Nickname: Steve O

Review: I am 47 years old and eight weeks out from bypass surgery. Post surgery I was prescribed a statin and never informed of potential side effects. After several weeks of intense muscle pain I learned of this. I am on my fourth stain still experiencing crippling joint pains. I have also been taking 200mg CoQ10 which helps some but not nearly enough. I will not go through the rest of my life like this because I know there is a safer and better way, diet & exercise.

Date reviewed: Dec 16, 2006 8:52 PM

Nickname: PaulD

Review: I sympathize with Fifty-three year old white male, slender build... Ignore the company shills and stay off statin drugs. The drug/sickness industry will be the next big bust open following on the heels of the tobacco industry. Medical education was hijacked by big business at the turn of the 20th century and manipulated to produce professionals who know how to prescribe the products of these drug companies well. To solve your high cholesterol problem naturally and dramatically, get on a high quality nutritional supplement regimen. Search the web for "essentials pharmaceutical grade nutritionals" and pick a company sponsored website, not the cutrate web shops, and contact them for a recommendation. You will be healthier for it. Stay away from white foods (white potatoes, white rice, white bread, pasta) as much as possible. Try to attain about 10,000 steps a day for 3-4 days each week and you will be living longer than your great grandparents, and be free of pain and suffering too.

Date reviewed: Sep 25, 2006 8:07 PM

Nickname: Ellie

Review: I have Type 2 Diabetes. Cholesterol levels were good to normal, and my doctor put me on 10 mg. Zocor "to see if Ldl could get even lower". After one year, I developed depression, extreme fatigue, and leg weakness. Blood tests for my thyroid were normal. Then I lost arm and leg strength and developed severe pain and muscle spasms. Doctor said to stop taking Zocor. CK tests results show increased enzymes, but still "within normal limits", so he said "probably not the Statin." Three months later all side effects have disappeared, except for residual muscle pain and spasms in my left bicep. I won't be talked into taking it again.

Date reviewed: Aug 16, 2006 11:28 PM

Nickname: sanjay

Review: I have been on statins for about 7 years. First Simvastatin and now Atorvastatin. My views and experience is as follows: You have the choice of saying no to statins. All it takes is getting your weight within limits, going vegetarian, eating less and brisk walk for 1 hour.

Date reviewed: Aug 14, 2006 4:31 AM

Nickname: ablaze

Review: In reguards to the Lipitor, Zoloft, Zocor, I took all three. When I take Zoloft for depression I get very anxious and agressive. I will not take the Lipitor or Zocor anymore and hesitate taking Zoloft for depression. I, as many have been disabled by a product, of Pfizers called Depo Medrol used off label(not FDA)approved for ESI. I had sciatica. I got Arachnoiditis from this ESI injection, could not walk or return to work,the date of my disabily the same day I received the second injection. I wrote CEO of Pfizer, Henry Mckinnell, and legal office, of what had happened to me. It is happening all over the world. This depo medrol, is the clumping of nerves around your spinal cord, caused by product being injected into the spine. The FDA did not approve it for the spine, it is being used off label, causing adverse reactions as we are not told of risks. Here is hoping Mr. Kindler will help get this isssue out to the public. Thanks

Date reviewed: Aug 9, 2006 5:19 AM

Nickname: robyn

Review: My brother had a heart attack 2 years ago at the age of 35. He now takes many pills, including Lipitor. He has many of the side effects I have been reading about. He was told that swimming was good for him. He went to a small pool just the other day and as he was leaving his legs just went out. He said it felt like they turned to jelly. I would like to know how he can go about suing the Lipitor company.

Date reviewed: Aug 8, 2006 3:30 AM

Nickname: jazzy

Review: After a year on Lipitor, I developed migrating joint pains in hips and legs. After a drug holiday of several months, I tried Zocor and quickly developed such muscle weakness that I could not get out of a swimming pool via the ladder. I then refused to try any more. I was never warned about the joint pains and only made the connection thanks to an experienced physical therapist. I hear lots of complaints from people who can't take statins. If the rate of problems were 1%, as Pfizer claims in its ads in the New York Times, I must know many of them. Is there any evidence about sub-populations who are more susceptible to problems with statins?

Date reviewed: Aug 7, 2006 2:09 PM

Nickname: none

Review: Fifty-three year old white male, slender build. Attorney (securities). Former Pfizer shareholder. I take supplements and eat right. I took Niaspan several years, then 10 mg Lipitor last 5 or 6. I jog and lift light weights. Starting a couple of years ago, I had tingling in my feet while working at my desk. I thought it might be stress or bad shoes. Then "carpal tunnel" in both arms. Symptoms transient. My last cholesterol count 125, LDL 43! Then I took a glucose tolerance test. Wham! Painful neuropathy and twitching calves, and sleepless nights. Neurologist mystified. MRI negative; B Vits. normal, blood counts normal, not hepatitis, liver or thyroid, SED rate normal. GP blames stress. I have no other risk factors and I've never been hospitalized or had any serious illness. Now I feel terrible and wonder if I'm dying. I'm on sleeping pills and painkillers (I hate 'em). And people criticize the suffering who sue? I scoff at pain, but this makes me cry.

Date reviewed: Aug 6, 2006 10:45 PM

Nickname: Kelvin

Review: Doers do. Lazy bums trying to get something for nothing sue. I would not want to fly with a hypochondriac.

Date reviewed: Aug 6, 2006 8:35 AM

Nickname: Herb

Review: I took Lipitor for many years and suffer from severe muscle cramps and aching muscles in the legs. I have seen neurologists and have even gone to The Mayo Clinic. Diagnosis mild myopathy and neuropathy.

Date reviewed: Aug 6, 2006 2:08 AM