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I am 44 year old male and have been on Lipitor for about 2 years ...

Posted at 1:34 PM on Dec 25, 2007 by wayne_l, #25855
I am 44 year old male and have been on Lipitor for about 2 years the last dose of which was increased to 40mg. I am active, go to gym regularly but I have found especially over the last 6 months that I get stiffness all over my body if I am immobile in a single position for a while - in any part of my body - that verges on painful. I cannot sit with my legs folded, or on my haunches without getting very stiff. Even getting out of a chair will leave me with stiff ankles or even sore feet and a lower back that need to be walked out to be better. At night my hands hurt from being still. I also have tinnitus which comes and goes. Because of my doing so much weight training and exercise I cannot understand why I feel like how I imagine a much older person might feel in terms of stiffness and body aches. I am going to get a blood test for liver and cholesterol tomorrow as a result of reading these reports because they may explain my aches and then I am going to stop at once and advise my doctor of what I have done and see if this makes a difference. I also feel that I have a lower libido. This cannot be arthritis either because that pain does not come and go, it tends to stay in one place. There might also be other symptoms that I have not realized - if this is related to Lipitor. I will report back to this forum.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Dec 26, 2007 by mwolf, #3621

I am a 50 year old male that began on Lipitor in Aug. I went back in Nov. for checkup and cholesterol had dropped 119 to 82 (bad cholesterol). However I started having hip pain and would get out of bed and feel like a had ran a marathon the day before. I to would stiffen up and have a hard time crossing my right leg along with stiff lower back. I have started to go off and see if this helps. It is hard to say it is the Lipitor but I really think it is. Hope I get to feeling better because this is not how I want to live. I also became depressed at times so will see what happens. I will report back later. Anyone know a good alternative to help lower cholesterol. I run 3-4 times a week and bike when the weather is decent. Do any of the natural treatments help.

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