had my prostrate checked; it's OK. After undergoing a battery of test, I was told I suffered a TIA, and my Doctor later told me a blood clot had broken loose in my brain, thus the stroke like systems. Doug's health issues didn't start for two and a half years after he started taking Lipitor.

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Comment #9: i can t breath because of lipitor

  ...I was on 10 mg of Lipitor for 3 or 4 years and quit in March of '05 when the doctor suggested I try diet again. Being aware of such side effects may prevent damage that can result.

I have been taking CRESTOR for about a year.

  ...If you take Lipitor with certain other drugs, the effects of either could be increased, decreased, or altered. After reading this site, I will no longer take Lipitor. She was worried about her memory and couldn't think of her daughter's name on the telephone. I contacted my Doctor and he said to go off the Lipitor immediatly and start taking 2,000 mg of fish oil per day. How To Use Lipitor Oral if you are planning to become pregnant if you are taking any prescription or nonprescription medicine, herbal preparation, or dietary supplement if you have allergies to medicines, foods, or other substances if you have low blood pressure, a serious infection, or a history of seizures if you have metabolism, hormonal, or electrolyte problems if you drink alcohol or have a history of liver problems or alcohol abuse if you have recently had major surgery, a serious injury, or a stroke Some MEDICINES MAY INTERACT with Lipitor . I started pumping water into me and the symtoms lessoned, but they are still there. However, these drugs also block the manufacture of important nutrients like CoQ10, which has been shown to benefit ...
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  ...The majority of patients are controlled with 10 mg Lipitor once a day. Two days ago my left foot started to swell and I did not think much of it, but it has been getting worse,I would like to know if anyone has had similar simptoms with Lipitor or statins in general. 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. Discontinued the medication and things have improved a lot. Jarvik I am 43, a diabetic, and have been placed on Lipitor 10 mg QD for prophalactic reasons. Dr Isadore Rosenfeld's Breakthrough Health By Isadore Rosenfeld MD, page 190 When used properly, Pravachol, Zocor, Lipitor, Mevacor, Lescol, and Baycol are excellent drugs. (no reason) Now at 45(200 LDL) and at the urging of my father I have been on Lipitor for 24 days. However I now wonder if the cause might not be Lipitor related as looking back the problem started about the same time as I started the Drug and from memory it was not a gradual loss,but rather it seemed to happen very quickly. They are marked with 10, 20, 40 or 80 on one side and PD155, PD156, PD157 or PD158 on the other side. Their is a cogent discussion between correlation of good diet and disease. Nevertheless, patients receiving warfarin should be closely monitored when Lipitor is added to their therapy. The pain progressed into my right hip that felt like someone was trying to "unscrew" my hip out of the socket. In the last month the problem also began to show up in my right elbow. LIPITOR has not been studied in controlled clinical trials involving pre-pubertal patients or patients younger than 10 years of age. Now I'm on Narvasc for high blood pressure. ...
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  ...I have first tried Provacol to lower my chloesterol with pain in my liver area and gall bladder area, thinking it was me, i continued taking it. Am heading back to the doctor's office next Thursday, December 14, to diagnose and document. The events in italics occurred in 2% of patients and the events in plain type occurred in 2% of patients. Adjustment of dosage should be made at intervals of 4 weeks or more. Just had dose raised to 20 mg and my arrhythmia seems to be bothering me more. My wife has been discouraging me from taking Lipitor which I have been taking along with Norvasc, Metformin for last 3+ years. I personally feel more time should have been spent studying this medicine. I also take 50 mg Tenormin each morning for blood pressure but have backed off to alternate days also.

There is very little evidence they do much good.

  ...Digoxin: When multiple doses of digoxin and 10 mg Lipitor were co-administered, steady state plasma digoxin concentrations were unaffected. said they are fine,oh by the way i already had arthitis when dr.

I had hepatitis A so I know what that feels like.

Started to have neck pain and severe itching.

  ...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. I took lipitor for over 5 years. Should your doctor suggest statins or for that matter any other cholesterol lowering drug just say "here take this (book) and call me in the morning. I am so anxious to see if all this will come back to normal after stopping the drugI am als going to take CoQ10 and vitamin CWish me luckThank everyone for posting their stories. ...
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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.

  ...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. Question: I am taking lipitor to reduce my LDL cholesterol and increase my HDL. After having blood tests it turns out his liver was shutting down and dumping high levels of amonia into his system. Since that time he developed appalling short term memory problems and could not think through relatively simple problems without a great effort. To get the full benefit of the medication, you need to stick to the diet and exercise program prescribed by your doctor. I will never take lipitor again! ...
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  ...Some medical conditions may interact with Lipitor . Which is an all day monitoring and the doctor was sure my husband wasn\'t taking them properly. I asked doctors if the doubling-up could have caused some damage. Lipitor is to be used only by the patient for whom it is prescribed. When they choose to stop, they stab me with fine point needles.

The fatigue and muscle aches have gone away.

Blood test also show elevated liver enzymes.

Thank you to everyone who posted on this site.

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

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

  ...Just found out about the problems with Lipitor. The liver is the primary site of action and the principal site of cholesterol synthesis and LDL clearance. Every time I talk about anything he gets very angry! It seems as though he is in his own world he will do the same thing over and over, like watch the same exact TV show or read the same thing. Rebecca LIPITOR SIDE EFFECTS I took lipitor for almost two years (42). Over the last 9 months I have been to arthrists specialists, podiatists, chiropractors and phsical therapist. I am mad at myself for not realizing sooner that lipitor could be causing all my pain! Lipitor Oral Overdose I've been on 10 Mg of Lipitor for the past 3-4 years and can't directly attribute Lipitor to any of the various health problems I've had. The more I read the more similarities I see with my condition. Lipitor is somewhat more potent mg for mg, but they have similar side effects and lowering of cholesterol. ...
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  ...Reactions to Lipitor posted 7/27/98 More Links Related to Lipitor Lipitor - The Human Cost - Health Supreme Lipitor Injury Free Newsletter: Get weekly updates, news alerts and more on Lipitor and related health conditions. He has lost the ability to write and is having difficulty expressing himself verbally. It has been a few months since I last took Lipitor, but I still have the aches and pains in the muscles and joints. The conclusion that the Doctors came too was that it was just an anxiety attack. LIPITOR is used to lower lipids known as cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood when a low fat diet and lifestyle changes on their own have failed. "recent PROSPER trial published in Lancet, that statin therapy increased the incidence of cancer deaths , completely offsetting the SLIGHT decrease in deaths from cardiovascular disease and further complicating interpretation of reported benefits from statin therapy. i have every symptom mentioned in these postings,leg buzzing, so sad to fine these out,i have not gotten better, if anything i have more miseries then ever and dont know if they will ever go away, i am 73 and feel very very bad all the time,i have myopathy,lipitor stole my health ...
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  ...I have been taking Lipitor for years; 20mg I believe. Since then I've had problems with my right eye - vision problems that come and go - initially I was told migraine- but then the nasal pain went -But not the vision disturbance - flashes,transient blindness, 5 seconds at a time. Buy Lipitor - No prescription required! (views: 4) Renal Insufficiency: Renal disease has no influence on the plasma concentrations or LDL-C reduction of Atorvastatin (Lipitor); thus, dose adjustment in patients with renal dysfunction is not necessary. I have been taking Lipitor for years; 20mg I believe. Since then I've had problems with my right eye - vision problems that come and go - initially I was told migraine- but then the nasal pain went -But not the vision disturbance - flashes,transient blindness, 5 seconds at a time. I have been on 20mg Lipitor for five years and my recent blood test show that I have liver problems. I was wondering if the light-headedness could be related to Lipitor My triglyicerides are very low prior to treatment, about 45. In the last two weeks, I have been experiencing numbness, pain and weakness in my extremities. The skin will be like very soft, double chin will be really sagging. I began to suspect maybe the Lipitor had been causing my problems. I have organised a cholesterol baseline test and will start policosanol as soon as this is done if needed. I found every day I was remembering things that had pretty much vanished and still I don’t actually know if they are all back or not. He gave one months suppy of 20mg tablets and said to come back in a month and have my blood checked. I have noticed fatigue, muscle pain, and some short term memory loss. I called doctor who prescribed Lipitor asking about this side effect, he stated probably not related to the Lipitor but I could stop taking and see if made a difference. How should I take Lipitor ...
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  ...Adequate treatment experience in adults age 70 or older with doses of Lipitor up to 80 mg/day has been obtained. Begin with one of the morning shows, Good Morning America, and Pfizer's Lipitor. I was having what I called wide awake seizures with body jerks that lasted for 1-2hrs. Going off Lipitor! I am 47 years old and I have been on Lipitor for the past 5 years (10 mg). For the past year and a half he has developed pretty severe aphasia, memory and comprehension problems. I have experienced all of the above noted symptons of thight aching muscles, sleepless nights and now heart palpations. Lately he's been having severe lower back pain and neck pain. I didn't have any problems with this before the medicine I will never take it again. "If a medication doesn't work or causes side effects," a ...
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  ...Lipitor Images 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.

  ...It is not expected that LIPITOR will affect your ability to drive or operate machinery. To my surprise when I read Lipitor\'s side effects it hit me as it sounded just like what I was having. I also have a constant sprain on my left foot and a stiff neck. The first thing was to increase some medications, when that didn\'t work, he was sent to a pain management physician that started doing spine injections and some to the muscles. He first determined that it was not parkinsons, but did order some tests to analyze a number of other possibilities.

I am going to check out Protein Power Lifestyle.

All is helping and I am hoping the twitches stop.

The side effect reports continue to flood in.

  ...ATORVASTATIN - ORAL (Lipitor) side effects, medical uses, and drug interactions. What should I avoid while taking Lipitor (Atorvastatin) Pfizer wins Lipitor patent case in Ireland I am in tears reading everyone's Lipitor experiences because I can relate to so much of what you all are saying. Elevations of CK (≥10 x ULN) were low overall, but were higher in the high-dose atorvastatin treatment group (13, 0. Is there any such side effect with lipitor Lipitor posted 10/8/98 As a former USAF flight surgeon for ten years, an ANG flight surgeon with a helicopter squadron for an additional fourteen years and as an FAA flight examiner for the entire time, I suggest that flight surgeons especially should be extremely discriminating in the use of Lipitor and that all doctors follow closely the research of Doctor Beatrice Golomb.

She's lost all her confidence to be independent.