User Reviews for atorvastatin oral

The reviews are insightful, but I'd love to read more about the recovery time. We're all writing at the time of our pain, but there is very limited information on the time frames for recovery. For me, I started at 80mg of Atorvastatin right after a stent placement. It wasn't until 5 months later that I experienced horrible joint pain that kept moving throughout my body. It was to the point that it kept me up all night. One month later after stopping taking the drug, I'm still dealing with horrible shoulder pain, but it seems to be getting better; but very slowly. My wrist has experienced excruciating pain and is finally getting better; I can make a fist. My shoulders, I couldn't even lift my arms without feeling excruciating pain. Now, I'm still in pain, but I can lift arms slightly higher. My legs have been nonstop, but the pain oddly moves around. Now, it is in the back of my upper hamstrings where the glutes meet; resulting in pain and discomfort when I sit and stand, and it forces me to walk with a limp. I'm trying to be optimistic based on a few reviews that people did recover within 3 months. To date, mine is at the one month mark. So, I'm hoping to find a site that gives more information on the recovery times which is quite important for people to know.Read More Read Less

Two years ago I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and was given levothyroxine. Now the doctor says I have slightly high cholesterol. I have been taking 20 MG. once a day for less than a month and have noticed arm muscle pain, nausea, gerd, and sudden shooting pain in my head. I could deal with most side effects, but the muscle pain is very bad at times. Will edit more later if anything changes.

I wanted to share my story with others who might be experiencing the same. I had a heart attack at the beginning of 2023 and Atorvastatin 80mg was prescribed. I took it for approx. 5-6 months. At first, no issues. I did have a mild discomfort in my front upper thigh area; close to the pelvic area. Of course, I didn't think much of it. Fast forward, I had another scheduled stent placement within the last month. Right before, I started feeling sharp pains in my upper front thighs. But, it was to the point that I couldn't sleep. Eventually, the pain / discomfort spread to my left knee and both of my shoulders. At some point, I started feeling it in my wrists. I had to do something quick, so I reached out to my doctor. Luckily, he took me off completely to see if the pain goes away. It's been two days. I can sleep a little better, but still in pain. As for walking, I walk with a limp. It is still difficult for me to get up from sitting or laying down. And based on other reviews, I'm hoping to get better within the next couple weeks. Sooner would be better, but I'm trying to be realistic.Read More Read Less

I took this very reluctantly for just over two weeks. I developed muscle pain in my legs and behind the knee above the calf muscle. Every morning the pain was intense and I couldn’t stand upright. Then one morning I started limping. I called the dr and stopped taking this. Within two days the weakness was less and my legs felt better. At times I felt my legs were turning to jelly and was losing my balance. Felt my leg muscles were dissolving!

Leg, back pain, urine frequency, tinnitus, gerd and over all feel like I'm 100 years old.

I gave it a one star cause after two years it lowered my cholesterol from 220 to 180 but it came with a proce, I'm now pre diabetic and my last blood work showed elevation In my liver enzymes , my doc and I will be discussing alternatives but this drug is in the trash can , I'm not telling anyone to throw theirs away check with ur doctor first but more important if you do take this med then monitor your blood sugar and liver function every 3 to 6 months before it damages you .

After about 1 week, my kidneys were painfully sore leaving a severe pain across my lower back. Then screaming pain started shooting from my hips down both legs, through the bursa, the knee caps, lower legs to my feet every few seconds sending my feet into convulsions every few seconds from 8:00PM Saturday evening to 10:00 AM the next morning. No Nsaids had any effect.

After taking only 4 tablets I couldn’t have felt worse if I’d been poisoned. Back pain, nausea, splitting headaches, fuzzy head and stomach pain. I stopped them and I am still suffering side effects 3 days later.

My doctor just prescribed Atorvastatin oral but now I see al these negative reviews, he's going to get blasted as this "poison" is injuring many people. I have never read of such horrible side effects from any drug unless it was designed to kill. I would never take this Throw it away.

My doctor recently changed my prescription from 10mg to 20mg as my LDL jumped a little. After about 8 days, I started noticing a 'warm' sensation in the back of my left thigh and now in my right buttock. I never had these symptoms prior to the dosage increase and now I'm wondering if the Atorvastatin is the culprit. Many colleagues and friends of mine are telling me to stop it altogether, but I've decided to just go back to my 10mg dosage to see if the symptoms stop. I called my doctor and he said if it continues he wants me to come in, but I don't want to waste time or money going in only for him to tell me what I already suspect is the culprit. Has anyone else experienced these types of symptoms?Read More Read Less

Atorvastatin caused severe muscle pain, especially in my legs to the point where getting off the couch or going up stairs was unbearable. It caused GERD, rise in blood sugar nearly to diabetic levels, brain fog, and a general feeling of malaise. I assertively yet kindly explained to my Doctor that I’d no longer be taking it. These symptoms still exist but I’m recently off the meds.

Nosebleed. First time in my life I’ve ever had my nosebleed and started after being on this drug one month. Headache and muscle aches. Insomnia and vivid dreams. It’s a devil drug.

I've been taking Atorvastatin for years, I'm now 71. After reading the adverse side effects and learning that these statin drugs DO NOT prevent heart attacks!!!! But they do cause many problems for the body, including liver damage..........I lost my mother and twin from liver cancer. I threw these drugs in the garbage. Please do your research on these killer drugs!

My husband was told he had to wait 4 weeks for an urgent CT scan and thought he had liver cancer. Went to A & E today as he felt so I’ll. After a CT scan and numerous tests he’s just been told that these statins are the culprit. He is having another CT scan now (today) to see how much damage they have caused to his liver. Orange pee with blood, fatigue and feeling very poorly. THROW THEM AWAY!!!!! He is 70

Been taking it for 2 years now and no side effects and my cholesterol level went from high to low

On 20 my atorvastatin for 3 weeks. 2 trips to ED. Stopped taking meds now for 2 days. Major headaches, tinnitus and echo feeling in ears. Bloated and pain in right hip. After 2 days ears much better but still bloated. Got the impression ED and GP think I am making this up and being hypochondriac! Well looking at these reviews I am not the only one!!

put on 80mg of Atorvastatin a week later started itching 2 weeks later stopped taking them now three weeks and want to rip my skin off please please please somebody tell me what I can take to stop this i'm at my wits end my doctor put me on Fexolenadine 180mg but there doing sod all

Was prescribed Atorvastatin due to having high cholesterol levels and previously had heart attack at 51. They caused severe pain in joints and muscles which is a known side effect. Felt like I was trapped in a 80 year olds body. Awful every morning every joint in my body hurt. Was advised by GP to stop taking

Anyone get a feeling of tightening in the throat Almost like a angina but i can take a few Tylenols and walk and the feeling seems to subside. Exercise doesn't make it worse. I know i might have muscle damage. Heart attack on oct 17th. Stress test on Wednesday of this week.

Gave someone i know type 2 diabetes which caused peripheral neuropathy and then death, the oerson was constantly restless and reported severally to doctors who didnt see reason to withdrawal patient nasty drugs and doctors who know they wont monitor their patients for side effects shouldnt be allowed to prescribe such horrible drugs to patients when there are better options, the increased triglyceride was caused as a result of overdose on some other drugs instead of withdrawal and monitoring before prescribing such a hugh risk drug doctor with no explanation to his patient gave this drug without taking notes of patients complains. Send the patient home multiple times and on some occasions told nurses to inform patient he wasnt available patient died shortly. It should be withdrawn from the counters. Read More Read Less