Calf muscle pain symptoms and conditions

pain in calf muscle, pain in ankle; legs; and thighs, scary heart flutter, poor circulation in fingers.

I have been on 10mg of lipitor for 3 years and had dramatic lowering of total and LDL cholesterol. Since taking this I have developed muscle cramps in the legs and abdomen, especially after 2 am, as another person on here reported, and noticeable short term memory loss, which until I started reading about the side effects of lipitor, I attributed to the heavy radiation I received 10 years ago in my bone marrow transplant.

Recently my doctor took my dose of lipitor up to 20mg to try to reach the new "target" level and the cramps immediatedly got worse and I have almost constant calf muscle pain. And my short term memory is alarmingly deteriorating to the point where my co-workers have commented on it.

I am off lipitor for now, exploring fish oil supplements, and other natural remedies. I read recently that LDL only causes arterial damage when oxidizied, and that exercise boost free radicals, so am going to focus on anti-oxidants alot more as I exercise alot. Thank God for sites like this. It is easy to blame your symtoms on the wrong thing or try to ignore them.

I am up at 3 am researching this as my leg cramps do not let me sleep!

Used to take Lipitor but my immune system went down and I blamed the statins.
Dr. at Lipids clinic changed medication from statins to ezetimibe and since using that I wake in the morning with stiff hands and arms up to the elbow. Difficulty making a fist, also have extreme lower back pain, difficult to walk or bend first thing in the morning. Also noticed bad calf muscle pain. Symptoms usually resolve after I have been up and about for about an hour. Not sure if it's the new drug but I am stopping it to see if these symptoms go away.

After 5 days of Omnicef for exacerbation of acute bronchitis I have to discontinue because of extreme nausea, blood in stool calf muscle pain. Will put this on my drug allergy list with Levaquin.

Phew! What a relief to find this board. Started on Lipitor a couple of months ago to reduce cholesterol, I asked the doc if he knew of any side effects before I took it and he said No one he knew on it had complained about any and he had a lot of patients on it. Well Doc, I must be your first because from feeling great in a matter of weeks I have calf muscle pain, flu like symptoms and a headache now for two weeks with pain like a migraine at times. My toes are always cold and tingly and I feel unwell all the time and very tired. As my mum used to say, if the medication your taking makes you feel worse, then stop taking it because the body is trying to tell you something. I would rather die early from high cholesterol than put up with this so will be stopping forthwith and maybe someone had better let the makers of this drug know what it is doing to people. I live in Australia by the way.

severe calf muscle pain,back pain ,loss of hair,loss of sleep