Weakness in legs symptoms and conditions

I had delayed a recent refill of Welchol because of the cost and found that the hip and leg pain of the last 3 years on Welchol disappeared. Tried it again and pain returned. Still suffering horrible low back pain requiring an MRI (which was negative) I also stopped taking Zetia, which I'd taken for 5 years. Am three weeks without either drug, and have absolutely no back pain, some muscle weakness in legs but no pain, am no longer limping, have noticed that the dark circles under my eyes have improved dramatically - and I can now sleep without sleep aids. I am truly enjoying a pain-free life again and am adopting a dedicated cholesterol lowering diet. Hopefully, exercise will follow as the muscle weakness improves.

Went off simvastatin in March, all pain went away within a couple of months, but muscle weakness in legs remained. In October, found out my cholesterol is sky high, over 325. So Dr. wanted to try Crestor 5 mg. Within 1 week, I had overwhelming fatigue, could hardly stay awake during the day and the weakness in my legs was getting worse. So I just went off Crestor. Frustrating!!

have been on diovan for about 3 years. taking 80 mg. twice a day. have gained weight. then in oct. 2007, my doctor upped my dose to an extra 40 mg. i had noticed side effects when i first started the diovan, such as back pain, dizziness, weight gain, diarrhea. then when my dose was increased, i now have knee pain, muscle pain all over, weakness in legs, more fatigue, no energy. i have to force myself to do what i need to do, because my body is so tired. the thing that scares me the most is the weakness. not just feeling tired, but muscle weakness. has anyone experienced muscle weakness while on diovan?
thanks for any response.

I was put on Yaz (same as Yasmin but with a smaller estrogen dose) due to irregular periods and a presumed hormonal imbalance. That was in September '07. Four month later, on Jan 1, '08, I went to the ER with breathing difficulties, and weakness in my arms and legs. I had been having muscle cramps/ charley horses in my right calf, but that was the only other health problem I had experienced. I thought I was having an asthma attack. So did the ER - at first. After I did not respond to the breathing treatments, and I became completely out of breath and exhausted after walking across the hall to the restroom, the ER doc checked my D-Dimer level to see if I was at risk for blood clots. He said if it came back over 500, he would have to do further testing for clots. It came back 4500!! I was sent immediately down for a CT Scan which showed mulitple clots in both lungs, mostly small, but several of significant size. I was immediately put on oxygen and a heart monitor, and an IV drip of heparin was started. I was in the hospital for 4 days, had to learn to give myself shots of Lovenol in my stomach until my pill form of blood thinner had time to kick in. I am now taking Coumadin blood thinner every day until July, when my D-Dimer will be checked again. Depending on the results, I may come off the Coumadin, or I may have to commit to it for 3 years. However, I was tested for all the hereditary blood clotting disorders and all came back negative, so my doctor feels as though the cause has to be the YAZ! Everyone tells me I was very lucky and that I could have easily died, especially when I was just thinking I was having an asthma attack and put off going to the ER for a few days. If you are taking Yaz or Yasmin, and you begin to have difficulty breathing, any kind of leg cramps, weakness, or tightness in your chest (I had also been having severe heart burn) - go have yourself checked out!!!!!

Had burning each night when started, doctor said to stay with it, burning did stop. Slowly developed diarrhea, nausea, weakness in legs, severe neck pain, loss of memory - academic work poor, forget what I plan to do in next few minutes. Told doctor about neck pain, he recommended a chiropractor. Went to PT instead (insurance covers) - couldn't do assigned exercises due to pain. Stopped taking Simvastatin for 3 days - feel like "fog" has lifted, neck pain gone, no more nausea, much more energy.

I am 49 years old and have been in great health until about 6 months ago due to some stressful situations with one of my nephews. My blood pressure was 140/80 at the highest. At this time...I began to have some mild heart palpitations and was put on Toprol XL (50 mg.) suddenly my palpitations became more intense and occurred more often. Then I began to have panic attacks and vision and memory problems. My doctor then prescribed Xanax .25mg. for the panic attacks. I weaned myself off of the 50 and began to take .25 mg. I really wanted off of it so I tried to cut that in half for several weeks. After about a month...I went off of the medicine for several days and began to have some strange symptoms. My arms were tingling and numb, I woke up sweating, my head felt strange...so I went back on the Toprol (25 mg.). I really would like to get off of all of this medicine. I have never been one to take anything and I am far worse than I ever was. I just wonder if doctors read this information and if the drug company takes note of any of this. I think this is a very strong drug that is over prescribed. I worry that I have damaged my heart with this drug. I am just not sure what to do. Please help...

Muscle weakness in legs where legs give out all together and falls occur frequently

I am a 39 yr old man who is physically active. I was put on lisinopril 10mg, 2 months ago. Ive been coughing bad ever since. living on cough drops and cough medicine at night. NO HELP! Found this web site because lack of sex drive since I started using this drug, I was also on flexeril for an old back injury that came back around do to physical life style and hard work. I checked side effects on both meds and found out both had an influence on lack of sex drive and ED. After reading many comments about lisinopril, I also have back cramps, numbness in stomach and weakness in legs. Also realized I've been gaining weight like crazy. Also due to cough I alot of trouble sleeping. THIS DRUG IS A NIGHTMARE

Super light sleeping but real concern is weakness in legs, feeling of imbalance. Also, hair thinning rapidly the past year. I have been on Lipitor about 5 years. 20 mg. a day.

Experienced rash through mid section for 4 months. It's somewhat better now.

I have taken Lisinopril for a long time. Not sure when it came into the market, but seems like I been on them a few years. I been taking blood pressure meds for about 10 years. I am 53. Not sure when I was switched to Lisinopril. I have fought most the symptons that are on this website. I have never connected it with Lisino and neither have my doctors, even at Mayo Clinic. I always check out healthy as a horse, except, they write this off to having Fibromyalgia. I have had long periods of time when I did feel I could "catch my breath" It's like the feeling of holding your breath in, till you need to really breath badly. So you breath, and that feeling seems to stay to a large degree. Extreme Fatigue, walking 100 feet and back sometimes. Dry cough or clearing Phlem all the time. Dizzy for like, 3 years now, weakness in legs, pain in legs even in the morning. They carry a burning with them like if you were working out, but it burns like that if you just walk a short distance. Bad insomnia, so freaking tired, but the sleep button just doesnt kick in. Sometimes totally exacerbating as far as the fatigue is concerned. Do not know if its connected, but can tolerate the soap isle in the grocery store, I can just feel it suck any energy out of me. Hot flashes, ear aches..not infections, they just seemed to stay slightly inflammed. Lots of stiffness in neck and shoulders, and lots of just skin pain, across my back. So for years I have been fighting this fatigue and pain and we will see if it's connected to Lisino or not. Let me add also, when the fatigue is greater so is the brain fog and/or lethergy. Lots of headaches. I was feeling so weak not long ago, I thought it might be MS. But Dr. Said MS is not painful, and my legs, especially thighs, and hip joints hurt a lot. If this is caused by taking Lisino, I would have to say, I am about 10% of the man I used to me, Physically. Might as well throw a sexual activity report in here. All the plumbing works fine, it just the concern if that's where I want the energy to go for the rest of the day. Sometimes and physical excertion, the best way to describe it, it like an exahusting "flare", It will kick your butt and put in bed. Like, hmmm, think I will move the couch over there...bammm. Okay, I am done. I just wanted to be a bit detailed, it might help others out. If it is Lisino, I am sure it will take several weeks for me to get it off and out of my system, but I will write back. I hope this may help someone else out there.
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I have posted on this site several times in the last month.
I'm going on my 7th monthh of suffering. No improvement at all. Today is another nightmare. Shaking, weakness in legs so bad can barely walk. Moaning, dizziness, etc.

I have been noticing increasing difficulty in typing on the net with many errors. Must stop and edit way more frequently than before this malady.
Just looked at myself in the mirror. My hair has turned "completely grey" since this started. What color I had is gone! Starting to turn white!
Man, 7 months...and it just seems to get worse in many ways. Doctors don't want to see me for two months. Say it is "not" the Levaquin I took for one week when all this started.
I am surviving only on the anti-depressant Lexipro and anti-anxiety meds Lorazapam and Clonazapam.
Dear God.

I was on lipitor for 3 years and went off 6 months ago due to extreme muscle pain and weakness in legs and thighs. After a few weeks it was better except for one thigh and hip. It is so painful to rise from sitting or lying in bed. Has anyone had pain for some time after going off? I can barely climb stairs. My hands and fingers are painful and it's hard to hold on to things. I've tried a corisone shot which helped for a couple of weeks and also the chiropractor but nothing seems to last. The next step is a MRI which like some of you will probably not show anything.

High cholesterol. currently 56 y/o. been on lipitor a total of 4 years. put on lipitor 10 in the beginning. triglycerides doubled on this dose. changed to lipitor 20. cholesterol went down from 259 to 144. triglycerides came down to normal.

stated suffering the following symptoms within one month of going on lipitor. doctor has ignored my complaints of constant tiredness & weakness. i don't think he knows that lipitor can cause these side effects. i will be educating him on friday. when my triglycerides doubled again recently, he raised my lipitor to 40mg. i have only take it one month & stopped taking it yesterday. my symptoms are getting worse with the doubled dose. surely there is something else they can do to lower cholesterol.

(1) numbness & shooting pain in my right leg from hip to foot (was put on neutontin 600 three times per day)
(2) short-term memory loss. sometimes i just can't put a coherent thought together. sometimes i reach for a word & i just can't grab hold of it. i have felt like i was getting alzheimer's.
(3) bloating of the abdomen
(4) so hot at times i feel like my body thermostat is going haywire or i am going to spontaneously combust.
(5) muscle weakness in legs when walking, weakness/tremors in my hands when trying to hold something.
(6) pronounced changes in vision
(7) weight gain (especially at the abdomen)
(8) occasional dizziness combined with nausea
(9) alternating constipation & diahrrea
(10) total and complete exhaustion
(11) severe depression (treated with zoloft 100)

thyroid was checked. everything a-ok (although i still believe i could be having some thyroid issues inspite of those normal readings).

Barbara

Was taking 54 mg/day, (have tapered to 34 mg/day but don't feel as strong). I had the energy of the Energizerbunny and started to develop theMoonface (which I dont mind, my face was too thin anyways) but the appetite! I cant stop eating and if there is no food in the house I will bake and cook all day and night to make some, especially hot fudge sundaes! But now after 2 months the weight gain is starting to show around my neck, waist and ankles but I am not sure what bothers me more, how I look or how hungry I am...I am really hungry...also have weakness in legs when climbing stairs, thought it was my heart but now am not so sure...my side effects started happening when I started tapering off the drug....also quite scared that pred causes cataracts!

been on neurotin 300mg 3xday for about 1 yr. have been told to increase to 900mg per day and continue until i reach 1800mg a day. i have dizzyness, confusion, weakness in legs, swelling in hands and feet, urniate less frequently,numbness in hands and feet, started stuttering asked dr. to take me off med. but wants me to continue a while longer. she feels side effects will subside with continued use. i have fibromyliga, bi-polar 1, r.l.s.,

Have been taking tricor for 1 month. I too, am having right arm pain. Same location as described in other report and weakness in legs behind my knees. I also have a lower energy level.