User Reviews for Simvastatin

I have more headaches and have gain weight not what I wanted talking to my doctor next visit try something different

Was prescribed to use a 10mg Simvastatin and was almost like a sleeping pill the first couple of nights (slept 10+ hours) and encountered tingling in both hands, headache, face numbness and eventually a trip to the ER with a panic attack. Went off the medicine and felt fine before re-visiting my primary care physician who insisted that I return to taking the drug. Took first pill in evening and slept 10 hours that night. Next day experienced brain fog, blurred vision, muscle pain in both arms and shoulders, numbness/tingling in both hands - can not imagine spending any amount time on this drug if this is the quality of life to be expected. I will be stopping usage and working hard on diet and exercise to elevate my quality of life!Read More Read Less

For 6 years I had burning chest pains on the left side which sent me to the emergency room twice. It finally got so bad I couldn't eat much and in 2 months I lost 21 pounds. After 3 doctors and numerous tests, no one could tell me what caused this problem. While talking to a friend, he told me of his bad experience with this pill. The next day I quit taking it and have been pain free for the last 6 months.I almost believe this medication should be taken off the market.

I encountered the muscle weakness, tenderness and extreme fatigue/exhaustion. My doctor did not link my symptoms to the drug for a number of months. I have been off it for 4 months now and am still trying to recover.... Beware of the side effects. They are life altering!

Gives me bad heart burn when taken alone I find my self taking it before or right after a meal so I don't get heart burn.

This medication is extremely harmful and I would not recommend it to anyone. I had extreme pain in my abdomen, shortness of breath, heart palpations, aches in muscles, brain fog, hair loss, flu like symptoms. I contribute some of it to the fact that I eat a very low cholesterol diet. if you eat a clean diet beware - there will be no cholesterol in your blood and the med will attack your system.

I had no idea till I read these reviews that all the muscle pain and weakness is likely caused by this drug. Sometimes when I stand up my legs feel so weak I grab on to things. A friend kept telling me it was bad. Gonna go off.

Anybody experienced Hairloss? Since I've started taking Simvastatin 20mg I started loosing my Hair? My Doctor said it's not the Drug.

Brought my number down from 280 to 180. Effective results after working through muscle pain, rash or acne on forehead still after 18 months. Dr. called it rosacea (BS). 1st breakout on my face in 40 years.

Results from usage not effective

I've been taking this drug for about five years after switching from another statin drug. After a few months I began to develop pain in my hips. My doctor suggested I begin taking CO-Q10 which provided some relief. After a year or so I began taking ubiquinol (a more effective form of CO-Q10) at 100mg per day. This has reduced the hip pain to almost nothing. I have been taking the ubiquinol with simvastin for the past three years with no major pain or other side effects. The simvastatin has reduced my cholesterol and triglyceride levels markedly.Read More Read Less

I have been on this for a long time and during which I have seen the aches and pains and headaches and weight gain noted by many here during this time. I am just stopping this thing cold turkey. it was my 90 year old Mom that told me she had heard this was no good and did nothig. Well the side affects are enough for me to drop it! Glad I came here to confirm what my Mom mentioned.

I am diabetic and don't have high cholesterol but my Dr. put me on simvastatin to "help protect my kidneys". I have no idea if it is helping but when I read other reviews here, I have some of these side effects as well. I am going to wean myself off of this.

Although this medicine effectively controlled my cholesterol, it caused severe problems related to muscle weakness, joint pain, UTI, overall weakness and borderline AF. I have been off of it and on to a different stain and am experiencing a return to normality regarding the above problems. It has taken several months to regain my strength with the help of CoQ10 which was also depleted by Simvastatin us.

Ease of use???? it's a pill... really.... Anyway after about 3 weeks taking 10mg daily at bedtime I first noticed reduction in stamina during my regular exercise, soon after blurred vision, odd head ache, dizziness when turning my head quickly and greatly increased irritability. About the 3 or 4th day after stopping I began to feel good again. My family doctor didn't think it was this medication and requested I resume taking it and after 4 days the same symptoms returned... So, again I discontinued it. Read More Read Less

I will not take this medication any more! After a few nights of taking it, I started itching in my back. I had hives on my stomach area and my back. I itch all over but only broke out around my back and stomach area. Finally, I had trouble breathing and could not sleep. Felt like I was being smothered. I refuse to take this medication any longer.

Was prescribed and began taking in October 2012, 10mg daily, before bed. Within 5 days developed a constant low burning pain just under my sternum. Continued to take for another 3 days and the pain progressed in intensity and was radiating into my mid-thoracic spine. I had also been prescribed and taking Metformin during the same time period, so made a primary care appointment, during which the pain became so severe I was transported to the emergency department and kept overnight with x-rays and ct-scan that indicated mild, acute pancreatitis. The pain subsided over a period of a little over a week, when I again began the metformin, but not the simvastatin, and the I continued to feel recovered. About a month later I started a half-dose of the statin again and by the 3rd morning the pain began again, so I told my doctor I would not take the statin again.Read More Read Less

At age 49 (very fit & active)went on 5mg. In 4 months I developed major neuromuscular problems (entire body spasms, my head didn't feel attached to my spine and fell forward like a newborn baby, numbness, sciatica, inability to raise arms, walk, change clothes, 24/7 pain), hair loss, teeth chipping and literally aged 20+ years. I quickly went to the doctor and told her I was going off the med because nothing else could explain this acute disorder. She only did blood work-showed nothing and spine x-ray-I've had spinal arthritis for about 30 years, under control with exercise but never had symptoms like this. I thought I had ALS, MS, etc. Literally took 18 months for pain to diminish-got worse before it got better. Never contemplated suicide but when I could sleep I wished I wouldn't wake up. Took 2 1/2 years (PT, ibuprofen, my own daily water therapy and vitamin supplementation) to feel somewhat similar to prior statin. First PT and rheumatologist blamed my arthritis and age? (50!-really!!) since they couldn't, and didn't try-no tests, to find an explanation (they wouldn't believe it was the drug). Second PT was fabulous and has even told me that since me the office is more aware of statin poisoning since I was adamant that I had a med reaction (they are seeing many cases of fit individuals having acute unexplained neuromuscular disorders who are on statins-they didn't look at meds prior to me so didn't put 2 and 2 together). Except for PT the medical profession did not help me with this horrific loss of three years of my life - if anything they caused it. I expended a lot of money on self recovery. This stuff is poison. I wear a bracelet now to ward off the statin pushers. I think I'll take my familial high cholesterol chances. I'm of a mind that the high cholesterol piece is a scam - just as many people with low cholesterol have heart attacks and strokes as high - I haven't found research that clearly shows causation. Healthy lifestyle makes more sense to me! Read More Read Less

started medication 3 weeks ago; experienced increasing back and abdominal pain, anxiety, thight cramps, weight gain; pain increased to acute level when I contacted physician; was told to discontinue for 2 weeks then restart to see if symptoms disappear then reappear again; two days since last dose, back pain diminishing, anxiety gone, first day pain free! I will NOT restart this medication...........I am certain it has caused all my symptons, which were non existent until I started medication.Read More Read Less

I cant really rate this drug yet, only been taking 4 days but my boobs are real sore, and I wonder if its from the drug. Have any of you ladies had this?