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Posted at 8: 9 PM on Apr 18, 2008 by hzhang, #29723
I do think the drug maker should put more emphasize on the side effect! I do believe maybe 98% people who take Lipitor without side effect that is why lots of doctors just ignored this fact. I was on Lipitor for two month with daily dose 10mg. Right after one month, I started neck pain with no reason and lasted a month didn't improve at all. Luckily, I thought about the possible Lipitor side effect so that I stopped to take it. Amazingly, just one day without Lipitor, my neck pain almost went away! I tried on/off Lipitor couple times again, and the results were consistent. But, when I revisited the doctor who prescribed Lipitor for me, he just don't believe this fact! He don't believe I had Lipitor side effect at all and prescribed me some pain killer, and asked to continue on Lipitor! Thanks to the internet technology! I found this website and knowing so many people do have Lipitor side effect! Because this experience, I realized my mother complained back pain for more than a month with no reason, and she was also on Lipitor. I called her, and just two days after stop taking Lipitor, her back pain gone, she can walk again! Initially, I angry about the doctor! Why he don't follow drug maker directions about the side effect! Then, I realized that in fact the doctor may never encountered Lipitor side effect either patients don't know it is the side effect or most of patients who don't have the side effect at all! I could argue that a doctor is a high trained professional, who should play cautions! Second thought doctors are human too, once they used to the impression Lipitor has no side effect, they may easily miss the warning sign, even ignored the clear fact like my doctor did! In my view, both doctors and the drug maker responsible for the people suffering Lipitor side effect, but of cause, the law sue against the drug maker is more effective for lawyers!
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Reply 4 months ago on Apr 19, 2008 by szembor, #7447

I started Lipitor 6 years ago. Since then I have had varying degrees of exhaustion, overall muscle weakness and interstitial muscle aches. After a directory of doctors who put me through multiple blood tests, muscle and nerve funcionality evaluations and MRI's, a newspaper ad last week by the manufacturers of Lipitor listed all the muscle problems I was having. I screamed Hallelujah! or maybe Eureka! then I quit all cholesterol control meds. I am having withdrwal symptoms, cannot sleep the night through, frequent urination, vision focus changes and loss of appetite (good). NO MORE! Two years ago I quit cold turkey Efffexor, testosterone injections and Ambien, three months of hell for my wife and myself by I can sleep now without pills, Rosea has just about disappeared, don't need a CPAP machine at night anymore, and about four other symptoms disappeared. OH BOY!

AL

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