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About a month ago I noticed my left thigh was going numb. I had b...

Posted at 8:23 PM on Apr 13, 2009 by q4446, #40610
About a month ago I noticed my left thigh was going numb. I had been a little less active due to tennis elbow, so I stepped up my exercise a bit. The whole side of my thigh hip to knee became completely numb. A few days later I began to tingle in my hands and face and by big toe and foot. I went to my Chiropractor 3 times a week and he really felt I was in good alignment and should not be having these extreme problems. He scheduled me for an MRI and x-rays. He kept asking about ANY other changes in life. I lost my brother to polymyositis 5 years ago and was starting to have scary thoughts. I woke up at 2am on a Friday 2 weeks ago and remembered my Dr. had started me on Lipitor 6 weeks earlier ! I got up and googled "Lipitor numbness" and found this page and a host of others. I stopped taking Lipitor. It has been 2 weeks since I quit and numbness has turned to shooting pains and burning so bad I can hardly stand my pant legs or my bed sheets touching me. I continue to have tingling in my hands and feet and I am a professional musician. (guitar player) Will somebody please tell me that over time all of these symptoms will wear off and pass ?
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Reply 7 months ago on Apr 13, 2009 by 777, #18856

Good that you stopped taking this dangerous drug. I stopped taking it over a year now and I still have side effects. Everyone is different, but, to stop taking only 2 weeks is not very much time. A lot of people will get some relieve in 1-2 years and unfortunately, some people never get well.

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