i m 43 year old male, i took lipitor for almost 5 years(20mg) the...

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Posted at 8: 9 PM on Jan 21, 2009 by oups2001, #38245

i m 43 year old male, i took lipitor for almost 5 years(20mg) then on February 2008 my doctor increase my dose to 40mg and then my nightmare begin, i work in a company, very physic job, in end of June 2008 i start to feel bizarre, difficulty to walk, get up in the morning was very hard, climbing stair was more and more dificult, i didn't know at this time that lipitor doing that, i just work harder to compensate for my weakness, and continue to take lipitor until September 2008, almost 3 month after feeling the first sign, but i was blaming aging and my weight to be the cause of my sudden weakness. end of September i was unable to do my job anymore, my co-worker start to do my job for me..it was very humiliated, then i call my doctor and tell him how i feel, and he order a blood test, he said to me after that i have a CK result near 6000, he never speak of lipitor side effect yet, i was suspecting a disease, like poliosis or something else...on my side i search on internet for answer, then my girlfriend read about side effect of lipitor, reading the side effect, i saw rhabomyolisis, reading the sign, was like reading my life for the last 3 month, i stop lipitor, after 3 days my urine became normal, a lot of stiffness i my neck stop etc..but my leg and arm where almost destroy, i past two magnetic resonance + one Emg, that s was the test that tell me lipitor destroy my muscle very severely, i saw a specialist who told me that is the most severe reaction to statin that she ever see along some colleague, the most important thing to know is that you can take lipitor for many year an it s ok for you, but the change of dosage is very critical and had to be check,ck and liver tested, it s almost 4 month now and i still not return to work, they think i be ok at the end of march 2009. statin is dangerous don t take that, vitamin C do the same effect without the trouble...

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Reply 10 months ago on Jan 21, 2009 by 777, #16261

You are absolutely correct . . . . . it is a very dangerous drug. I took it for several years. I stopped taking the poison nearly 1 yr. ago now, I still have some side effects. I take a lot natural products to help them, as well, alternatives. It is very sad . . . .medical students are taught to administer drugs . . . they need classes on nutrition, natural products and alternatives. The drs. and the drug co's have a HUGE racket.

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Reply 10 months ago on Jan 21, 2009 by ant, #16265

I am sorry to hear your medical details. I also think that you make some very significant comments - as to how things can change. My sister (by adoption - so an honest witness but not a genetic match) was visiting and she was sat in the arm chair in agony - she was two weeks into a 10mg dose of Lipitor and we had no common pain experience, I was several months into taking 40 mg of Lipitor and could feel no problem - my problems became evident several months later. "Of course" she stopped taking Lipitor and never went back to her doctor - there goes another doctor with no feedback!
You may find this article interesting: perhaps the vitamin of choice could be Vitamin D (and I just ordered D-3 although I have been taking the regular one).
http://blog.xtend-life.com/warren_matthews_blog/2008/4/16/government-health-agencies-complicit-in-cholesterol-ruse.html
My current condition is no where near as serious as yours, But many on this site are recommending CoQ10 (co-enzyme Q 10), and those cardiologists are recommending omega-3: which could be in the form of fish oil or flax seed oil. Good luck.

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Reply 10 months ago on Jan 22, 2009 by oups2001, #16279

thank s 777 and ant for your support, i read the article you mention, good one, but the one question that i have in mind is why nobody do something in the healt departement of any country where this drug is sold, you can just put a littlle warning on the bottle and not be responsible after, money is everything for those company regardless of what people can suffer from, 1 person over 250 000 its ok for them but that 1 person lose a lot...and nobody care

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Reply 10 months ago on Jan 22, 2009 by 777, #16286

I complained to the FDA on 4-08. I received a form letter and no follow-up. So, I don't know if they care and I don't know where else to complain. I get great info about the FDA, big drug co's, etc. from naturalnews.com. They also give info on natural products, warnings on dangerous drugs, etc. The best thing it is FREE. I subscribed to the free newsletter.

Hope this helps.

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