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I have been on Lipitor for about 4 years. Now I have an arthriti...

Posted at 7:56 AM on Jul 28, 2008 by char0215, #32805
I have been on Lipitor for about 4 years. Now I have an arthritic right knee and the left knee has a little bit of arthritis. My arthritis started getting really bad in both legs my left leg was just as bad as my right leg. Muscle pain was tremendous and getting up and down stairs. furniture, and the car. Then the day before Memorial Day I could hardly move, I thought I was losing both my legs. I could only walk a little bit. No energy. I too had blurred vision with this drug but the doctor said that it probably was just my diabetes. I hurt from the shoulders all the way down to the ankles..It felt like every muscle group was involved. Earlier this year the doctor put my Lipitor up to 40 mg from 20 mg even through my ldl was only 93. My last ldl was 67. The doctors say your cholesterol cannot go to low but I am wondering with all the side affedts I had. I took myself off Lipitor on Memorial Day this year and I feel better. The pain is gone except for the arithritic pain but it is not as bad as what it was on Lipitor. Soo I am done with statins I will lose weight and exercise.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Jul 28, 2008 by 777, #10516

Good that you stopped that dangerous drug, Lipitor. I still have "arthritis" symptoms of the side effects. I stopped lipitor in 2-08, but it takes time to get rid of the poison in your system. Unfortunately, the drs. don't know anything about the side effects. They rely the drug co's, who only care about the $.

There are natural products to low your cholesterol and help your side effects.

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Reply about 1 year ago on Jul 29, 2008 by bobby, #10551

Another classic case of Statin Poisoning.

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