User Reviews for Atorvastatin

causes a lot of muscle pain

I itch a lot on my face and hands and somewhat on my legs - why?

Muscle aches and pain. Over all fatigue

I HAVE EXPERIENCED MUSCLE ACHES AND CHILLS EVERN WHEN I WAS ONLY TAKING 10MCG INSTEAD OF 20 MCG.

swelling in feet and legs

I've been taking this medication for about a month. Reference to reading the reviews, I must say that it works wonders. I was always tired before taking this med, but it makes me feel great. Another strange thing is that I had spider veins on both legs above the knee area, and they are disappearing fast. I can't wait until my next check up to see if it doing what it should.

Although it reduces my cholesterol, my doctor has asked me to take it at night time with my other medications. It is the only different medication I take than what I take in the morning. So when I take it at night time I get the leg jerks. It's a funny feeling in my leg and I feel the need to jerk my leg to get rid of the feeling. And it will continue throughout the night. It's very annoying and aggravating.

Feb. 2013 Cholesterol 207 Mar. 2013 Cholesterol 127 Thanks to my Cardiologist,I've been taking Antorvastatin, 10mg daily with no issues.

Bad muscle pain in my legs and butt.

was given medicine, brought level from 178 to 80. love this medicine.

I am a 70 year old male. I have taken a 40mg. dose of this med. for 90 days. I began with a trigliceride count of 550 and it is now 153.

Get upset stomach

Effective, even though I get swollen ankels and overall soreness in lower back and extremities. I'm wondering if taking this med along with a diarective and BP med Amlodipine-Benazeprilcauuses thes symptoms

triglycerides were over 3,ooo!! chlorestrol was 700. I am only 10 lbs overweight & I excercised & watch my diet. I do not smoke. Dr was concerned & put me on this medication & 3 month later almost within normal range.I have had no side effects. I feel I have my life back. family history of heart disease. I am 62 yr old female

As a type 2 diabetic (controlled with no meds), I took a 10mg dose for 6 days with my evening meal. While sleeping on the 4th night I had rapid heart beat, chest tightness, numbness in both hands, leg pain, ringing in my ears and head pressure. Went to my internist the next morning; he prescribed an echo stress test - normal results. On the 5th night - same symptoms only worse; felt like I was CRASHING. Went to internist again; did a 24 hour holter heart test. I noticed that I felt better as the day progressed and looked at the pill I was about to take;then to the internet and decided to discontinue use. The two incidents happened about the same time - 3:30-4:00am. It was an amazing improvement the next morning without the pill, all symptoms were gone except for the numbness in fingers. Again, as the day progressed, I'm feeling like a totally different person. This is just a warning to all, and especially diabetics, that statins can have severe reactions. Trust your gut! Difficult as it is, diet and exercise are still the best medicine if possible. Read More Read Less

It did bring my cholesterol down.

i stagger, off balance

I had experienced horrible flu-like soreness all over my body, mainly upper back from 40mg generic Lipitor after a day try, upped from Lovastatin 20mg..the Lipitor 40mg is soooooo horrible and disablied me so bad, couldn't get up without body soreness..I never had this with 20 mg generic Lovastatin ...gonna quit taking Lipitor and still have the Lovastatin refills, I would go back, despite the new high trig reading at 265 from previous 90 last year.. I don't even consumed any dairy and hardly any red meat in a year now...Read More Read Less

tightness in throat