Lipitor 20mg symptoms and conditions

January 26, 2009
I stopped taking 20mg of Lipitor for the following reasons: arm and muscle pain, wrist pain, neck and shoulder pain, knee pain, foot pain, arm weakness when raising my arms, mental fuzziness. I
Withdrawal symptoms : headache, eye ache, increased neck pain.
My goal is to see if the dosage symptoms decrease within two weeks and maybe I will try 10mg of Lipitor and see if that amount produces the same symptoms. My doctor directed me to a Rheumatologist as recent blood work showed inflammation in the arthritis panel. I am waiting to see if being off Lipitor for two weeks might reduce my arthritis symptoms .
I had a stint put in March 2008 and I am on Plavix (75mg), Lisinopril (10mg) and Lipitor (20mg).

1-21-07 After 5 days of Prednisone 40mg per day (treatment for Gout), and 4 days off,

1-30-07 started back on Pred at 20mg. 1/3xday for 3 days, 1/2xday for 3 days and 1/1x for 3 days.

regular meds: Lisinipril 20mg daily, Coumadin 5mg daily (adjusted for Prednisone) and Lipitor, 20mg daily for 3 years (stopped on 1-24-07 due to Gout)

1-14-07 Symptoms: rash on lower stomach and groin area, frequent uninating (especially at night), neck and shoulder ache and
1-13-07 lab reports "liver elevated" and "irregular white blood count" (not sure if high or low).

I will appreciate any help you can offer.

I am 53 year old male . Had been taking Lipitor 20mg daily for 6 years for heart related problem wthout any side effects for 6 years. In late December my doctor upped my Lipitor dosage to 40mg daily. a few days ago I had pain in index finger of left hand. Gradually this pain pread to all my fingers. Now I have pain in my toes and foot. Hoping that this is side effect of increase in Lipitor rather than anything more serious. Going to doctor tomorrow to get professional opinion.

Starting taking Lipitor 20mg 3 weeks ago to the day and all of a sudden, over all pain in the muscle and joints to the point I needed to lie down and sleep for 2-3 hours. After I wake up, I feel like a real person again and then within 1 hour, bang right back to pains and a fuzzy feeling in my head!! Dr did some retest and told me that it's not because of the medicine and could be a flu but no flu I ever had felt or acted like this. I have been off it for 4 days now.. does anyone know how long does it take to get this stuff out of your system!!! I want my life back thank you!

I am a 55 yo caucasian male caucasian. Profession: Dentist. Was placed on Lipitor 20mg/day. After 2-3 months noticed that I bruised very easily; began feeling weak, tired; would develop severe muscle & joint pains after Karate & Weight training. Because of my genetics, lab values did not improve enough. The dose was increased to 40mg/day. Leg cramps, weakness, and muscle pains became totally incapacitating. Has to go to bed. Sleeping was difficult becasue of constant pain. Discontinued Lipitor: all symptoms abated.

Was then placed on Vitorin 10/20 one per day. After 4 to 6 weeks noticed severe muscle & joint pain. But there is no bruising like I had while taking the Lipitor. I altered the dose to one every other day, i.e., 1/2 the perscribed dosage, and symptoms have lessened. However, when I perform and intense Karate & weight work out session, 48 hour later I have severe muscle & joint pains which necessitate bed & rest for 24 to 36 hours.

My Cardiologist is skeptical of these effect being related to these cholesteral statins...but as a clinician of 30 years i KNOW there is a direct relationship.

Male age 50. Used Lipitor 20mg for 10 months, having previuosly taken Lescol and Zetia. I am suffering very serious side effects including: slurred speach, loss of muscle mass and strength in right arm and hand, sore right foot, muscle tremors, severe cramps in legs and abdomen. I stopped Liptor 6 weeks ago. Cramps have stopped but little improvement in other conditions.

Wish I could join in by making a helpful contribution about the negative side-affrcts of Lipitor, HOWEVER, I've been on lipitor 20mg for about nine years and I don't feel any negative side-affects. This med is credited with lowering my LDL cholesterol to a safe level. I am very much interested in learning of these side affects, just in case I should be missing out on useful warning signs.

Not really sure of any side effects until reading some of the other postings. I am 33yrs old and have been on lipitor 20mg for about 3yrs, because my body will not make acceptable levels of good cholesterol. Anyone else heard of being put on lipitor for this reason? Any commoents would be greatly appreciated.Thx.

my husband is dignosied with als and lyme. our dumbss* Dr. had him on lipitor 20mg for a month. my husband has taken a serious dive in condition. how could i be so stupid as to trust a Dr. and this medicine. jon is now having speech problems and extreme lung problems. he was all ready unable to walk and has extreme muscle wasting. help please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After taking statins (Provacol, Lovastatin, Lipitor, and Zocor) for over 4 years and having strong muscle pains throught out my body, I stopped taking statins.

During this time the doctor tested me for everything else. I started taking Celebrex to stop the pain. It greatly reduced it.

However, i stopped Celebrex after how it might affect heart patients was made known.

Now 2 months after I stopped Lipitor, 95% plus of my pains are gone. I did not realize how severe they were until i stopped. one can get used to pain, but it does negatively affect you without you being consciously aware of it.

I now aggressively use diet and exercise to control my cholesterol. a better solution in all aspects.

when I started statins, i had no apparent side affects like muscle pain for about 10-12 months. however over time the pain started kept building and spreading. Eventually my legs muscles, back muscles, chest muscles, hip joints, elbow joints, and knee joints all ached.

A friend of mine who had been taking Lipitor (20mg) for a little over a year, recently started having muscle pains.

What I do not understand is why this side affect is not better know and published.

I have been taking Lipitor 20mg for six years and Lipitor 40mg for the past year. Within the past eight months I've had problems with leg pains and twitching. For the past four month I've also experienced promlems with my hand and arms. I feel tired and run down all the time. I'm now at the point where I can hardly walk as my knees feel like they will buckle at any time. I've had a number of test that for MS, ALS, HIV, lime, stress you name it and all have shown there was not a problem. "All" six of the doctors who treated me state that Lipitor would not cause this problem. Every time I try going off the Lipitor my cholesterol shoots up over 350. Does anyone have any recommendations? I'll soon be getting a wheelchair.

has anyone else experienced a "dropped foot"? Came out of no-where - had mri's/ ct scan/ emg-ncv nerve tests - all came back "normal" . Doctor finally said to stop the lipitor (20mg daily). I am hoping for improvement. I am a very active 58 yr.old grandmother - had to run my 5 miles on the treadmill today holding on!!

Taking low dose of Lipitor 20mg for about 6 months. Genital peritoneal edema gradual but kept getting worse. I had so much swelling that it felt like when I was 9 months pregnant with my son. Labia area of skin was dry and splitting. I had a hemmrhoidectomy (unrelated) 4 months after the hemmroidectomy, I suddenly had an anal fissure that the surgeon said he usually only sees in older male gay patients. I am a 44 year old female. I stopped lipitor. The swelling went down within 3 days and two week later the anal fissure is healing. My doctor that put me on Lipitor says it can't be the Lipitor. He can't exlpain it either. I don't think he plans on reporting my side effects to anyone. Now I have horrible kidney pain. No bladder pain. Doc says some blood in urine. Put me on CIPRO. 36 hours later, pain is worse. Can't bend over to put on my socks. Trying to figure out what to do.

I have taken three 500mg doses and have experienced a rash(Like Poison Ivy) on my face as a result. I am taking Toporol XL100mg and Lipitor 20mg also. However, these have never caused any problems. The Leviquin was for other infection Sinus/Kidney related. The infection seems much better but I will have to change to another antibiotic. I seem to be one of very few people that break out in rash.