After being on Lipitor for over 5 years, I was told to stop cold ...

I took lipitor for 8 years and stopped "cold turkey" on 2-08, because I couldn't stand the pain and side effects anymore. I still have many side effects from this dangerous drug, but atleast I am taking natural products to help it and to control my cholesterol. Haven't heard regarding your blood clots issue . . . . . . but with this poison drug, anything is possible.

Let me know if I can help you.

I just recently started taking Lipitor and was going to call my doctor. First I decided to come on line to see if the side effect I have could be the cause & I saw your e-mail. The tops of my legs feel very heavy and when I tried to walk at the park they hurt as if I were walking stairs. Wonder if Lipitor could be the cause of this - what do u think?

Hi and a serious WARNING to you. I was 4.5 yrs on statin varying between 40 and 20 mgs per day. Lipex which is simvstatin in New Zealand. The warning is the pains, complete body shutdown, thoughts, spasms, itches, hard to breathe or swallow, some days only 6 hours out of bed, heart spasms even my eye balls spasmed - that was terrifying. Sudden noise gave me severe pain, almost nil short term memory etc etc. All of this peaked AFTER I stopped the medicine. I got some relief within days but the above parts certainly far worsened after ceasing the medicine. I am now 9 months post statin and still require pain killer every day BUT I am a zillion times better and more active than I was. I take prescription pain killer, ubiquinol (coq10 - muscle and heart food) don't take ubiquione, magnessium citrate powder (muscle food) and fish oil. I can now swim 1.5 ks in 60 mins B4 this I was 3 k in 70 mins. I actually catch my self being happy and laughing again sometimes and envisage at this rate 6 - 12 months it will all be over. I would rather have sat in jail for the last 5 years I think the worst part for me is that I simply do not trust anymore any one or any thing. I used to be a big 50+yrs man polar bear that kids could jump on and squirt water at, if someone did that to me 2 months ago I'd have punched them. It get's better in almost every single case, it's just a matter of how long. If you want to send me your email address I can send you a couple of links that may be useful to your journey. I hope this is some support to you and yours, I know how much others support from this site was helpful for me at my time of crisis. Good luck, Neil mymagnet@xtra.co.nz