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I'm a 36 yo. female weighing in at 119 lbs. About four (4) weeks ...

Posted at 7: 5 PM on Sep 02, 2007 by mflaniam, #23336
I'm a 36 yo. female weighing in at 119 lbs. About four (4) weeks ago, I found out that my cholesterol is 221/154 so my doctor started me on Vytorin (10/20 mg). I started to - noticeably - not feel like myself about 2-3 weeks ago, but I thought it was just 'female' sickness. Once that factor played itself out I got concerned because I was progressively feeling worse. In general my physical symptoms were feeling extremely tired, nauseous, weakness, constipation, gas, diarrhea, dizzy & lightheaded and inability to concentrate and/or focus. On the 'mental' side, I have a history of panic attacks, depression and social anxiety disorder but they have all been kept under control with medication - that is, until I started taking Vytorin. I'm literally known for my friendliness and sweetness, etc. but for the past couple of weeks I've been in a constant bad mood, cranky, very easily annoyed about things and at people, depressed, anxious and generally uninterested in things that normally excite me. This past Friday night I was, once again, very upset and depressed about how bad I felt and wondering what was wrong with me, etc., and it hit me. The only thing I've done different in/for the past month was the introduction of the Vytorin into my system. I found myself almost crying I was so relieved to have figured out what the problem was. It's been 2 days since I stopped taking the Vytorin and today has been the best I've felt - physically and mentally - in 3 weeks. Hopefully, I'll continue to get back to my 'old self'! (Thanks to everyone else for sharing their side effect(s) symptoms on this site. It helped me verify mine.)
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Reply over 2 years ago on Sep 05, 2007 by albertans, #1618

My husband also suffered serious side effects when Vytorin was pescribed for high cholesterol. At first when he had severe aching and pain in his legs ,he attributed it to possibly having the flu. Then he felt like sleeping all the time and the felt sick all the time.This went on for weeks--always thinking it would pass .He has always just taken the Drs. word as gospel--but I had heard that side effects of this medication could involve leg pain,etc. which would in turn damage the kidneys. These days ,we have to ''go to bat ''for ourselves and not depend on the medical profession to supply us with all info on drug interactions. The Dr. stopped the meds immediately and put him on another kind which have worked wonderfully !!
Our friends take Vytorin with absolutely no side effects !
" Different Strokes for Different Folks"

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Reply over 2 years ago on Sep 08, 2007 by balas, #1674
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