I have been taking 20 mg. Lipitor for so many months now and continuously experiencing sore muscles and my wrist seems to have arthritis. I have told all these symptoms to my cardiologists and just told me it is not from lipitor. Iam a Veterinarian and I am not convinced with his response. The only good thing is that he is monitoring my blood chem and my cholesterol is within normal level. I am taking antioxidants (cod liver oil,Vit C and E,Mg,CoQ10,Chromium) and lots of olives and nuts. I am also taking those expensive drug- acid reflux and BP lowering drugs. I stopped using Lipitor for 7 days now and will go organic.