Mail order symptoms and conditions

I am not sure of the origin, but I have my issues outlined below since I switched to the mail order Simvastatin. I was getting it from Rite Aid for over 2 years without issues. I found out mail order Simvastatin was made by same company as Rite Aid, TEVA.

My issue is throbbing in neck, high blood pressure (HBP), twitching in eyes (prob due to HBP), uncomfortable in general. I also know that I took pill in morning and by 9am issue would start and get worse into lunchtime, where is was the worst, then subside by 2 or 3 pm. Doc said it was nerves and stress and gave a script for that. Also said get off of simvstatiin for 2 weeks. Well without much or any change to the stressors in my life work, stock market, etc, I am not experiencing the throbbing or HBP. I have not taken the script for stress or the Simvastatin either. Didn't like the idea doc said you can get addicted to stress pill. I will get back in Simvastatin shortly, but do expect to be back where I was within a week or so. Anyone else experience this throbbing and HBP.

This is nothing new but goes right along with what others are saying about Lisinopril, AKA drug from Hell. I asked to be switched from Benicar due to its high cost compared to Lisinopril. My Dr. picked Lisinopril from a list my mail order pharmacy (Medco) sent as potentially less expensive than Benicar. I had zero problems with Benicar. I'm 59, male, generally in good shape. After 30 days on Lisinopril HZTC I was tired all the time, couldn't sleep very well, leg cramps, sweating like crazy. The worst part for me is joint pain that lingers on after going back to Benicar 10 days ago. The pain in one of my hip joints makes it very hard to even walk. I know it was the drug from Hell that did it. After 10 days I'm now OK except for the joint pain, which at least is not constant like it was when I was taking Lisinopril. Good luck to everyone.

Wow, I decided to google nuvaring and leg cramps. I haven't had a charlie horse in 11 years, but I had one two weeks ago and I have noticed my legs are always achey. I have rheumatoid arthritis and my other joints don't even hurt this bad. After reading this I took it out. I rather have long periods than leg cramps. Guess I will call the doctor on Monday and let her know. I can't take oral pills because it goes through the liver. This sucks. I just wasted 35.00 after getting the mail order people to drop the one prescription from 67.00 to 35.00. I am anxious to see if my leg cramps go away. :-)

Have been trying to look into some sites regarding lisinopril and aggressiveness/mood swings. My husband has been on 10mg lisinopril for the past year and a half with great effect. One of the nice side effects was it seemed to reduce his aggression/anxiety quite a bit. I recently started to get the drug through mail order instead of my pharmacy...whoa, this guy has been like I have not seen him in a long time...from hating everyone to life is great....

My question is can there be a significant difference in the generics of this drug that it would have different effects on the same person??

I took Diovan HCT for years without any side effects. We must do mail order with our health insurance and the providers website said that Lisinopril was an alternative to the Diovan that was available as a generic and therefore a lower cost. I spoke with my Dr. about it and she advised me of the "cough" and said it wasn't exactly the same but since I wanted to save as much money on scripts as I could I tried the Lisinopril. I took it for a couple of months and noticed being more fatigued and weak. Finally I got to the point where I was feeling like I was hungover 24x7 and started looking to see if there was any side effects from this different med I was taking and saw all the symptoms I was having from fatigue to palpitations to nausea to muscle weakness and cough. I went back to the Dr. and got back on Diovan and everything is much better now. My wife was on this medicine too for a while and she noticed the same thing but didn't put it together with the medicine. There should be some kind of advisory with this stuff or it should be taken off the market.

I started on Balziva a little over a year ago and also found myself moody, easily angered, etc. I couldn't stop crying for over a month and was diagnosed with depression and had to start taking Sertraline for that. I also had a hard time with my period. Every other month I would having spotting the week before I started, bad cramps, bad bloating and would never start at the same time. I also had two months where I had a period that started 4 days early and then went into my regular period schedule. Two months ago the pharmacy just happened to give me Zenchent and things just happen to be working much better (at least for now). I made myself go off of the depressant a couple weeks before they changed my pill and my mood and periods - so far so much better.

I am a 48 y/o Caucasian male and am writing to describe the terrible effects Lipitor had on my health. These side effects gradually worsened over years of use. I did not associate my symptoms with Lipitor use until I depleted my supply for about a week...until my mail order prescription was renewed. I began feeling better after just a few days, but the symptoms recurred when I resumed its use. I questioned this link and discontinued its use after a few weeks to determine if the symptoms would subside, and they did. I then conducted another trial, taking Lipitor for a few weeks. The symptoms appeared once again, so I have stopped taking Lipitor and will not use it again.

My symptoms have been well documented over the years by my physician, who did not indicate a relationship between Lipitor and these side effects. Accordingly, you might understand my surprise when I started reading about Lipitor's significant side effects in recent published news articles.

I have suffered from dizziness, confusion, depression, memory loss, painful joints and muscles and severe prostate pain, and I could not determine a cause for these for years. I have been free of all these symptoms since I stopped taking Lipitor about 6 months ago, except for a few recusing leg pains.

You can't imagine the money I have spent on doctors trying to determine the cause of my ailments, confusion and depression, not to mention money lost due to resulting poor work performance.

As far as I am concerned, Lipitor should be totally discontinued. If it isn't, then the side effects, of which there appear to be many, should be fully documented and disclosed to everyone to whom this medication is prescribed.

Stomach cramps, night sweats which stopped when I forgot to take them on a long weekend away.

I get bronchitis when I use this product. I have had to resort to illegal methods of getting the older inhalers. I can't afford to be down sick for 2 weeks at a time because a government decides for me that my medicine is bad. I'm sorry, me breathing is more important then ANYONE elses opinion. Especially those without asthma who say HFA is exactly the same. It's not. I haven't been able to tell a diffrence between it and primitine mist. Both INFERIOR products.

Started taking lisinopril in June/05. Didn't realize it until a few days ago, but I have been experiencing unsual joint pain and muscle weakness for about 3-4 months now. I just happened to read the patient advisory leaflet that came with my mail order prescription and I noticed that I should call my doctor as soon as possible if i was feeling unusual joint pain. Lately I have been waking up to severe joint pain in almost every joint in my body, fingers, toes, tops of feet, ankle, knees, elbows, shoulders, and muscle pain in the forearms and calves. I feel as if I am 75 years old. I can't hardly get out of bed I am so stiff. Since I coudlnt get in to see my doctor until early March I decided to take myself off the medication. I am also taking ziac for high blood pressure. It can't be very good for my body to continue to suffer from so much joint pain. Anyone else have similar symptoms?