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Posted at 10:52 AM on May 13, 2009 by ahcb87, #41439
Hi and please feel free to email me. I was on Lipitor for quite a while (20mg)without any issues. Due to insurance etc I was switched to 40mg of simvastatin---with in a short time i noticed i was waking nearly every morning with a mouth full of junk requiring a deep throat clearing. Then a low level sore throat that persisted for more than two weeks. I went to my doc who agreed that it may be related (though I think she doubted it) and had me stop. Now i have been off for 5 days and still my throat is sore (though not sore to swallow) and mouth generally feels "messed up". If any of you have had any sore throat experiences etc please let me know. Also how long did your side effects last once you came off the drug?
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Reply 6 months ago on May 17, 2009 by deneegirl66, #19897

My husband was on crestor for a year or so and the Insurance Co. refused to continue to pay so they had him switch to Simvastatin...afterabout 6 weeks of being on it he is complaining of severe numbness in mouth and horrible taste in mouth.
He thought he had an issue with a tooth and went to dentist TWICE.... dentist found nothing..He went again and had dentist take out filling of a tooth he thought was causing this "taste" the dentist did it but felt it is not related at all to the numbness/taste issue..... does anyone else have this from a Statin med.???

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