User Reviews for Atorvastatin

I'm on 20mg QD and since I began taking this, I have had joint pain every day. I couldn't figure out why it started (especially during summer months). Never had joint pain before. Also, I wake up to leg cramps almost every other night. Insomnia real bad. My doctor put me on it for prevention of heart attack or stroke. I don't like to the side effects. I have been losing weight (not from the meds) I started Keto way before this medication. So, I do excercise regularly. This stuff is not good will ask for lower dose, or get off completely. It's not worth the joint pain, from a scale 1-10 joint pain is an "8".Read More Read Less

My doctor doesn't like the ratio between my HDL and LDL. Even though my overall cholesteral is not high, the LDL level is. I've had no issues with this drug and have been taking it for many years

Heart disease runs in my family. Even though I've been a strict vegetarian since 1973 and have been eating whole, organic foods, I had heart attack. My cardiologist said my heart damage was minimal. I'm on 40 mg of atorvastatin. It's the anti-inflammatory aspect of the drug that helps me, as my cholesterol was low all along. I have arthritis (not from the drug) and I just feel more stiff upon arising in the morning; that stiffness dissipitates upon walking around a bit. I'm happy with the drug so far.Read More Read Less

Every time I take this medicine it make my stomach blowed, gas, and sometimes nose bleed, muscle cramps is unbearable.

I am feeling terrible on them tired pains everything nasty

I was on Atorvastatin 40 mg for about 60 days and then started having uncontrollable, severe nose bleeds. After three trips to the ER, I demanded that my doctor switch me back to Simvastatin. Beware of this drug! Didn't work for me...

After taking 80ml I started having neck pain and foggy brain my neck muscle was so tight I had migraine stopped taking it and my symptoms went away

Began taking 80mg and started having cramps in my lower back and legs. Doctor wanted me to take half of the dosage for a week and see if that helped. Pain in my legs damn near unbearable, thinking about not taking this medication any longer.

It has lowered my colesteral, but the cramps and muscle spasms are terrible! Im about ready to stop taking it!

Three months of side effects - digestion issues, weight gain, muscle cramps and a constant soar throat. Coming off the drug resulted in a further four weeks of awful stomach pains. Reduced readings from 6.1 to 4.1 in three months, but not worth it for the side effects. Will find a less intrusive solution.

After being on 80mg of this drug for over 5 months, developed severe neck, back shoulder, arm pain. Starting seeing chiropractor for 2 wks. This didn't help at all. Went to dr. he put me on a steroid for the shoulder/arm pain. Start researching and looking for reviews to find others experiencing the same... Also leg and hip pain, burning sensation in arch of my feet. Memory issues (foggy head), Ear ringing. Just don't feel myself. Stop taking the medicine about a week now. Shoulder pain some what better. This drug is the devil!!!Read More Read Less

I have just had a terrible experience with Atorvastatin which I believe came about mostly because my Dr. prescribed a dose of this drug which was way to high. FYI, PFZ advises a starting dose for lipitor of only 10-20 mg. My TC initially was 201, tri 116,and LDL-c of 130. These are all well within the normal range for mass tested healthy populations. My Dr. (for what reason only god knows) started me at 80 mg of Atorvastatin. Within weeks I felt terrible, achy, depressed, moody, forgetful etc. I requested a new lipid test at one month. The results frightened me. TC of **86**, LDL of only ***27*** - OUCH. What did my doctor say? “Good job! I think we can now lower the dose to 40mg.” To this I said BYE doc! I have now stopped taking the drug altogether because my research indicates that statins do little and are very risky in the long run. Common frightening complaints filed with the FDA are that statins raise the risk of diabetes, liver problems, muscle pains, and memory loss. For those who wish to come up to speed on this, search for a meta study completed by 16 docs and researchers of 39 trials involving over 900,000 patients titled: “LDL-C does not cause cardiovascular disease:” A real eye opener! Most do not need this drug. Visit the FDA adverse side effect database called FAERS to get a good side effect profile. And, if you must take this drug, start at the lowest dose possible. In most instances, 10 mg of Lipitor will lower the lipid profile into the desired range within three months. For more on this visit the FAERS (fda) database. Cholesterol exists in every cell in our bodies for very good reasons and 30% of it resides in our brains. Going too low is very dangerous. Mother nature gave us cholesterol for very good reasons. Read More Read Less

Was on this drug for many years - 40 mg. one day 80 the next - developed after several years severe muscle spasms - when in the throes of a spasm could not do anything - severe pain and sweating profusely (drenched after a spasm). Have stopped in the past year - now my cholesterol is sky high with my bad - really high - they want me to take repatha (previous heart attack) - don't know what to do.

This has taken all my energy tired all day and night. I can get 8 up to 10 hours of sleep and wake up feeling totally exhausted wore-down, barely able to get out bed. It has affected my memory, and concentration and I have to research tax cases. I can be watching a program on tv and a commercial will come on and couldnâ??t I tell you what program I watching. I was taking Lipitor it was perfect my nature, personality, attitude, energy was excellent. Would wake able to get out of bed with energy, and not feeling like I havenâ??t slept in week or ran a marathon. This crap SUCKS. Also, this other substitute oval-shaped AVN 80 on one side and APO on the other side. Donâ??t take this it has the same affect. This is not helping when your are totally drained of energy. When something is working they take it away and experiment on us with these faulty drugs. Please report this drug and all the other substitute. Read More Read Less

Fast weight gain which seemed counter productive. Itching but didn't realize till after I went off that it was probably due to the meds. Went off as I was loosing my ability to concentrate, think and memory. When doing research I decided to look up a particular item. Turned around to type it and had no idea what I was doing. Not like me so I checked out tthe meds and I fit several of the bad side effects. Went off and within a week was getting back to normal.

I didn't know why they had prescribed this drug for me. I ran across some info about it on the internet that made want to look at the side affects. I had a lot of them. The main ones were achy muscles and joints,Blurry vision, and I just couldn't function. I quit taking it and I feel much more alive after open heart surgery. I asked the doctors why I'm taking it and they said it was to prevent another heart attach. There were several problems in my life which led to my surgery. I know high cholesterol wasn't one of them. This drug is also known as Lipitor.Read More Read Less

It lowered my cholesterol almost 100 points in 3 months but I started having severe leg aches and back pain plus extreme fatigue. I had no motivation to do anything. I stopped taking the drug and within a couple days my leg pain decreased 90% and I now have a lot more energy.

As far as lowering bad cholesterol levels and triglycerides this worked. The side effects for me included a rise in blood sugar (A1C), itch/rash, and ED. I had tried to stop the medication for a couple of weeks and I was feeling fine but then noticed the heavy breathing coming back with being light headed and dizzy. I have been on Lipitor for over 10 years.

I took 40mg for a year and a half.I stopped when I started falling because of week legs.I became so weak that I now can only walk with a walker.I bought an elect. scooter which I use now.I have been to many doctors with no help.I think I need a good lawyer.

It brought all my bad readings down but caused severe UTI. The pain stopped in one day when I stopped taking it. This was all confirmed by my urologist.