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My father 64 years old has been on Lipitor for over 2 years. In ...

Posted at 6:13 PM on Aug 27, 2007 by winnieeeley, #23233
My father 64 years old has been on Lipitor for over 2 years. In the past few months he has been very quiet, finding it hard to talk and he knows what he wants to say but some words are hard to say. Severe fatique, he moves much slower, difficulty reading and to understand what he's reading. Finds it hard to write and draw and when he is sleeping he has awful twitching. Is this because of Lipitor? we are waiting for an MRI and EEG the doctor seems to feel it might be dementia or Alzheimer's and maybe so but that all doesn't add up. Does anyone else feel like this? Is there hope, we have taken him off Lipitor 2 days ago. Does anyone have a good result to hear? How do check to see if Lipitor is the problem where does that show up?
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Reply over 2 years ago on Aug 31, 2007 by sandy1, #1499

My husband had terrible side effects from Lipitor, confusion, aggression, muscle pains, depression etc.he has taken them 3 times for periods and has come off them and the symptoms have dissapeared after a couple of weeks. Wish you well with your father, hope the medics will let hims come off them and you will see your father improve.

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