Bone scans symptoms and conditions

I commenced Lipitor 14 years ago at age 47. At that time I was a regular tennis player, walker and generally fit for my age. No problem with Lipitor for the first couple of years until I began to experience hip and low back pain. My GP diagnosed arthritis. Gradually became worse and I started to gather injuries (over stretched ligament in right knee which refused to heal, plantar fasciitis twice) My back pain became far worse, I persevered with tennis believing that exercise would help. I began to "trip" on the carpet and going up stairs (foot drop). I was sent for a CT scan in 2002 which showed spondylolisthesis and root canal stenosisss. On advice from doctor I stopped tennis. Referred to a neurosurgeon who after several months carried out a laminectomy in July 03. Cleared to recommence exercise in December 03 which is when my nightmare commenced. I developed bursitis in one hip, stopped walking until it settled, then excruciating pain in feet, and then bursitis in the other hip and continuing foot pain. I developed rib/back pain, again diagnosed as arthritis even though I felt the pain was muscular. I had one session of aqua aerobics and woke the next morning with plantar fasciitis which continued for 3 months even with doctor, physio and acupuncture treatment. I was then referred to a Spots Medicine Dr who ordered bone scans/x-rays which revealed a stress fracture in my foot. In 2006 I began to notice that my right arm had a tense feeling all the time, I had a loss of dexterity in my right hand which assumed a claw like appearance and my normally neat handwriting became practically illegible. My physio recommended I see a Rheumatologist who said I had "no more arthritis than I would see in any 62 yo", he sent me to a Neurologist who after 5 mins diagnosed Parkinson's Disease. Within 7 weeks of commencing the PD medication I was experiencing Restless Leg Syndrome every night. The neurologist said that my condition had "progressed" and increased the medication - twice. I was then getting RLS DAY AND NIGHT and getting no relief OR SLEEP!!! Finally after 12 months misery my GP suggested that I try coming off Lipitor to see if that was causing my body pain. Within 6 days I felt better, my muscles became less stiff and relax. I went back to my Neurologist who refused to accept my claims, he insists I still have atypical PD (because I do not have tremors). I told him the cure is worse than the complaint and against his advice I weaned myself off PD medication and Lipitor. It was hard going but I NO LONGER SUFFER FROM RLS AND MY DEXTERITY IS SLOWLY IMPROVING. I still have dexterity problems with my right fingers but the tense feeling in my right arm has gone and my "claw" hand is starting to relax My muscles feel bruised all the time. I am still taking my blood pressure tablets and 150mg of Co-Q10 a day. I have been off Lipitor 9 months. It has been a painful journed for the last 8 years and a nightmare for 12 months. My GP has marked my records as "allergy to statins" but says she just doesn't know if I have Parkinson's. I know that I will never take this awful drug again. My cholesterol has skyrocketed but I will have to try and lower it naturally and take the risk. I constantly feel like I have worked too long and hard in the garden, all my muscles are so sore. I really need to know if this damage is permanent and if this drug has caused Parkinson's Disease itself or just PD like symptoms. I guess I will just have to wait and see. I don't think doctor's believe us when we say Lipitor is doing damage to thousands of people. They love it!! When we are aging we are not surprised to get diagnosed with arthritis and this is why we take this medication unwittingly for so long.

Trying to figure out if my back pain is like others. The pain is in the lower left side and groin area of both hips. I have trouble reaching my feet to put on shoes and socks. Ive been on Lipitor 20 for about 5 years and have never had a problem before. This started about 6 months ago and even with heat and stretching it seems to get worse. It hurts when I stand for any length of time. It hurts to walk or run. It hurts very badly if I try to straddle something like an ATV or a horse. When I sleep (if I can) I sometimes have to put a pillow between my legs and lay on my side because it hurts a lot to bring my legs together. Feel free to email me at ******

I'm a 47 year old male and have been on 20Mg Daily Lipitor for about 4 years. Everything was mostly fine until about 1 year ago when I started experiencing severe hip and groin pain. I played hockey regularly up until that time and assumed the problem was a hockey related injury, though never remember any specific incident that may have been directly responsible. I told my doctor I thought it was a sports hernia because the symptoms and suspected cause held a close resemblance. X-Rays, MRI and Bone Scans were all negative. Physical Therapy was a useless waste of money. I was in agony for over a year and barely able to walk some days. Could no longer participate in hockey or other sports. Even coaching youth sports was a challenge due to the pain that greatly limited my mobility. The maddening part of it all was the doctor's had no explanation and just wanted me to continue with Physical Therapy. My wife casually suggested to me that maybe it was the Lipitor as she had heard some recent news on TV related to Lipitor and muscle pain. I told her she was being ridiculous and that's when I started to do some internet research and came across this site. It's all starting to add up. I've been off Lipitor for a week and the pain on my left hip is almost completely gone while the pain on the right side has shown significant improvement. While I am seriously happy that I think I have found the cause of my pain, I am incredibly angry that not a single doctor (I saw a total of 3) even suggested the possibility that the problem might be the Lipitor. They all new I was taking it. I know the drug has had highly positive affect on most people and saves lives but I feel that I've lost a year of my life to it.

I have been to see my Primary Care Physician for a pain in my leg. It's like a foot-falling asleep pain. While trying to figure out where this pain is coming from, I have had MRIs and bone scans that said that I have bone infarcts (blood not getting to certain parts of my bone) throughout my whole body, I am only 27 years old. My hemotologist has found no problems with my blood and my rheumatologist says that the only thing she could think of that would cause this are high doses of Prednisone. She told me I have a very rare bone disease, but wouldn't give me a straight diagnosis. That's all of the info I have. I have only taken Prednisone about 5 or 6 times in my life for no more than a week at a time, but my rheumatologist said that's the only explanation. I am now going to an oncologist for a bone marrow sample, but I am being told that Prednisone is the only explanation of why this is happening to me.

My mother's symptoms were similiar to ada's. My mother who has been on Lipitor for a number of years has just been hospitalized twice, to the doctor 8-10 times within a two week period and has been to the emergency room three times for severe back pain. All within a two week time period! After doing every test known to man, CT Scans, MRI, x-rays, bone scans, they were able to find absolutely nothing wrong. Yet her pain is so bad at times that she requires injections of morphine as well as percocet by mouth! The doctors have finally come to the conclusion that she's experiencing muscle spasms/pain which could be caused by taking lipitor! I am hoping that by stopping this horrid medication she will begin to recover from this awful experience. How can such a drug continue to be prescribed to people when side effects such as this occur? I am shocked to read all of the posts here about this drug. Does anyone know if the muscle pain ever goes away once the person stops taking lipitor?

I started my shots October, 2004 and I believe I had my last shot about 2 months ago. I started having the pain right away and mentioned it to my oncologist & primary doctor. My doctor sent me to a rhemotologist and for bone density, bone scans and x-rays. Nobody mentioned it could have been the lupron. The pain is so severe that it keeps me up at night and I feel like an 80 year old getting up and down or just moving. I can't believe these doctors never told me it was most likely the medicine which was causing the pain. I also am relieved to hear I'm not alone and no longer feel like I'm crazy or just acting like a baby. Thank all of you for your remarks on the Lupron.

Hello. My mom is 86 and has macular degeration and a bad back, but there was nothing wrong with her faculties. About a month ago she had severe pain in her back. We went to the emergency room and she was admitted. After a week and numerous MRI's CAT scans, bone scans, and Xrays it was determied she had a compression fracture of the T9 vertabrae. She had on previously.They had her on anhuge amt. of meds. She was being given ms contin, percoset and flexoril. They seemed to sort of work and didn't have any severe side effects, except the flexoril made her groggy. She was sent to a sub-accute center for physical therapy. She did fairly well there and was in for 2 weeks. When she was released ( a week ago Wed.) we had hwe ms contin rx filled. I was giving her her meds (her usual ones she was taking prior) and the morphine. Within 2 days she was getting strange. She wouldn't get out of bed (HIGHLY unusual for her)she was very disoriented, wouldn't eat all the usual side effects I found out about. I have stopped the pills as of Thurs morn. I have seen a pretty good changeEXCEPT for lingering confusion. She can't rember how to use her TV remotes. Since her eyes were bad she used the before by memory for the buttons but now she can't remember where the up/down buttons are. She realizes she is confused. Can you let me know what kind of time table if any there is to this medicines effects leaving the body. Even though she is 86 before she went into the hospital she had NO mental deterioration. I realize that it is only 72 hrs but I wan't to have some idea what to look for.
Thank you
Linda