User Reviews for lovastatin oral

experiencing muscle pain and tiredness

i have taken this drug for over 1 year, recently i went to the dr and compained of being tired all the time, waking up as tired in the morning as i was when i went to bed, waking up every hour to hour and a half and having to get up to pee because if i dont i will pee my bed (yes it is always truly that urgent need to pee), she changed my statin because this one was not working so i stopped taking it until i got my new statin and now i sleep all night, not getting up to pee at all, and am not as tired when i wake up. my dr said she thought i had sleep apnea but now that i am not taking lovastatin and all symptoms are gone i think it was this med instead, so i would be cautious of taking this med if you want to continue to sleep through the night.Read More Read Less

I works fine for me, and no side effects. I take 20 mg every night.

I have been on this drug for about three years 10mg..and have not had any of the side effects others are having, granted my dosage is very low! I started reading these reviews to see if anyone had significant hair loss? I started losing hair about 6 or 7 weeks ago and so far my research has turned up nothing except this medication that contributes to hair loss, at least nothing that I'm taking! Help!!

Well, I was taking the drug, and my chlesterol overall went to 148, which was the lowest I had ever known mine to be...so I started taking a 1/2 pill...I went in to see doctor for a bladder infection and she asked me about my medications...I told her I had cut my cholesterol pill to 1/2....she said should not do til they take some test to see what the score is now...So, I started back taking the whole pill, as I have a scheduled appointment on August 3, 2011. In the meantime, she said take the cholesterol pill at night, not in the am, as I had been doing...just so I would not forget it...so, started taking at night. I started having stomach aches at night, and could not figure out what was the problem, gas and belching too....so, I think I should go back to taking in the a.m.....I think, that if I could remember to take with my supper, it would be okay, but sometimes, I get busy and don't remember to take until just before bedtime....what are your thoughts?Read More Read Less

had stroke,put on lovastatin 40mg at bedtime,having trouble getting to sleep.

Took it one month. After that I could barely walk because of the pain in my legs. It also caused me to almost pass out from exertion that didn't bother me before. It's been over a year. Pain is less but not gone. Lovastatin is the worst thing I've ever taken.

This is my second day on lovastatin. I am having mild, pulsing knee and foot pain that was Not present before I started this drug. I am discontinuing lovastatin immediately. My doctor told me that if I had any muscle or joint pain, to discontinue the drug right away.

I have taken for 2-3 years. Started having leg pain, and then Stomach problem, belching.Dr increased dose to 80 mg.. Stomach problem requiring Stomach Dr. Hip pain, soles of feet numb, cramping legs, aching shoulder, weak and Doctor given Meds, for pain. Why don't Doctors realize Lovastatin causing so many problems. Quit 1 day and pain is disappearing..Doctors should be made more aware of the problems.. Without searching myself, for answers, I wouldn't have found this information.. Thanks for the help! Read More Read Less

no side effects that I notice

BOTTOM OF FEET AND TOES HURT AND BURNING FEELING

I started to research this drug because of feeling bloating and pain every day! I am now sitting here crying. I tried to tell my jerk of a Dr. something was up with my body and he told me he "didn't care". He was rude, abrasive and said it had to do with my weight! All a bunch of BS, because I felt so much better before taking Lovastatin. I wish I had read all the reviews, but I didn't because I have a bad back, headaches also. But I never had leg cramps or bloating. I have since put myself on my own diet and after reading these reviews I will take myself off the the meds starting tonight! I am only 51 and I feel like I'm 100. I felt so much better before taking this medication, and I am no longer seeing the Dr. that didn't care what I had to say! Thanks everyone for the very helpful information.Read More Read Less

I'm very satisfied.

i have been using this med for 3 weeks and my shoulders started hurting during then nite esp. when i would turn over in med...great pain. i am quitting this med. a woman in church started using promagrante juice and lowered her cholesterol, i'm going to try it. tired of these statins and their side effects.

I took lovastatin 40mg for approximately 2 years. Began hurting in my right side. Doctor did tests and found my liver levels were triple what they should be. An ultra sound indicated fatty liver. Was told to immediately stop taking the drug. Within a month, my liver levels were back to normal; but because of the problems which developed due to taking lovastatin, I have to check my sugar levels every other day and be careful about the number of carbs I eat daily.

I use this drug along with niacin in the form of ADVICOR

I'm having muscle spasms in my head, mostly at night and the spasms seem to go away when I stop taking the statin drugs. I don't see any specif post of people having the same issue? Dull headache during the day spasms at night. Also tired all the time, and insomnia.

Started in May, 2010, 20 mg;borderline high chol;dr. said for precaution;heredity bc I eat right & exercise;weighed 132 w flat somach before;now bloated, weigh more bc can't exercise bc stomach aches so bad;bad back worse than before;MRI showed just degenerative discs;pain in shoulder blades;heals of feet hurt;a lot of stomach pain no matter what I eat;constipation has caused fissures (blood in stool); scary;fatigue;depression;worse thing is bad bad stomach pain ALL the time! on Lovastatin for 5 months;had been blaming other meds like Wellbutrin but going off it hasn't helped;am going off Lovastatin for 2 days now;will report back if stomach aches getting better;already backache and shoulder pain better;I am sensitive to meds w possible stomach problems;don't want to take a med that causes such discomfort just bc borderline high in cholesterolRead More Read Less

DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG IF YOU ARE HYPOTHYROID! My doctor insisted my cholesterol and triglycerides were dangerously high and that my hypothyroidism as measured by TSH levels was normal. I have since found out my cholesterol and triglycerides were at the low end of the high normal range, but although my TSH level is still "normal" accoding to the lab my doctor uses, it had been gradually rising each test and was definitely high (meaning thyroid is low) according to the newer standards. I have also found out that hypothyroidism should not be considered controlled on the basis of only one test, there is a whole battery of tests that should all be considered. After lovastatin caused extreme pain, inability to urinate for several days, and cognitive disfunction (I didn't even have the sense to know anything was wrong - that is how much it messed with my mind) by the 3rd week, I stopped because my husband said to. Otherwise, I suspect it would have either killed me or made me so sick that I still wouldn't have recovered. The side effects came on suddenly while we were away from medical help on vacation. Most side effect symptoms disappeared within 24 hours of stopping drug, but some residual muscle pains lasted over a month and it took about that long for the foot and leg swelling to go down too. I feel I was tricked into taking something that I never should have because in reading up since I have found this drug can be very dangerous if you have hypothyroidism, but apparently my doctor was unaware of that and had even been led to believe it might help my thyroid (drug reps maybe?). I will never take any other statin after this horrifying and painful experience. And as she still hasn't adjusted my thyroid suppliment, I am going to be going to another doctor. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG IF YOU ARE HYPOTHYROID!!Read More Read Less